SMRT

[kichialo]

Those who take trains will know the system is basically over stressed and there is no solution in sight all the way to the next election. This scheme is like a public relation exercise funded by the govt to appease the ground grouses.

[wsreader]

I foresee there will be commuters running towards the exit gates just before 7.45am.
Missed the deadline and the fare difference is a 50 cents discount as compared to free.

Imagine the auntie who keep rotating her handbag in all orientation trying to open the exit gate at 7.44am, what the people behind her will say to her, especially when they had made the effort to leave home early?

[CityFarmer]

I foresee there will be commuters running towards the exit gates just before 7.45am.
Missed the deadline and the fare difference is a 50 cents discount as compared to free.

Imagine the auntie who keep rotating her handbag in all orientation trying to open the exit gate at 7.44am, what the people behind her will say to her, especially when they had made the effort to leave home early?

Well, we do see drivers parking on road shoulder waiting for ERP turned off, just to save $1-2. The auntie behavior seems acceptable, isn't it?

[smallcaps]

I foresee there will be commuters running towards the exit gates just before 7.45am.

Then better change the gantries to something like IPPT 2.4, can juz run through.

[pianist]

commuters who live far away from city are penalised from this arrangement.

[godjira1]

There are winners and losers in every policy. This is an interesting try though I am not sure how effective it will be.

[AlphaQuant]

There are winners and losers in every policy. This is an interesting try though I am not sure how effective it will be.

expected cost of this == $10mio p.a.
assuming 250 working days and an average fare of $1.50 (adult fares from Jurong to Raffles Place), we get an expected number of "free-riders" == 26.7k per day.

not sure what is the peak hr ridership currently, but given that total daily train ridership is >2mio, i will guestimate at least 0.5mio. so the G is expecting something like 26.7k/0.5mio == 5% takeup rate for the free-rides (give or take a couple of percentages)

[CityFarmer]

There are winners and losers in every policy. This is an interesting try though I am not sure how effective it will be.

expected cost of this == $10mio p.a.
assuming 250 working days and an average fare of $1.50 (adult fares from Jurong to Raffles Place), we get an expected number of "free-riders" == 26.7k per day.

not sure what is the peak hr ridership currently, but given that total daily train ridership is >2mio, i will guestimate at least 0.5mio. so the G is expecting something like 26.7k/0.5mio == 5% takeup rate for the free-rides (give or take a couple of percentages)

Minister Lui is expecting 10-15% commuters in the peak period to take advantage of it.

[AlphaQuant]

Minister Lui is expecting 10-15% commuters in the peak period to take advantage of it.

hmm guess sounds right on a rough order of magnitude scale. 15% sounds rather high to me though, so i guess he is projecting only people staying close to the city to adopt this - so perhaps people within a 5-7 station radius from CBD.

[a74henry]

Heard from the news that the Government is bearing this cost so there should be no negative effect on SMRT bottomline.

(Vested)