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| Lam On Square now |
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| Lam On Square then |
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| Saigon, traffic, traffic and more traffic. |
In total the completed modern 6 line system will spread out across 67 miles of track. Estimated completion is in 2020.
In conjunction with all this a bus-to rapid transit system is due to leap into action in 2018 with newly built designated bus routes and updated facilities. It is thought to have the capacity of handling 620,000 passengers per day at a building cost of 1.35 billion.
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| Artist conception of one of the new terminals. |
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| Artist conception of the downtown terminal. |
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| Artist conception of pedestrian mall Saigon city center.
Which leads us up to the big question, if only 5 % of
Saigon's population is utilizing mass transit at present
is all this stuff enough to make them park the
motorbike or that new car.
The problem with the present mass transit (buses)
is the sirly drivers and assistants, ill maintained
buses and facilities. A long with a stigma
associated with bus ridership associated with
riding the bus because you were too big a
loser to afford a motorbike or now for some,
a car. Not sure how these new facilities
will be at addressing these things.
So for now the only sure thing is that big money
is being spent while the historical and significant
values of old Saigon are being decimated.
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