Owning a car in Singapore was a luxury I could never afford, so we would ride the above conveyance all the time. The kids loved riding up top in the very front, reached by climbing a curved staircase. Matthew was 2 years old when we moved to Singapore from Japan. His first word was “buh”, meaning bus. He was a mass transit kid from the get go.
Mass transit in the city-state is very affordable, subsidized by those who drive personal vehicles taxed at a rate of 117%. The way Singapore justifies this is, “we have this great mass transit system but if you want the freedom to drive hither and yon at anytime day or night, then here is your tax bill kind sir.”
Anyway, the double decker buses were a great way to get around, along with the (subsidized) trains and taxis, equally affordable. Sometimes we would take the kids out and just go places in MassTransit Land. The downside was that occasionally we would have to wait for a connection, out in the equatorial heat.
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