The recent announcement of raising the bus fare by 1 to 2 cents for adults (without any concession) and senior citizens by 1st October this year just further proves my stand of getting our own transport beats a public one. Remember the last increase in fares a couple of years ago?

People starts re-starts to moan about this increase and even longer after getting a 7% GST slap right at our cheeck. The standard of living in Singapore is, no doubt, rising; and so rapidly that our pay increment isn't fast enough and/or high enough to make a balance out of it.

I feel that the Iris thingy is just a waste of money to invest in. The priority isn't right. We do not really need to know when the next bus is coming when we will be taking the bus anyway. We do not need to know when the next bus is coming if we made up our mind to take a taxi instead.

What we really need is to increase the frequency of buses. People are wasting too much waiting time for buses to arrive. It's even more agonising to transfer to your 2nd bus after the 1st, thinking that you'll have to wait for another 10-15 minutes.

I plead SBSTransit would brainstorm more on the efficiency of the buses. If the duration for the next bus is shorten to less than 10 minutes, Iris will not be necessary. More money could be saved from this high technology and can be given to increase the number of buses.

In conclusion, my stand of getting a bike still holds!