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Overcrowding in Bugis - Disaster Awaits?

makapaaa

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Bridge to ease Bugis crowds
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>To be ready by year-end, it will lessen road congestion at Illuma mall and Bugis Junction </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Debbie Yong
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->The problem will be bridged soon, bringing relief to those crossing the road from Bugis Junction to Bugis Village.
The developer of Illuma, a new mall across from Bugis Junction, has started work on an overhead bridge linking it to the Bugis Junction side of the road by year-end.
Pedestrians have long complained about being stuck in a small strip of space on the divider when crossing the road.
When pedestrian-crossing lights turn red, up to about 40 people can be held up in the 6m by 2m traffic 'island'.
'I usually try to walk as fast as I can. I don't want to be stuck in the middle and wait under the hot sun with a big group of people,' said fine arts student Candice Lee, 21, who passes by the area at least three times a week.
The human crush at the road divider has become worse with Illuma - causing some to, quite literally, stop in their tracks.
The mall's unusual design and flashy light display that runs on its exterior are causing pedestrians to slow down or even stop to take pictures while crossing the road.
'It's quite annoying. People end up walking slowly and hold up the crowd,' said sales assistant Danny Teo, 27. 'Or they don't look at where they are going and others have to avoid them. It can be quite dangerous.'
Not all thought the act was as serious though.
Said Ms Chen Kailing, 34, a restaurant manager who was spotted taking pictures with her mobile phone while standing on the island: 'I think if you do it when the lights are red and people are all standing still, it is not a problem.'
When contacted, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that the staggered pedestrian crossing was implemented with the high vehicular traffic and pedestrian flow in mind.
'By implementing a two-phase crossing, we are able to allow pedestrians to cross the road safely, while maintaining traffic efficiency,' said an LTA spokesman.
The railings at the centre median are in place as a safety measure to prevent pedestrians from spilling over onto the road, he added.
Pedestrians are also advised to use an alternate crossing located 50m away at the junction of Victoria Street and Rochor Road.
But are these changes likely to improve things?
'Maybe if the overhead bridge is air-conditioned and linked to the inside of the malls, it'll be good. If not, I would rather wait with the crowd for a little longer than walk an extra distance or have to climb stairs,' said analyst Joan Poh, 34. [email protected]
 

SamuelStalin

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Bugis is a toilet area of the city with pseudo-high class Sporn fucks and toilet lickers alike (both are not mutually exclusive) crowding the space. You people do know what that rubbish dump looked like in the days before Parco was established there. With that mall and this upstart it looks just slightly more dignified, although I'm afraid this isn't saying much either.

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Bridge to ease Bugis crowds
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>To be ready by year-end, it will lessen road congestion at Illuma mall and Bugis Junction </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Debbie Yong
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>




<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->The problem will be bridged soon, bringing relief to those crossing the road from Bugis Junction to Bugis Village.
The developer of Illuma, a new mall across from Bugis Junction, has started work on an overhead bridge linking it to the Bugis Junction side of the road by year-end.
Pedestrians have long complained about being stuck in a small strip of space on the divider when crossing the road.
When pedestrian-crossing lights turn red, up to about 40 people can be held up in the 6m by 2m traffic 'island'.
'I usually try to walk as fast as I can. I don't want to be stuck in the middle and wait under the hot sun with a big group of people,' said fine arts student Candice Lee, 21, who passes by the area at least three times a week.
The human crush at the road divider has become worse with Illuma - causing some to, quite literally, stop in their tracks.
The mall's unusual design and flashy light display that runs on its exterior are causing pedestrians to slow down or even stop to take pictures while crossing the road.
'It's quite annoying. People end up walking slowly and hold up the crowd,' said sales assistant Danny Teo, 27. 'Or they don't look at where they are going and others have to avoid them. It can be quite dangerous.'
Not all thought the act was as serious though.
Said Ms Chen Kailing, 34, a restaurant manager who was spotted taking pictures with her mobile phone while standing on the island: 'I think if you do it when the lights are red and people are all standing still, it is not a problem.'
When contacted, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that the staggered pedestrian crossing was implemented with the high vehicular traffic and pedestrian flow in mind.
'By implementing a two-phase crossing, we are able to allow pedestrians to cross the road safely, while maintaining traffic efficiency,' said an LTA spokesman.
The railings at the centre median are in place as a safety measure to prevent pedestrians from spilling over onto the road, he added.
Pedestrians are also advised to use an alternate crossing located 50m away at the junction of Victoria Street and Rochor Road.
But are these changes likely to improve things?
'Maybe if the overhead bridge is air-conditioned and linked to the inside of the malls, it'll be good. If not, I would rather wait with the crowd for a little longer than walk an extra distance or have to climb stairs,' said analyst Joan Poh, 34. [email protected]
 

darthboy

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sorry, I don't understand. Isn't there another crossing nearby, right in front of KFC? Why do these people have to insist in crossing through the middle.
 

johnny333

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sorry, I don't understand. Isn't there another crossing nearby, right in front of KFC? Why do these people have to insist in crossing through the middle.


With the recession construction jobs must be drying up. Some PAP crony needs the $$$ to build that bridge :rolleyes:
 

SamuelStalin

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sinkies can die from extra physical exertion. :rolleyes:

Let them. There'll be tears coming from me, but of joy, not sadness. This is population cleansing. The more Sporn fucks die in Bugis and out there, the better it is for me and then everyone.

Everywhere is so crowded. You chinks fuck like rabbits and don't stay home when you should when you failures keep whining about the economy?
 

SamuelStalin

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You Sporn fucks should die lah. Crowd that face with your fucking foul-mouthed and ugly likenesses, don't you inferior genetical defective fucks feel ASHAMED of yourselves?

Do you want me to feed you all shit until you die? Huh? You bastard Sporn fucks?


<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Bridge to ease Bugis crowds
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>To be ready by year-end, it will lessen road congestion at Illuma mall and Bugis Junction </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Debbie Yong
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>




<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->The problem will be bridged soon, bringing relief to those crossing the road from Bugis Junction to Bugis Village.
The developer of Illuma, a new mall across from Bugis Junction, has started work on an overhead bridge linking it to the Bugis Junction side of the road by year-end.
Pedestrians have long complained about being stuck in a small strip of space on the divider when crossing the road.
When pedestrian-crossing lights turn red, up to about 40 people can be held up in the 6m by 2m traffic 'island'.
'I usually try to walk as fast as I can. I don't want to be stuck in the middle and wait under the hot sun with a big group of people,' said fine arts student Candice Lee, 21, who passes by the area at least three times a week.
The human crush at the road divider has become worse with Illuma - causing some to, quite literally, stop in their tracks.
The mall's unusual design and flashy light display that runs on its exterior are causing pedestrians to slow down or even stop to take pictures while crossing the road.
'It's quite annoying. People end up walking slowly and hold up the crowd,' said sales assistant Danny Teo, 27. 'Or they don't look at where they are going and others have to avoid them. It can be quite dangerous.'
Not all thought the act was as serious though.
Said Ms Chen Kailing, 34, a restaurant manager who was spotted taking pictures with her mobile phone while standing on the island: 'I think if you do it when the lights are red and people are all standing still, it is not a problem.'
When contacted, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that the staggered pedestrian crossing was implemented with the high vehicular traffic and pedestrian flow in mind.
'By implementing a two-phase crossing, we are able to allow pedestrians to cross the road safely, while maintaining traffic efficiency,' said an LTA spokesman.
The railings at the centre median are in place as a safety measure to prevent pedestrians from spilling over onto the road, he added.
Pedestrians are also advised to use an alternate crossing located 50m away at the junction of Victoria Street and Rochor Road.
But are these changes likely to improve things?
'Maybe if the overhead bridge is air-conditioned and linked to the inside of the malls, it'll be good. If not, I would rather wait with the crowd for a little longer than walk an extra distance or have to climb stairs,' said analyst Joan Poh, 34. [email protected]
 

SamuelStalin

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sorry, I don't understand. Isn't there another crossing nearby, right in front of KFC? Why do these people have to insist in crossing through the middle.

Those ugly, inferior and stupid laborer-descendants out there will die if they walked a bit more, which they should.
 
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