Monday, July 14, 2008
Post no. 384
I should give up reading the papers...
"The reality is that as cars try to avoid ERP, other roads get congested and more gantries are put up on arterial roads.
So really there is no avoiding ERP.
The Transport Minister said the alternative is to take public transport. "
Oh pls... thanks for finally acknowledging that ERP was never to ease traffic flow. Its to take cars off the road altogether.
First the screw up to allow the car population to balloon beyond control (or was it intentional??) and now, just casually commenting that public transport is the way forward without even due consideration for those who are stuck with 10 year loans.
This is such a ideal situation...
1) Road Tax is a fixed income.. drive or no drive, motorists would have to pay.
2) Petrol Tax is a fixed income.. More car...more petrol needed.
3) ERP is additional auxillary income.. Nevermind the number of drivers affected by ERP. Should it falls below expectation, just raise it upwards...heavy traffic is intangible anyway (i.e ERP on BKE? Poor design vs Real congestion)
4) Lastly...now that we have many cars on the road...lets boost the Bus population on the road... by promoting public transport.
Irresponsible talk is so cheap nowadays.
Regards
Digusted Citizen
"The reality is that as cars try to avoid ERP, other roads get congested and more gantries are put up on arterial roads.
So really there is no avoiding ERP.
The Transport Minister said the alternative is to take public transport. "
Oh pls... thanks for finally acknowledging that ERP was never to ease traffic flow. Its to take cars off the road altogether.
First the screw up to allow the car population to balloon beyond control (or was it intentional??) and now, just casually commenting that public transport is the way forward without even due consideration for those who are stuck with 10 year loans.
This is such a ideal situation...
1) Road Tax is a fixed income.. drive or no drive, motorists would have to pay.
2) Petrol Tax is a fixed income.. More car...more petrol needed.
3) ERP is additional auxillary income.. Nevermind the number of drivers affected by ERP. Should it falls below expectation, just raise it upwards...heavy traffic is intangible anyway (i.e ERP on BKE? Poor design vs Real congestion)
4) Lastly...now that we have many cars on the road...lets boost the Bus population on the road... by promoting public transport.
Irresponsible talk is so cheap nowadays.
Regards
Digusted Citizen