Dang.. I can’t believe this. Some guy suggested more seats to be removed from trains so that more people can be packed into them. Obviously this was a pretty straight forward solution for the authorities. You need less maintenance and you don’t need to increase train frequencies.
I can see that world class transport means packing more people in public vehicles 
Passenger comfort doesn’t seem to be important. Full news here.
Also, SBS have been increasingly using those “wheelchair” buses , which are apparently low-floor. I like the low-floor design, but where the hell are the seats? They have spaces for not 1, but 2 wheelchair guys, but I have hardly seen a single one on a bus in my lifetime.
Also, due to the low-floor design, the spaces on top of the wheels are wasted and used for luggage. What the fck is this.. an airport bus? 
December 21st, 2008 at 9:47 pm
sigh. seats are very important too because not everyone can stand for a long time. one of the trains in malaysia does have a carriage without seats and that’s very rare. and it’s true that it can fit more people.
ah.. those kind of buses must’ve been imported.
December 21st, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I also wonder, whats the technical limit for these vehicles to carry so much load? I don’t think the authorities are looking into that too..
BTW, which train in Malaysia you’re referring to?
December 21st, 2008 at 9:47 pm
This is a good idea for Singaporean. It make sure that more people get to their destination faster.