Commuters brace themselves as fare hike deadline looms

[aimnfire]

thanks goodness. They only raise only 1 to 2 cents only...not much impact...

well it might be not much but........
not sure if this time round the ez link will give alot of 'over' deduction
so in order to claim for over deduction, must travel more to the claim center

sigh
hope not true

[kochmeister]

either way... we still lose. double sigh. my travel cost is just going up up up. Most times, I'm spending more on travel than lunch and breakfast in a day.

[Fire76]

thanks goodness. They only raise only 1 to 2 cents only...not much impact...

Do you really think it is a increase of 1 cents to 2 cents only...Think again.

They have make longer journey per trip (thus increase in journey fares)
Change of routes (some communter actually have to make 3 transits instead of 1)
Cancellation of route (making you to take the MRT/LRT..for this, punggol is a classcial example)
With all these situation, the increase is surely more them 1-2cents....

[kochmeister]

Yup, we should look at the total journey cost. I'm sure the difference can be as high as 50 cents or more even.... It's the oldest trick in the book. The blur you with stats and figures and show that the increases are minimal but in reality, I'm sure it'll cost more than that. Anyway, makes no sense to me that they will go through all this trouble for a 2 cent increase don't you think? We're still gonna pay through our noses.