From the Red Line

The TEL4 (p)review

For once, a TEL stage opened without much drama.

I may be a doomer most of the time, but this blog celebrates deserving victories. We wouldn’t be here without the hard work of the engineers at the LTA, SMRT, Alstom, amongst other contractors, in gaining experience over…

Much ado about the RTS Link

Do we really need to worry about the RTS Link?

On gateways

The prime complaint about the JRL is how it supposedly makes Singapore’s busiest MRT station even busier. I don’t think so.

There are two main groups of users at Jurong East, as with every interchange station — those who actually use the station, and those who are just changing…

When the dust has settled

Was the political cost of the 167 saga worth it?

The LTA says publicly that the service changes were made to optimize resources and dial back overprovision of transport service to areas now served by rail. But with the data in hand, let’s fact-check them. Is…

It’s what lies within

Is there really that much space for further optimization of train space?

A while ago, transit twitter was all ablaze because people were complaining about the open gangways on New York’s R211 trains. It’s really quite a storm in a teacup because Singaporeans might…

Two wheels good, four wheels bad?

We need to talk about the role of cycling with public transport.

We may have reached a tipping point where it may no longer be tenable for the LTA to continue to regulate the bicycle-sharing industry in a laissez-faire manner, where operators…

If they pull it off

The LTA appears to be pushing forward with the plan to merge the Changi Airport branch into the TEL.

Who wants to drive a bus?

The first thing you see on SBS Transit’s website is a recruitment ad.