The document discusses problems with Singapore's transport system and proposes solutions and a budget. It identifies overcrowded and failing trains, long bus wait times, and lack of rail infrastructure in certain areas as key problems. Solutions proposed include increasing train and bus capacity, installing backup batteries on trains, and accelerating construction of the Downtown Line 2. The budget allocates funds to purchase new trains and buses, retrofit trains with regenerative braking technology, and speed up rail construction, with the majority (60%) going towards the Downtown line.
10. Solutions
•Increase the rolling stock on North South
and East West lines.
•Install back up batteries that would last
one station
•Increase number of buses.
•Hasten the construction of downtown line
2, to 2013, together with downtown line 1.
12. Spending
•5 new Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao
Sifang C151A trains costing 85 million dollars.
•100 new Mercedes citaro busses costing total of
50 million
•10 trains will be a tested first using regenerative
braking technology on the wheels of the train,
and be pushed out slowly to the rest of the
rolling stock. Cost of which would be 65 million.
•Speeding up of Downtown line construction to
cost 300 million.
13. Expenditure
Cost
5 C151A Trains
Retrofitting 10 trains with regenerative batteries
100 Citaro Busses
Speeding up of Downtown line construction
17%
13%
60%
10%
14. 5 new Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR
Qingdao Sifang C151A trains
• less congested trains
during morning peak
hours.
• increases frequency
of trains from five
minutes, to four
minutes.
15. 100 new Mercedes citaro
busses
• Reduce significantly the
amount of time spent
waiting for busses.
• From 20 minutes, to 13
minutes.
• Will be used in services
that operate near
schools.
• Citaro busses are
comfortable and fuel-
efficient.
16. Regenerative braking
technology
• Converts the train’s
kinetic energy to
another form of
energy, to be stored.
• back-up power
supply, should there
be a power failure.
• Prevents of stalling if
trains.
18. Speeding up of Downtown
line 2 construction
• Provides rail
network for
citizens living in
Bukit Timah, and
Bukit Panjang
stretch.
• Ease of travel
19. Speeding up of Downtown
line 2 construction
• Students from
schools will
benefit from two
stations, Stevens,
and Tan Kah Kee.
• Improves
education sector
as well.
----- Meeting Notes (19/2/12 20:07) -----daryl: the 3 buses were not what they waited for..then another bus came, the bus driver would think, there's so many buses in front, i'll just speed past. THAT was the bus the people at the bus stop were waiting for...