OPINION: Leong Sze Hian raises numerous pertinent questions on transport fare review


The Online Citizen, 6 Nov 2013
Why is it that the fare review report does not have any projections of the transport operators revenue, costs and profits taking into account the projected increase in the population and ridership in the future, under the proposed new fare adjustment formula?
Are there any developed countries that have public transport fare adjustment formulae that practically guarantees annual fare increases for transport operators as the formula is linked to inflation and average wage increase?
If you have concessions which say are a discount on the ever increasing fares, the disadvantaged in society may continue to be progressively worse off in the future. Full story