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The government will say that passenger load is lower during weekends and the inconvenience will thus not be too great. Firstly, I do not know whether they have seen how crowded the trains are, especially on Sunday evenings (packed till 11 p.m.) , and secondly, anytime mode-switching is required, there is going to be confusion (since not everyone will be fully informed) and path conflict as people rush to and from boarding points. The complex language landscape we have (Singapore largely operates on six or seven languages) will further confound the problem.
I am not going to say that temporary closures should not happen. Experience in other cities shows us they are essential. Nor am I saying that bridging services aren’t part of the solution: they certainly must be. However, I am cautioning against an over-reliance on bridging services because it is user-unfriendly, and will still not be able to cope with heavy passenger loads.
Yet I am pessimistic, because a more holistic solution is hard for the government to promote since it runs up against vested interests and the government’s own profit-driven ideology. This is explained below.
I argue that a more holistic solution is needed, but what is that?
- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/time-to-demote-some-gods-from-the-altar/
I am not going to say that temporary closures should not happen. Experience in other cities shows us they are essential. Nor am I saying that bridging services aren’t part of the solution: they certainly must be. However, I am cautioning against an over-reliance on bridging services because it is user-unfriendly, and will still not be able to cope with heavy passenger loads.
Yet I am pessimistic, because a more holistic solution is hard for the government to promote since it runs up against vested interests and the government’s own profit-driven ideology. This is explained below.
I argue that a more holistic solution is needed, but what is that?
- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/time-to-demote-some-gods-from-the-altar/
