Yellow Bus Route
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 5 Nov 2016 23:17
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Yellow Bus Route, Singapore Hop On Hop
Off
  We left the red bus and waited a few
minutes before boarding the Yellow Bus that would take us to the Botanic
Gardens. Modern hotels then a stop to drop people at
the Singapore Flyer – on our list for tomorrow. Just to the left were curious
garages with numbers and apartments above, this is the nerve
centre when the Grand Prix comes to town.
    We leave the Flyer, the Marina Sands Hotel
and head back into the CBD and the many high rise
towers.
    We pass the Fullerton Building which was the Main Post Office – now a
stunning hotel.
 We saw the building again after we had
crossed the river. Merlion, the symbol of Singapore
spouts in the middle of the picture.
 It seems we are never far from this
classic view.
  A
museum.
         Glitz, glass and over
the river.
  Modern and
fresh.
 The
voice chirped in our ears to tell us about ERP – the first city in the world to
implement an electronic road toll collection system for purposes of congestion
pricing (since 1998, vehicles do not stop or slow down to pay tolls, they are
all fitted with a little magic box that sits in front of the driver on the
windscreen). The Electronic Road Pricing traffic
management system, it apparently compliments the COE (Certificate Of
Entitlement) which was implemented earlier in 1990. It is hugely expensive to
own a car in Singapore, even owning a motorbike or scooter is strictly regulated and very costly.
The
ERP, although unpopular with motorists has served its purpose. It has helped
change road usage patterns. Traffic has decreased by 25,000 during peak hours
with average road speeds down by 20%, traffic has eased and more road users are
out and about in off-peak hours.
  Social
Housing. Available at the age of thirty five, many Singaporeans use this
as a form of proposal – “we will get a place now”. From 125 – 250 thousand
pounds these apartments are leased for ninety years.
  New building
projects and renovation are all over the city.
   After our visit to the
wonderful Botanic Garden we joined the Yellow Bus once more and enjoyed the
circuit and city views.
 We left the bus on Orchard Street, a shoppers must and head to the
Metro.
   ALL IN ALL A LOVELY DAY BUT
FEET NOW SINGING IN
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