• HidingCat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    There was a period in the 2000s when the metro was under maintained and profits were maximised (fuck you Saw Phiak Hwa), where there were times even at 10pm I couldn’t get on the train because they were so packed, thanks to horrible intervals between each train. Said undermaintence lead to some pretty bad breakdowns (for Singapore anyway) around the mid-2010s . Ever since then they’ve increased maintenence, decreased interval times during both peak and off-peak periods, and more lines were also added, though some of them were already being planned in mid-2000s.

    The bus system has also improved when they moved to a hybrid model, where government tenders for operators to operate the bus routes, so there’s private and public aspects into it.

    While not perfect, it’s definitely better than the mid-to-late 2000s, and I’m really grateful we have it.