Land Transport Policy and Public Transport in Singapore |
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Authors: | Soi Hoi Lam Trinh Dinh Toan |
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Institution: | (1) School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Blk N1 #1A-29, 639798, Singapore |
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Abstract: | Singapore has a sophisticated and efficient system of land transport to serve a growing demand for transportation. Constrained
by limited space, a comprehensive set of land transport policies has been in place to balance the growth in transport demand
and the effectiveness and efficiency of the land transport system. A multi-pronged approach has been used to achieve the objective
of a world-class transportation system. These include integration of urban and transport planning, expansion of the road network
and improvement of the transport infrastructure, harnessing the latest technology in network and traffic management, managing
vehicle ownership and usage, and improvement and regulations of public transport (Ministry of Transport (MOT) (2003) Policy and Regulations, Land Transport, Available: www.mot.gov.sg, Date of Access: 15 September 2003). Singapore was the first country in the world to introduce
various new techniques, notably the Area License Scheme (ALS) in 1975 and the Vehicle Quota System (VQS) in 1990. An Electronic
Road Pricing (ERP) system replaced the ALS in 1998 to take the role of congestion management, the experience of which has
also drawn particular attention from many large cities in the world. In 2003, the world’s first and only fully automatic heavy
rail Mass Rapid Transit system was opened to the public, marking a new chapter in Singapore’s innovative approach to solving
its land transport problem. This paper reviews the land transport policy implemented in Singapore and pays special emphasis
to its public transportation systems. |
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Keywords: | integration land transport policy multi-modal transit road pricing traffic management transport planning |
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