This is because it is more expensive in Singapore to purchase a car and obtain a driver’s license for a car than it is for a motorcycle.
One interesting difference between traveling in Singapore and the United States is that everyone drives on the left side of the road instead of the right! Even the steering wheels on all the cars and buses are on the opposite side! This was confusing to me, and for the first few weeks in Singapore, I was not sure which way to look before crossing the road!
When I first tried the Singaporean way of getting around I was quite nervous. I grew up in the city of Santa Rosa, a small city with unreliable public transportation. As a result, I became used to driving around or riding my bicycle to places I needed to go. Even in college, I relied on using Uber to travel around while occasionally taking the buses and metro light rail. When I arrived in Singapore, I felt uneasy about having to learn about a whole new system of transportation. Luckily, I made friends with a group of local Singaporean students who showed me how to use the buses, metro rails and subways. After they showed me the different steps, I was surprised at how straightforward and easy traveling around Singapore was! Before I knew it, I was travelling by myself all around the city. I noticed that the more often I had to travel anywhere, the easier the whole process was. My favorite way to get around was the metro monorail because the tracks were about thirty feet above the ground. This meant that I always had a gorgeous view of different parts of Singapore whenever I decided to take the monorail.
