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i was talking to my india indian friend and he told me about this auto-park mechanism available on their tier 1 city MRTs. how it works (last pic): you slide the front wheel of the bike into the lock and it automatically hoists the bike vertically. every car has one such mechanism, so an 8-car train will have 8 parking slots. they use alstom/bombardier rolling stock just like us so there’s no reason why we can’t incorporate the same feature, especially as we make the shift to a cycle-friendly society. i didn’t even know these things existed until today.

Bus 70 morning peak hour timing is honestly terrible lately.

Waiting at bus stop 64129 during weekday mornings has become frustrating. The waiting time can get unnecessarily long during peak hour, and when the bus finally arrives, it’s sometimes still a single deck bus despite the heavy crowd.

By the time it reaches the stop, it’s already packed, boarding becomes slow, and the whole journey gets delayed further.

Bus 70 serves a high-demand route through Hougang/Buangkok and morning crowd levels are no joke. SBS Transit seriously needs to review the frequency and deploy more double deck buses during peak hours.

https://mothership.sg/2026/05/swatch-ap-royal-pop-foreign-workers-queue/

I seriously miss the older model with the physical map and the LED light indicating which station you’re at. Now, whenever I’m on the train, I find myself frantically looking around the carriage just to figure out what stop we're at.

A simple LED light did the job perfectly. I don’t understand why they decided to replace it with an LCD screen that randomly shows a 3D model of the station?? let’s be real, absolutely no one cares about that. It’s so unnecessary, and I’m honestly in awe that anyone thought this was a good idea. If anything, it feels like they just wanted an excuse to shove more ads in our faces.

EDIT: sorry guys i took this picture from google, but i noticed i still get confused when taking the NSL… whereas when i change to NEL it’s much easier to comprehend

Basically, on the new systems maps, they have one of those tear-off stickers, which will be torn off when keppel Cantonment and Prince Edward road open.

The question is, why is the sticker so huge? 3 separate stickers cover this area. Their not changing the center of the circle line, because esplanade ia out of sticker.

Even the 'circle line' at the bottom ia stickered on. It seems there's gonna either be a rename of a recolour

???

I think it's a very creative, artistic take on the challenges of waterproofing and re-sealing. It's a gentle reminder of the woes of third world countries with corrupted officials and incompetent contractors. ​We have the fortune to acquire a glimpse of the malaise while being immune from corruption and incompetence. ​

Train has been stuck here between Kembangan and Eunos for almost 7 mins

photo credit smrt

The last time we ever saw seating outside the paid area was at Farrer Park

onboard first-gen C830 trains. a sticker is covering up the CCL6 sector.

as of 19 May, available on trains PV04, PV16, and PV32.

before anyone complains about "why no LED map" or "why no digital screen/DRMD", this will extremely likely be included in the refurbishment of these trains. the refurb project is currently undergoing feasibility studies.

Wondered who peeled the sticker hiding CCL6 (photo low quality af)