New Fare Structure

Read this letter:
Why a fairer fare policy is facing undue criticism
http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_556366.html


My view
When the Ministry for Transport announced the new fare structure that is based on distance, I wrote to the papers and in my blog that this exercise is unnecessary and will cost a lot of money. I suggested that it is better to increase the transfer rebate (i.e. for connecting trips and feeder services). Nobody cared to reply to my suggestion. After so much money is spend on the new system, we now have so much unhappiness. Is this the new symbol  of Singapore - spend a lot of money and still fail?