Presently, there are two different types of MRT trains in Singapore. One has rather wide seats and the other, narrow seats. I feel that the trains with the wide seats allow fewer people to sit down and the trains with the narrower seats are sometimes too small. When I discussed this issue with my friend, she felt the same way too. During the peak hours, the MRT trains are very crowded and I wish that there could have been more seats to allow less people to stand and more people to enter the train. This leads me to a few questions:
1) Is there any way for the seats to accommodate the maximum number of people?
2) How can the MRT maximize the number of seats without compromising on the comfort of the passengers?
These questions made me think whether the partitioning of the MRT train seats should be removed. Hence, my general research question would be “Do you think that the MRT trains can accommodate more seated passengers with the removal of the seats’ partitioning?”
In countries like Japan, the train seats have no partitions and through my observation, there seems to be no problem with this issue. The passengers will shift themselves to accommodate the most number of people sitting down. However, I am uncertain if this concept will work well in Singapore. Hence, an attitudinal survey would be needed to get the opinions of the general public in Singapore on whether this idea is feasible here. Furthermore, with the survey results, we can feedback to SMRT regarding this issue.
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hi, i do agree about the seats not being enough, especially since Singapore has an increasing aging population thus we need to think about their needs too. However, cost would be a big issue because it requires the installation of new seats etc. thus it would not be a feasible plan even with others agreeing with us. Another plan could be installation of more seats as some of the new trains have fewer seats to allow more standing place. What do you think?
I would say the issue of "seats being not enough in public transport" is applicable for most of us, whether it is MRT trains or buses. Hence, this survey is feasible to be carried out as it will raise the public concern. I bet there is bunch of creative ideas on how to maximize the capacity of train, hoping that some of it will be taken into consideration by SMRT corporate.
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