The Online Citizen, 12 Sep 2008, Leong Sze Hian
"Looking at the details of the increase, I believe the brunt of the increases may be borne by senior citizens and the lower-income, as they are the ones who may more likely take feeder and direct bus services - these being the cheapest travel options. The four cents increase for feeder bus and senior citizen concession EZ-link fare (shortest distance), is an increase of six per cent, on top of the about 7 per cent per annum increase from 30 to 67 cents from 1995 to 2007 for feeder fares.
This translates to an increase of 137 per cent in feeder fares from 1995 to 2008.
So, perhaps the key question and statistic, may not be that “a majority of commuters (64%) will benefit directly from the transition to distance-based through fares”, but who are, and how much more the 36 per cent may be paying - senior citizens and the lower income?""
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