Downtown Line Longer, coslier
This is an article written by Christopher Tan, senior correspondent of the Straits Times. It can be found here:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_568762.html
This article tells us that the Singapore Downtown line, revealed on Friday, will be longer than expected. It is stated that the Downtown Line Stage 3, which connects eastern suburbs such as Tampines and Bedok to the Marina Bay downtown, will be 2km longer at 21km. There will be one more additional station added, which will be Jalan Beser MRT Station. But, because of this, we Singaporeans have to wait till 2017 for this line to be completed, though it is earlier than expected when visioned in 2007. This line will pass through one of the busiest parts of the city, including Sungei Road, Bencoolen and River Valley.
In my opinion I feel that this is good both economically and environmentally to Singapore. With this line, public transport would be encouraged even more, reducing the number of private cars usages and increasing the usage of public transport that is environmentally friendly. This also generates income for the Singapore government, therefore making it a win-win situation. In 2017, the citizens living in Bedok would have a faster and more efficient mode of transport to get to the busier parts of Singapore, namely Sungei Road, Bencoolen and River Valley.
It also benefits the Singapore environmentally as the MRT uses electricity as a source of power. This does not need to have fuel combustion, unlike cars, causing carbon dioxide to be produced and fasten the rate of global warming. Being underground, the trains can reach their destination much faster and it is also a cheap method of transportation.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_568762.html
This article tells us that the Singapore Downtown line, revealed on Friday, will be longer than expected. It is stated that the Downtown Line Stage 3, which connects eastern suburbs such as Tampines and Bedok to the Marina Bay downtown, will be 2km longer at 21km. There will be one more additional station added, which will be Jalan Beser MRT Station. But, because of this, we Singaporeans have to wait till 2017 for this line to be completed, though it is earlier than expected when visioned in 2007. This line will pass through one of the busiest parts of the city, including Sungei Road, Bencoolen and River Valley.
In my opinion I feel that this is good both economically and environmentally to Singapore. With this line, public transport would be encouraged even more, reducing the number of private cars usages and increasing the usage of public transport that is environmentally friendly. This also generates income for the Singapore government, therefore making it a win-win situation. In 2017, the citizens living in Bedok would have a faster and more efficient mode of transport to get to the busier parts of Singapore, namely Sungei Road, Bencoolen and River Valley.
It also benefits the Singapore environmentally as the MRT uses electricity as a source of power. This does not need to have fuel combustion, unlike cars, causing carbon dioxide to be produced and fasten the rate of global warming. Being underground, the trains can reach their destination much faster and it is also a cheap method of transportation.
posted by Lee Kah Win at
5:29 AM
2 Comments:
I agree that the building of the MRT lines will definitely help Singapore environmentally but not that much economically.
The ease of use of MRT lines present nowadays will lessen the usage of cars as it is very easy to travel efficiently by MRT now. Without as many cars on the road, pollution will decrease and Singapore will live up to its name as a Garden City.
However, as we are still suffering from the effects of the economic depression, i feel this is not the right time to spend so much money on the building of more MRT stations. Much man power is needed, much planning has to be done to make sure that the construction of the MRT lines do not affect the ground above, and the cost of removing so much land underground is very high. Therefore this may not be a the appropriate time to extend the MRT lines. It will not help the economy much as Sungei Road, Bencoolen and River Valley are not very commercial districts and are not financial districts at all.
Thus, i feel that the timing is inappropriate. The government should wait till they have paid off their debts, and recovered fully from the economic depression first, before starting on any high cost project like this.
Marcus Lau De Hao
Kah Win,
I agree that the building of the MRT lines will help singapore economically and environmentally.
The extension and building of more MRT lines would mean that some areas in Singapore will gain easier access to the rest of Singapore. The ease of access to the other parts of Singapore can reap much economical benefits. This is because the employees can get to work faster and easier, and gain more access to the major commercial and financial districts of Singapore. The ability of the employees to get to work faster ans easier means that they will arrive at work late less often.(more time at work = more things produced) The extra access gained by Singaporeans to commercial and financial districts of singapore means that they will be going there more often.(More business)
Despite the fact that MRT trains use electricity which comes from power plants which produce greenhouse gases, these trains will reduce the number of cars on the roads, and these cars cause much more environmental damage than the MRT trains.
Therefore, I feel agree with your viewpoint that Singapore will gain much economical and environmental benefits from the building of these MRT lines.
Thank you.
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