Singapore MRT system

After the project meeting, i was returning to my room, and on my way saw the thrid circle lane coming up in our campus. I mean the new MRT coming in Singapore, which will be fully operational in 2010. Well, if these people say 2010, then 2010 it is. Not like india.


Also i learnt that before 2016, 100 more MRTs are coming up in singapore. For someone who doesnt know singapore well, when all these 100 more MRTs are constructed, you will be able to see the next MRT from the current one. That is how small the country is and how much more MRT stations they are going to add. It is quite astonishing.





I compare this with chennai, which is almost equal in size as in singapore. But 3 times the population of singapore. Chennai roughly has 20 stations, with a very low number of people using the MRTS everyday. I can see how far we still lag behind singapore. I can only worry about it. Nothing can be done.

Apprantly the government here wants to reduce the number of cars and encourage the poeple to use the MRT instead of cars. Nice move, i should say. Very nice indeed. Instead of cars just clogging the streets, they can reduce the traffic; they can reduce the number of accidents; they can reduce the amount of petrol used and eventually reduce the dependence of the country on oil; they can reduce inflation as people will be saving a lot more than normal, etc,etc,etc..... Above all, what makes me happy the most is, they will reduce the green house gas emission in singapore. All the countries should learn from this small, but smart country.

Way to go !!