FAP Blames SGs for Overcrowded MRT

[makapaaa]

How stupid can they go? And has that scholar who came up with this silly idea foresee the danger of overcrowded trains with insufficent grab poles?
[h=1]New train design to fix old commuter habits[/h][h=2]The problem: Commuters crowding around train doors
The answer: Vertical poles near train door removed to nudge people inside
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Published on Feb 27, 2012

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<!--close .storyLeft--><!--start of story image, if any--> The fact that it is plain etiquette to move into the carriage so others can board has not been enough to persuade commuters to show this courtesy. -- PHOTO: DESMOND LUI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

<!--end of story image, if any-->By Goh Chin Lian & Peter Wong
<!--start of story text-->Train commuters who crowd near the doors instead of moving deeper into the carriage are a stubborn lot.
The fact that it is plain etiquette to move into the carriage so others can board has not been enough to persuade them to show this courtesy.
The Land Transport Authority's (LTA's) latest effort to encourage this has been to launch a pilot project to change the design of five train cars by removing the vertical poles near the door and fixing two more rows of overhead hand rails mid-carriage.
[h=5]Related Links[/h]<!-- Video --><!-- PDF -->[h=4]Commuters' suggestions[/h]
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<!--close .storyExtras-->But it looks like this is not changing commuter habits either. When The Straits Times checked out a revamped train car plying between Dhoby Ghaut and HarbourFront stations on two weekdays this month during the evening rush hour, passengers were still gathered around the train doors.
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[laksaboy]

Instead of such hare-brained decisions, why not reduce the island's population to 4 million? That'll help.

 

[myfoot123]

Instead of such hare-brained decisions, why not reduce the island's population to 4 million? That'll help.

4 million is still very cram. It should go down further to 3.5 million and maintained there.

 

[johnny333]

In Bangkok you will find that the trains have a circular shaped railing on the ceiling of the area around the entrance/exits. So people can easily hang on to these railings rather than sharing a pole. SMRT could learn a thing or two from our neighbours.

 

[Bigfuck]

How stupid can they go? And has that scholar who came up with this silly idea foresee the danger of overcrowded trains with insufficent grab poles?
THis is called cheebye cocktalk. They already have staff pushers. Look u can install your anti terror and monitoring cameras and if you have simple software to do counting u can determine packing capacity. Cheap and easy to ascertain if that kind of cocktalk is true and not some cheap ministirrer trying to make easy money. So if they find that is people blocking the exit, MRT can put staffs in the carriage and manage traffic at the risk of having their teeth punched out by locals and foreigners. Waw good for insurance companies leh. Eh, Singaporeans born and bred here oni 2 million hor. You have 1 million wannabes pretending and 2.2 million outsiders. So think before u claim whoever fucker made that statement. Plus 1 year 13 million cheebye tourists. So the fucker asshole throw a stone in the MRT must be using Singapore DNA guided stone man sure hit Singaporean. 40% Singaporean but 100% accuracy. Going on that cheebye logic, then one way is to make 1/2 the carriage door lor. How? Talking cheebye cock. The media publishing also no cheebye brain when asking questions and reporting. My dog can do better.