So my father gave me a slip of paper with his thoughts on the fiasco:
"Too many train breakdowns. Very slow communication and too few information given to commuters. It's time SMRT work with the 3 telcos on how to disseminate such emergency text messages to all mobile phone users ASAP, so that those inside the affected trains will know what to do and those inside the stations can find other alternative transport arrangement. Even those at home will be aware and not take train in the affected routes."
It seems like the logical thing to do. But what are the barriers for such an arrangement? Who do we have to grease to push such a thing through?
I'm also looking at this beyond the context of "SMRT screwed up again". Had this been a real terrorist attack, is our best option really looking at Facebook and Twitter feeds?
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