Friday, April 4

if you have been following the news for the past few weeks, the government has been trying to curb the problem of increasing number of vehicles on the road by coming out with many initiatives, lk the start of operations for new erp gantries, offering cash rebates for scrapping of cars and improving efficiency of the public transport.. seriously, i doubt these measures can really be that effective in reducing the number of cars on the road although it might help prevent steep increase in number of new cars...drivers themselves, who have experienced the convenience of driving ard will not want to return to taking public transport..its too drastic change of lifestyle for them to adopt, so no matter how expensive erp charges are, they will still continue to drive..the erp charges might only be efficient in distributing the flow of traffic during peak hours...

even people lk me who are yet-to-be drivers would also want to have a car in future despite the many discouragements...i just don't lk the fact that having to take public transport meant restrictions in where i go, when i go and what i carry ard with me...well, in the worst circumstances i can still endure all these but the worst is the frustration i get in my experiences in taking public transport...although not always, but i do get times where the buses just go so slowly...its lk crawling on the road and when it approaches a green traffic light, it slows down even more, as if its waiting for the green light to turn amber so that it can really come to a pause...and just last sunday, i waited a whole 35 minutes for a bus!! can you even believe that?? and its not due to delays caused by traffic cause the bus stop is just outside the bus interchange...just one bad experience is enough for me to make the decision to get a car in future although its really made up of many other reasons too...

well, enough of rattering abt the public transport...its hard for me to change my decision to get a car in future unless the public transport system has a radical change (which is highly impossible) or taxi fares become dirt cheap (which is even more impossible!)...

jel; 11:31 pm