Simply put, because we can’t keep costs under control. It’s that time of the year again for another fare increase. This time, this is possibly the single largest increase on record, at up to 11 cents per trip. This makes the entry fare $1.09; the largest single jump in value…

Let’s talk pedestrian networks to MRT stations. Apparently the J-Walk in Jurong East is pretty tightly regulated, but it’s largely a standalone oddity. The CBD area is less formalized in a certain sense, but there are things happening — and not happening — there as well. These pedestrian networks are…

We all want what we can’t have, sadly. The previous blog post talked about the downsides of public bus operations on highways. Are there any ways to salvage the situation? Some might argue that the answer is to take a harder line on the war on cars. Since there’s never…

I used to take Service 966 to work. This is my story. Some people might claim that the FTRL Blog is too hard on buses, especially buses that use the expressway for significant portions of their routes. They may be right. But, as always, there is a story behind it…

Help is coming for the Sengkang Punggol LRT. But will it be enough? It sure needs it. According to SBS Transit’s financial results for the first half of 2023, the LRT may have been the busiest it’s ever been, at 157k daily passengers on average. This may be due to…

Much ado about school bus services. Recent headlines have mostly been about how the cost of school bus services have been shooting up. Now, this is a far bigger problem than just school buses; it’s a question of how well are we using limited driver resources. There are eighteen thousand…

There are some lessons we can learn from RapidKL. I think that on the blog, I’ve been quite an admirer of the Malaysian way of doing things in relating to transit. And not just through their methods of construction, but with the way Prasarana has been forced to clean up…

If I told you that train services were faster in 2012 than now, would you believe me? Interestingly, ridership figures for the SMRT network are roughly the same between 2012 and 2022. Now, of course, we cannot discount the events of the last few years, or the impact of the…

11 years of it, for Brickland Station! The LTA recently confirmed the location of Brickland Station. It will open in 2034. Yes, 2034. That was not a typo. …