over exaggeration. i've been riding the mrt for the past week and am impressed with the new circle line. it helps divert traffic away from the downtown area, namely city hall and raffles place stations. there are now more alternate routes to take if you're going east to northeast or east to north or east to harbor front, or similarly from west to these same end points. not all traffic needs to go thru' the hubs at city hall or raffles place like before. moreover, there are new stops such as bartley, farrer park, caldecott, holland village, botanic gardens, etc. all these improvements in 2 years? in comparison, the bay area rapid transit is still doing studies on a future extension to san jose from fremont after getting initial go ahead via balloting and preliminary funding of the project back in 2008. nothing is done so far except soil and environmental impact studies, including examination and avoidance of possible native american burial sites. no ground for any rail extension and new station construction will be broken until 2016, which by then will bloat the budget 5 to 8 times based on current price tag. if it finally were to get started in 2016, the completion of the last station in san jose would be sometime in 2020, bloating the budget even bigger by 10 to 12 times. by then, voters would not be able to stomach more budget increases and may pass measures to cancel or delay it. future technology and design of tracks and trains may also render construction and carriages based on current designs obsolete. population and traffic flows may outstrip current projections. price per ride today is based on distance covered, and it's high at more than 5 bucks from fremont to sf one-way with 1 lousy buck for parking...totaling 11 bucks for a round trip fare. train interval is 15 minutes during peak and 20 minutes off peak. carriages are filthy and stinky, old and clunky. doors break down often and require a mechanical technician 30 minutes later to inspect before having an electrical technician to show up 30 minutes later to fix problems. breakdowns due to door issues will need at least an hour to diffuse before the next train arrives as rescue train. track problems occur daily and delays can last hours. sinkies should consider themselves lucky for having the most efficient and well designed mrt network in the world.
the public wireless broadband network based on wifi, on the other hand, in sg sucks so much that i don't have anymore knnbccb expletives to throw at it. :p