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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->MY COMMUTING experience may illustrate why public transport usage has dropped.
For the past three years, I travelled by bus daily from my home in Bishan to work in MacPherson. Service 13, a direct bus, dropped me off at Upper Serangoon Road, after which it is a 10-minute walk to my office.
But because service 13 passed Bishan MRT station, I had to shove my way to get a place on the bus every morning. Once the bus has pulled out from Bishan station, it would be half empty.
The return trip in the evening was equally frustrating because of the low frequency. The long wait, poor road planning and bad bus management made it a very unpleasant trip for me and many commuters every day.
So that is why I am bidding goodbye to public transport.
Johnny Lam
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->MY COMMUTING experience may illustrate why public transport usage has dropped.
For the past three years, I travelled by bus daily from my home in Bishan to work in MacPherson. Service 13, a direct bus, dropped me off at Upper Serangoon Road, after which it is a 10-minute walk to my office.
But because service 13 passed Bishan MRT station, I had to shove my way to get a place on the bus every morning. Once the bus has pulled out from Bishan station, it would be half empty.
The return trip in the evening was equally frustrating because of the low frequency. The long wait, poor road planning and bad bus management made it a very unpleasant trip for me and many commuters every day.
So that is why I am bidding goodbye to public transport.
Johnny Lam
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