Thursday, September 21, 2006

More cars, more bus fare, what is the world coming to?

I opened my email this morning when I got to work and guess what? I got a response from Len Schwer, one of the LS-DYNA gurus! I posted a question regarding smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) the night before and he was real quick to answer man! Wow!

The government is releasing more COEs this month. I guess some officials think that there are not enough cars on the road already! More cars, more gardens, more golf courses and less living space. Spectacular isn't it? And not to mention that the cost of public transportation is going up. The PTC did some math and concluded that public transportation costs much less in Singapore than in HongKong and New York, so no problem raising fares. Errhmm, excuse me, which country is more densely populated? Which country is more in need of living space? I can hardly breathe in here! Public transport companies are doing a pathetic job at earning revenue from advertising and such. No wonder they can't make enough money. Look at the number of ads you see in the San Francisco BART station and compare it to Eunos MRT? Poor citizens should not be made to subsidize a lack of effort on the part of these operators.

Anyway, enough ranting and whining. Weekend's coming and hopefully I will get better from the flu by then so I can after a hectic week at work.

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