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Graciousness drive on public transport:
10,000 people turned up for free rides to familiarise themselves with the circle line at a community event in Bishan MRT station yesterday.Bishan and Serangoon, will connect commuters to the North-South and North-east lines respectively.
Opinions:
I think that this programme is in a way useful to commuters as it helps them to familiarise themselves with the new circle line. If they are familiarise with it, they are able to know which way to go when they need to go to certain places.Of course it will be better if there are more people turning up for the free ride so as to know the new circle line well especially if they are people who takes MRT often.
Here comes the second main point:
The public transport council (PTC) will launch a public education programme titled 'A Happy Journey Starts Like That!' to promote graciousness on public transport. New and updated queue lines have been drawn on the platforms in 11 MRT stations. Besides that, some seat signs have been changed to read 'Reserved Seating' instead of 'priority seating'.
Opinions:
I think that that this programme is good as it remind the commuters that the public transport is meant for everyone but not only themselves. Through this programme, commuters can learn to:(a) give way to alighting train passengers (b) give up reserved seating to people who need it more than ourselves. Besides that, to ensure a pleasant and comfortable journey to all commuters, we can move to the middle of train cars or rear of buses, to optimise the passengers carrying capacity and at the same time reduce waiting time.
As for the changing of 'reserve seating' to 'priority seating', i think that it would be a good way to remind the commuters to spare a thought for others who need the seat like the elderly, pregnant woman and children. If they slip and fall during the journey, the consequences would be dire. The new floor queue line is also useful as it suggest the right way for exiting commuters and boarding commuters.
If everyone practices graciousness when they are taking public transport, people like the elderly would not have to stand while the bus/train is moving and it can prevent incidents from happening. Besides that, foreigners will have a good impression of Singapore and would want to visit our country again if they have a chance.