Singapore's trial of MRT priority cabins put on hold due to changed ridership patterns amid pandemic


Ridership patterns have changed amid the Covid-19 outbreak and new initiatives will have to wait until the situation is better studied. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, March 21 (The Straits Times/ANN): A trial of MRT priority cabins for the elderly, wheelchair users and pregnant women has been put on hold indefinitely due to the coronavirus situation, The Sunday Times has learnt.

A Land Transport Authority (LTA) spokesman told ST that ridership patterns have changed amid the Covid-19 outbreak and new initiatives will have to wait until the situation is better studied.

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