An alternative to Downtown Lines

The government plans to spend $12 billion to build 3 new MRT lines, called the Downtown line.

I wish to suggest another alternative to avoid this heavy investment:

* run more trains on the current lines, say twice the capacity
* have many feeder services to bring commuters to the current MRT lines

This allows the current train service to be improved earlier (rather than wait for 10 years). It will cost only a fraction of the proposed $12 billion.