10 Dec 2024 – SIN Vs KL Public Transportation
Sat: family&friends+all affected by this weather, please take care to be warm&safe.
Despite looking like WinterWonderland do have vivid memories of the struggles to clear snow in Norway to open the main door! Pix downloaded, do have similar pix from Norway days but all in slides!
Power Outages Reported Along East of U.S. Due to Storm
Not only in NE-America, also in UK.
UK weather map reveals where Storm Darragh will hit hardest
Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories – Deborah Kerr
Thanks to CH&Ting for our annual catch up with CCFlunch@MTmarket&dessert in my 4walls introducing Ting to the underground walk here, now with a new Cheers to be opened – forgot pix but will meet again next week.
Sun: enjoying this 2nd Sunday of Advent chatting with 1stBorn in USA and having a relaxing lunch of leftovers FreshFigWrappedProsciutto, CreamCheeseSmokedSalmonRose and FreshFruitSalad.
Mon: reading&watching movies
Our brains usually see things better if there’s a comparison.
So, we can compare Singapore to KL, in terms of public transport.
When I was there in KL (I’m a Singaporean), I was struck by the many highways, expressways, lebuh rayas, flyovers etc; and different kinds of commuter trains. But I was even more struck by the big number of cars and traffic jams all over despite the amount of money poured into the transport infrastructure.
I told myself that if KL’s transport infrastructure had been carefully planned and built, many people would not need to drive.
The KL chaos is a classic illustration of the English saying, “too many cooks spoil the broth”
Unlike Singapore.
So why did Singapore’s MRT system go everywhere? — this is largely because of central, unified, careful planning of the whole public transport system, intricately connected to provide optimal transport solution to the people of Singapore.
By the way, I have stopped driving to work and instead take a bus and train to work — with the 3 Cs – Cool, cheap, convenient – TC Quah/QuoraDigest
Tue: cruising on a ship around the world for 4yrs, tempting as it may sound but will really be a torture for me as I get seasick. Ppl who enjoys cruising, especially those in USA who want to get away for the next 4yrs, here is your chance for real…