Oxymoron

Feb 3, 2019

Lack of convenience is the main reason why commuters do not walk more,
but transport planners are hoping to coax them to use their legs,
by exploring ways to make walking more enjoyable.

Besides building sheltered walkways, planting more greenery and having rest stops,
as well as things to look at and do along the way, are some of the possibilities
being looked into, Senior Minister of State for Transport Janil Puthucheary
told The Sunday Times in a recent interview.

"We want to find ways that we can re-engineer our towns, our roads,
(and) roadside spaces to make walking more pleasant for people an
 give people the choice to walk as an option," he said.

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It's quite amusing that after approving the use of e-scooters
(and soon -- horror of horrors -- shared e-scooters) on walkways,
the authorities are now trying to make people walk more!

These things are nothing but trouble

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Feb 04, 2019:

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Nov 29, 2018:

So, LTA, where are all your fabulous "enforcement officers"?

https://www.facebook.com/Roads.sg/videos/2059165157449210/

Bloody hell!

Only "a short detention order" for causing someone in a coma,
which subsequently ruined the rest of her life?

You gotta be fricking kidding me.

Please read this, LTA and Nicholas Ting:

Happy Birthday, kid!

Today (July 15) is Thien Nhan's birthday.

Here is an update from his mum, Mai Anh:

"Hanoi is getting warmer than ever.

Nhan is enjoying his summer break with a number of outdoor activities
including swimming and playing basketball.

He is now learning to get used to his new prosthetic leg.

There are two types of functional prosthetic legs: an aesthetic one
and a specific one used mainly by athletes.

Nhan chose the second one so it can help him in all actions,
especially sports.

However, practicing is quite hard and it takes him about one
or two months of constant training.

The transfemoral prosthesis is an artificial limb that replaces
a leg missing above the knee. Transfemoral amputees can have
a very difficult time regaining normal movements.

In general, a transfemoral amputee must use approximately 80%
more energy to walk compared with a person with two whole legs.
This is due to the complexities in movement associated with the knee.

Plus, the inclement weather in Hanoi these days makes him
frowning all the time while practicing."

I look foward to seeing Thien Nhan master the use of
his new prosthetic leg.

Such incompetence!

First, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) blindly allowed the use of e-scooters on walkways, which resulted in hapless pedestrians getting hit left, right and center.

After the shit hits the fan, LTA claimed that there will be a "mandatory registration of electric scooters" by the second half of 2018... which is RIGHT NOW.

Well, apparently, that is not happening.

According to the Chinese press, the registration is postponed to 2019 because LTA "needs more time to research and design a sound registration process."

Shouldn't that be done in the first place, before letting those e-scooters on the loose to create havoc on footpaths which endanger our lives?

Please get your act together, LTA.

Singapore's wondrous Judicial System

Teacher paid for massage services with fake $100 notes.
(Note: No one was hurt.)

Jailed three years.

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58-year-old housewife abused Indonesian maid.
(Bodily harm involved.)

Jailed six weeks.

ONLY SIX WEEKS.

Am I the only one who feels that something's not quite right?

What is the Active Mobility Advisory Panel waiting for? More injuries?

All talk, no action.

Latest incident:

Photos: Facebook/Zam Riffzam

Man crashed e-scooter into girl in Pasir Ris.

To those who sit in the Active Mobility Advisory Panel
(by the way, if I do not walk on footpaths and only get chauffeured around,
I wouldn't have cared less. But, like most, I am part of the common people.) --
Do you really need to have an online poll??

Isn't the escalating number of pedestrians getting injured
(with some ended up dead or in ICUs) an obvious indication that
allowing personal mobility devices (PMDs) on walkways is a big mistake?

Exercise some common sense, please.

And don't get me started on those so-called "active mobility enforcement officers".
I have never ever seen one in real life.

The only time they appear seemed to be for a photoshoot for the media.
Where were they when the following happened? --

I am not lobbying for a ban of PMDs.
Just don't approve them until the correct infrastructures are in place.

Making pedestrians share paths with PMDs is not the solution.


UPDATE:
Great! Another moron's rash act.
Two incidents on the SAME DAY!