 The education budget remains at one fifth or more, and many of its practices, such as racial harmony, continue today.A side effect of this is that traffic congestion became increasingly more common, and in 1987, the first Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line was established and would later grow to become a famous epitome of what is often viewed as a well-integrated public transport system.This network also improved the convenience of travelling from one side of the island to the other—a benefit which did not exist in the 1960s.