All will benefit from distance-based fare system. Eventually.

"There would be a group who currently, the ones who are travelling single trips and shorter trips who are not benefiting, but we hope that if they review it say on a weekly travel pattern basis instead of looking at it on a per-trip basis ... look at it as a weekly travel pattern and sometimes also in terms of what is to come later on, more choices ... in due course, I am sure they will benefit as well."
-- Lim Hwee Hua, Second Minister for Transport and Finance


Apparently the public has mistaken the goodwill of the authorities again. Apparently they must benefit from the new distance-based fare system. As advised by Ms Lim, if not per trip, then daily, or weekly, or monthly, or even yearly. If they still don't see their savings in one year, they should look at it in a long term perspective, like 10 years. Somewhere down the years, they must benefit. That is how far ahead the transport authority has looked and planned.

Still not convinced? Then take and swallow the second reason from Ms Lim. They are paying ahead for what is to come later, like more choices of trains and buses. So they will benefit. Eventually. Really.