All posts tagged "transport"
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498Cow Beh Cow BuPaying for COEs is Proven to be Worth It
We’ve been told that COEs is the price we pay to keep our streets free of traffic jams. So it was great...
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500Headlines
Stop All those Confusing Taxi Surcharges that even Taxi Drivers Don’t Understand!
ROLAND ANG: I have long stopped using our taxis (unless in an emergency) for a number of reasons. It used to be...
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Irresponsible Cost-Cutting by SMRT the Cause of Train Failures
If I am not wrong, from what I observed, most train faults occured on the C151 trains, which are built between 1986...
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657Cow Beh Cow Bu
SMRT’s “Free Bus Services and Bus Bridging” is Not Free
On 23 September, yet another train breakdown along the North-South line inconvenienced thousands of passengers. According to FAILRAIL.sg, this is the 16th...
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LTA Could Charge Vehicles for Distance Travelled with New ERP Satellite System
The Land Transport Authority is looking to develop a new satellite ERP system that it could use to monitor the distance travelled...
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‘Singapore’s Cost of Living is Really Low; We Shouldn’t Complain’
I usually throw away letters that are addressed to “the resident”. It’s usually nothing more than rubbish from real estate agents. But...
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485Cow Beh Cow Bu
VEP Tit-for-Tat: Ultimately the Common Folk Lose!
When I was working in government service, we were taught to always think about the impact of any proposed policy changes: socio-economic...
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588Headlines
SMRT Rolls Out More Initiatives it says will Improve Feedback and Safety
SMRT has introduced four more initiatives which it believes will improve commuter feedback channels and safety measures. This in addition to the...
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650Singapore in Brief
LTA’S One Tight Slap: $1.65 Million Fine for SMRT, SBS Transit
SMRT and SBS Transit will be fined S$1.65 million by Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) for 5 separate incidents which led to...
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955Singapore in Brief
Singaporeans & Local Companies Fume Over Malaysia’s VEP Fee
The Singapore public is alarmed and angry that the Malaysian government wants to extract more cash from each Singaporean vehicle crossing the...
