Monday, August 07, 2006
Saturday, August 05, 2006
bus fare increase again
kkn!!! Bus fare last year just increase, this year increase again. Although increase only 2 cents per trip, seem like nothing hor...but if look at the statistic of our daily passengers who take MRT and Bus everyday, it a big sum of $$$:
MRT Service :
48 stations & 85 trains serving 1,082,800 passengers daily
Bus services :
2 companies operating 258 routes with a fleet of 3,354 buses
Per day 1,082,800 x $0.02 = $21656
Workout to be additional profit of $7.9 million per year and thats didnt include the return and transfer trips...which may end up to be more that $20 million per year.
They claim to be World Class Standard, but hor sometime really fed-up taking bus:
1) It is too pack during peak hour
2) sometime wait take more than 1/2 hour for a bus
Taxis fare increase, MRT fare increase, bus fare increase...But what to do? SMRT and SBS monopolise our bus transport service, cannot boycott them, then gotta LAN LAN accept it loh!!! Haiz...if it's keep going on like this, bobian have to ride bicycle liao lah!