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FUCK THE PAP:oIo: as usual!
SINGAPORE: The government has not made up its mind on whether to offer free train travel during the shoulder-peak periods.
Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said this in a recording of Channel NewsAsia programme "Ask Minister".
He added that there has been divergent feedback on the issue.
Mr Lui said: "There is a group that is very keen for us to offer free travel. And they think that it is a way to show that the government is truly committed to doing all that is possible to ease the congestion.
"But there is also a significant group that has been cautioning me against offering free travel...the concern is that it may well shift too many commuters to the earlier hours, (resulting in) a new peak of commuters."
On the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) car ownership system, Mr Lui said it would be difficult to give an accurate estimate of the supply expected in the coming years.
This is because behaviour of motorists changes, so it would be hard to say how many will choose to scrap or extend the life of their vehicles, making COE supply unpredictable.
Mr Lui said the idea is to improve the public transportation network so that there is less of a need to own cars.
He said regardless of the mode of commute, "we want to try to make it as fair as possible for all commuters so that the road space, limited though it is, is appropriately shared between all these different commuters."
You can catch more of the discussion with Mr Lui on Tuesday night at 8pm on "Ask Minister", exclusively on Channel NewsAsia.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1262270/1/.html
Funny when they implemented ERP nobody cautioned them about "new peak" on the road?
SINGAPORE: The government has not made up its mind on whether to offer free train travel during the shoulder-peak periods.
Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said this in a recording of Channel NewsAsia programme "Ask Minister".
He added that there has been divergent feedback on the issue.
Mr Lui said: "There is a group that is very keen for us to offer free travel. And they think that it is a way to show that the government is truly committed to doing all that is possible to ease the congestion.
"But there is also a significant group that has been cautioning me against offering free travel...the concern is that it may well shift too many commuters to the earlier hours, (resulting in) a new peak of commuters."
On the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) car ownership system, Mr Lui said it would be difficult to give an accurate estimate of the supply expected in the coming years.
This is because behaviour of motorists changes, so it would be hard to say how many will choose to scrap or extend the life of their vehicles, making COE supply unpredictable.
Mr Lui said the idea is to improve the public transportation network so that there is less of a need to own cars.
He said regardless of the mode of commute, "we want to try to make it as fair as possible for all commuters so that the road space, limited though it is, is appropriately shared between all these different commuters."
You can catch more of the discussion with Mr Lui on Tuesday night at 8pm on "Ask Minister", exclusively on Channel NewsAsia.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1262270/1/.html
Funny when they implemented ERP nobody cautioned them about "new peak" on the road?
