Singapore has plans to be the smart city as well as the green city of the future. The newspapers are full of it. The city planning departments are in to it. The schools are doing projects on it. Exhibitions are held in the MRT (train) stations.
You probably know of the plans in other parts of the world to develop driverless cars.
Singapore already has driverless trains. That doesn't mean that people are unemployed or that you don't see people in charge. Staff are in the ticket kiosks to help answer questions if you need to find your way. Although you top up your cash card on the nearby machines. Staff are on the stations in ticket offices to give advice and on security desks to keep an eye out and on platforms.
I once saw the platform staff usher a handicapped person ahead of the people on the platform who were waiting to board the train. The staff member was insistent and efficient in ensuring that the person was given a seat - the seats by the door are priority for the handicapped.
You have to be quick boarding and stand back when the red lights flash and bleep because the trains are driverless and have doors which close automatically, as signs tell you.
A station on the Downtown line has artwork for a school project envisaging the future city:
You probably know of the plans in other parts of the world to develop driverless cars.
Singapore already has driverless trains. That doesn't mean that people are unemployed or that you don't see people in charge. Staff are in the ticket kiosks to help answer questions if you need to find your way. Although you top up your cash card on the nearby machines. Staff are on the stations in ticket offices to give advice and on security desks to keep an eye out and on platforms.
I once saw the platform staff usher a handicapped person ahead of the people on the platform who were waiting to board the train. The staff member was insistent and efficient in ensuring that the person was given a seat - the seats by the door are priority for the handicapped.
You have to be quick boarding and stand back when the red lights flash and bleep because the trains are driverless and have doors which close automatically, as signs tell you.
A station on the Downtown line has artwork for a school project envisaging the future city:
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