MRT and bus Fare increase again .......

• ha8n

  2 Jun 05, 00:23

  
• sbst275

  2 Jun 05, 14:12

  Originally posted by Ogbunwezeh:

  Hmmm anyway sorry to ask a very basic question, so wat r the lame reasons behind the increment of transport price again n again??

  Thanks to the govt
  
  1st, they need to pay ERP... Last time RPS, dun need
  
  2nd, fuel cost... Even with the hike, they are not going to be able to fully recover the higher fuel cost
  
  And why the spotlight seems to be a public tpt? School bus and pte bus charter rate are also going up
• Ogbunwezeh

  2 Jun 05, 18:50

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Thanks to the govt
  
  1st, they need to pay ERP... Last time RPS, dun need
  
  2nd, fuel cost... Even with the hike, they are not going to be able to fully recover the higher fuel cost
  
  And why the spotlight seems to be a public tpt? School bus and pte bus charter rate are also going up

  thanks! Think These r juz some surface reason, after all i think its the govt MONEY NOT ENUF syndrome again.
• the Bear

  2 Jun 05, 18:56

  i remember one of the increases, they did say something about "increases in fares during profits before the company makes losses"
  
  mumbo-jumbo to me... wonder if it was actually true or some wag making fun of the situation which, seems to have more than a grain of truth in it...
  
  as for the "gabrament money no enough" thing, i dunno.. the bus companies are supposed to be "private companies"
  
  

  Originally posted by Ogbunwezeh:

  Hmmm anyway sorry to ask a very basic question, so wat r the lame reasons behind the increment of transport price again n again??

• sbst275

  2 Jun 05, 19:27

  Quite interesting to know that in Canada, though railway is nationalised, the govt runs it for profits
• sbst275

  2 Jun 05, 19:33

  Originally posted by Ogbunwezeh:

  thanks! Think These r juz some surface reason, after all i think its the govt MONEY NOT ENUF syndrome again.

  Ai yah.. You see, they are adding ERP gantries every yr... Strain to everybody... ERP is not for relieve jams, it is for revenue collection as it does not solve the jam, it just push it to another rd.. Later this rd also have ERP
• cAr|n

  2 Jun 05, 20:43

  everything go up up up... why salary oso never go up up up....
  
• tranquilice

  21 Jun 05, 10:55

  SBST Press Release is out on 21 June 2005 http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/whatsnew_21June2005L.asp
• ghost91

  21 Jun 05, 11:31

  relax la. 1cents 2 cents increase. if u relaly heart pain of these few cents.
  go walk around shopping that time .. keep a look out for 10cents 20cents coin on the floor and then you can jump for joy