Bus stops get new poles, $4.5m costs to recover from commuters?

[General Veers]

Singapore
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story

Nov 28, 2009
Bus stops get new poles
$4.5m roll-out will mean commuters get more and clearer information

<!-- by line --> By Christopher Tan, Senior Correspondent
<!-- end by line -->
<!-- end left side bar -->

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has replaced 1,430 bus stop sign poles with snazzier and more prominent ones that cost $1,000 each. --ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

<!-- story content : start --> THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has replaced 1,430 bus stop sign poles with snazzier and more prominent ones that cost $1,000 each. By March next year, all 4,500 bus stops islandwide will have the new sign poles, costing a total of $4.5 million. The roll-out came soon after the authority finished canvassing for public feedback on the new design in end-August. The new sign poles feature a schematic symbol of Singapore island, which can be spotted at all train stations too. Besides displaying the bus services commuters can flag down, the sign poles will also have location names - usually that of a road, landmark or nearby building. Like existing bus stop sign poles, they will also each have a five-digit bus stop code which commuters can use to retrieve bus arrival information via SMS or the Internet. The LTA added that the public can also use the code to provide feedback on a particular bus stop.

Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
[email protected]

 

[makapaaa]

THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has replaced 1,430 bus stop sign poles with snazzier and more prominent ones that cost $1,000 each.

=> One stupid post can cost $1k. Who are they trying to bluff? Or is the minister's salary factored in?

 

[Debonerman]

THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has replaced 1,430 bus stop sign poles with snazzier and more prominent ones that cost $1,000 each.

=> One stupid post can cost $1k. Who are they trying to bluff? Or is the minister's salary factored in?

Please lah makaapa, this is Singapore, we are paying $3.8 million a year for one Lee Hsien Loong!

 

[Adidas]

so will be expecting another round of fares' increment next year ???

 

[theblackhole]

why so extravagant on flags?

give concessions better appreciated by all commuters.

 

[TheBonerman]

From: mips4 5:57 am
To: makapa unread (2 of 3)

25072.2 in reply to 25072.1

The poles are heavily subsidized. The cost of the land that the poles are stuck into is S$800 per pole.

Options

 

[kunkin]

evem n if makapaa keep barking like a dg here .. no body is going to be bothered..
sg needs FT to buy their expensive condos..

to shop in their numeorus shopping centers..

else many parts of sg would have turned in to ghost towns...

and their mrts and buses would be riding free air..

 

[Orochi]

evem n if makapaa keep barking like a dg here .. no body is going to be bothered..
sg needs FT to buy their expensive condos..

to shop in their numeorus shopping centers..

else many parts of sg would have turned in to ghost towns...

and their mrts and buses would be riding free air..

Doggy, have you finished barking? Good, hope to hear from you tomorrow! :oIo: