Immigration policy has strained infrastructure
Presently, the two have led to an increase in our population, which has also led to strains on our infrastructure, including our transport system. At the end of the day, a utility like the public transport system has limited physical capacity. You can only build so many lines and have trains operate at certain optimal frequency.
No matter how we tweak the system, at the end of the day it is about numbers, human traffic. According to the 2010 Census, Singapore's population stood at 5.076 million. Also in 2010, Singapore saw a total of 11.6 million tourists visiting the tiny island -- about 967,000 per month.
So, on average, at any given month, there are supposedly more than 6 million people on the island. Is it any wonder then that our transport system is straining? Full story
