Singapore has best public transport system, Copenhagen is most cost-efficient in Well-established ci - Polidicks

[img]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r19/theonlinecitizen/Pictures%20Posted%20on%20TOC/Public%20Transport/RS400.jpg[/img] [quote] Singapore has the best transportation network of any city of its type and other cities around the world can benefit from its experience, a study by a London-based consulting firm has shown. Commissioned by Siemens, the study by Credo entitled “The Mobility Opportunity” presented today in Singapore looked at transportation networks in 35 major cities around the globe and assessed how prepared cities were to meet future challenges such as population growth and higher competition. The study said if all 35 cities studied implemented relative “best in class” standards, they stood to gain an economic benefit of up to US$238 billion (RM767.19 billion) annually by 2030. Extrapolating to all comparably-sized cities globally with a population of around 750,000 and greater, this suggests an economic opportunity of roughly US$800 billion annually. This corresponds to about 1% of global GDP. Today, the potential benefit would be about US$360 billion per year. With a high capacity system able to meet demand with minimal crowding and high levels of user functionality, Singapore is well able to cope with future growth, the study said. The country was also praised for its long-term planning – helped by highly integrated governance – reliability and punctuality levels as well as provision of air-conditioning on almost all of its public transport vehicles. Singapore’s only weakness is a relatively low network density which leaves some areas poorly connected, but long-term development plans and continuous investment to maintain the existing high standards are all that is required for it to retain its position, the report said. Although transport is considered one of the major factors of a city’s competitiveness, lack of financial resources often constrains the ability of cities to invest in their transport networks, it said. The study, which grouped cities into three categories to account for different levels of wealth and development, found the most cost-efficient cities globally are Copenhagen, Denmark (category: “Well-established cities”), Singapore (“High-density compact centres”) and Santiago, Chile (“Emerging cities”). [/quote] - See more at: [url]http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/world/article/singapore-has-best-public-transport-system-study-shows#sthash.k9ie36ep.h73dhwjT.dpuf[/url] Really? I've lost count the amount of fucking times the bus is fucking late.

The buses are fine Everything's on time and super clean. I just get the impression that the MRT is super slow (as in just moves slowly).

[quote]reliability and punctuality levels as well as provision of air-conditioning on almost all of its public transport vehicles.[/quote] reliability, punctuality....and air-conditioning just reads kinda off there, but it is a developing nation so i guess its a big step for them

I wanted to see which cities were studied, so I found a summary of the report: [url]https://www.siemens.com/press/pool/de/feature/2014/infrastructure-cities/2014-06-mobility-opportunity/Study-mobility-opportunity-preview.pdf[/url] It turns out it has a lot of nice graphs and stuff for anyone interested.

[QUOTE=Sableye;44989778]reliability, punctuality....and air-conditioning just reads kinda off there, but it is a developing nation so i guess its a big step for them[/QUOTE] Even the third biggest city in Sweden has seriously hot buses, so that's pretty damn good for them. Doesn't help that they're crowded either.

Chicago's trains can now go up escalators, why aren't we near the top? [img]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1735102!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/chicago-train-derailment.jpg[/img]

Copenhagen's public transport is actually pretty darn good - everyone still complains however, I guess that's just human nature. Really can't wait for the new metro line to open, it's gonna make a huge difference.

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;44991018]Copenhagen's public transport is actually pretty darn good - everyone still complains however, I guess that's just human nature. Really can't wait for the new metro line to open, it's gonna make a huge difference.[/QUOTE] First time I went to the Copenhagen main train terminal, a pigeon took a massive diarrhea shit on the guy next to me, I'm talking like at least two coke bottles worth, no idea how that was even possible.

Manchester in the UK has the best public transport as far as I'm concerned. You're guaranteed at least 1 nutter, and several junkies on your train/tram/bus or you get your money back.

[QUOTE=Crimor;44991179]First time I went to the Copenhagen main train terminal, a pigeon took a massive diarrhea shit on the guy next to me, I'm talking like at least two coke bottles worth, no idea how that was even possible.[/QUOTE] Take it as a compliment, I suppose, he probably saved up for a while. But really, the pigeons are psychopaths, way too accustomed to people.

Toronto's transit isn't sufficient, we're already overcapacity on our main subway line downtown, and we need a relief line to downtown from the east and west about 5 years ago. With how rapidly the suburbs are expanding, and how many Goddamn condos we're building, in 10 more years our subways will be more crammed than Tokyo and our highways moreso than LA, and our politicians are too busy bitching about shit to actually do anything and think of mass transit and cars as competing for the same roadspace, and basically are half trying to build subways and half trying to think of a way to build LRT lines in the middle of existing roadways, reducing car traffic capacity in what I can only see as an attempt to try and piss people off so much they don't want to drive by trying to deliberately increase car commute times. This also ignores the fact that with more people in the city and area comes more cars, and that some of our roads and Highways are already at or over capacity, and shrinking that capacity as more cars show up in favour of LRT or, even worse, bicycle lanes that are seldom used in season and totally useless half the year is a fucking stupid idea.

Queensland Australia public transport is so shit Translink buses either come too early or too late The trains are okay but if you're expecting some quiet time up in the quiet carriages you can wave that good bye There's rarely any ticket inspectors and the guards at the gate on platform stations except Central Station Brisbane are so lazy, I think you could jump the barriers and they wouldn't bat an eye

I think it's damn interesting that the study clearly states that Copenhagen is the best performing city overall, but the article claims otherwise. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/13wiEaV.png[/IMG]

Everytime I see foreign countries love their public transportation I wish USA had even a decent one. It's a pain in the ass to be so reliant on motor vehicles and gasoline.