Singapore

SINGAPORE’S

STRATEGIES FOR A PEOPLE CENTRED

LAND TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Choi Chik Cheong What Cities Want : International study on urban

mobility in selected cities worldwide

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Outline

• Singapore’s Land Transport

• Challenges

• Key Strategies

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Land Constraint

Population: 5.2 million Land Area: 714 sq. km

CBD

High-density

housing

43 km

23 km

Note: Figures accurate as of Jan 12

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Road Transport

• Road Network: 3,400 km

• Expressway Network: 161 km

• Vehicle Population: 959,699

• Car population: 608,958

Note:

(a) Road & Expressway Figures – Accurate as of Mar 12

(b) Vehicle Figures - Accurate as of Mar 12

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Main Public Transport Modes

MRT: 149km, 99 stations Buses: 342 routes, 4112 buses

Taxi: 27,163 LRT: 29 km, 43 stations

Note: MRT, LRT, Bus and Taxi figures accurate as of Mar 12

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Travel Statistics

Daily MRT/LRT trips: 2.4 million

Daily Bus trips: 3.4 million

Daily Taxi trips: 0.9 million

Note: Average daily travel figures for the year 2011

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Rapid Transit System

• MRT serves the heavy transit corridors

• 2 RTS Operators - SMRT & SBS Transit

• 178 km of MRT & LRT Lines

• Fares and services are regulated

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Buses

• Provides comprehensive coverage

• 2 bus operators - SMRT Buses & SBS Transit

• Assigned areas of responsibility

• > 340 scheduled services

• 4,000 fleet

• Fares and service standards are regulated

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Taxis

• Personalised public transport

service

• Industry has been liberalised

• Fares are de-regulated

• New entrants allowed

• 7 taxi companies + some individual

owners (yellow top taxis)

• Service standards are regulated

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Vision

A people- centred land transport system.

Mission

To provide an efficient and cost- effective land transport system for

different needs.

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LTA’s Functions

• Formulation of land transport policies

• Integrate transport planning with land use

• Plan, design and develop Rapid Transit System (RTS) and road infrastructure

• Manage road traffic and maintain road infrastructure

• Promote public transport

• Regulate public transport services

• Regulate private transport ownership and usage

• Centralised bus network planning (from 2009)

• Acquiring payment transactions for public transport, road pricing and electronic parking system.

Land Transport MasterPlan (LTMP)

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Three Key Strategies

A People-Centred Land Transport System

S1. Make public

transport a choice

mode

S2. Manage Road

Use S3. Meet Diverse

Needs

Making public transport a choice mode - Key Target by 2020

• Increase AM peak modal share on public transport from 59% to 70%

Target 2020 Mode Share (am peak)

30%

70%

- Public Transport

- Private

Transport

2008 Mode Share (am peak)

41%

59%

S1:Make Public Transport A Choice Mode

CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES

Today 2020

11 mil

14.3 mil

Increase in Travel Demand must be met

largely by Public Transport

Land Use

12%

73%

Roads

Others

15%

Housing

2) Limited Land Space

Key Challenges

1) Increasing Travel Demand

Crowded Trains

Congestion at Bishan MRT station

MRT Breakdowns & Disruptions

News articles on North South Line MRT

Breakdown on 15 December 2011

Information Integration

Institutional Integration

Fare Integration

Physical Integration

Integrated Public

Transport System

Network Integration

Institutional Integration

Established 1995

Land Transport

Authority

Network Integration Hub-and-spoke system

Central Bus Network Planner (2009)

Backbone: MRT and trunk buses Feeder: Feeder buses and LRT Hubs: Bus and MRT Interchanges

Enhance Commuter Experience


EZ link system Premium Bus

Services

Upgraded Bus

Poles

Key Bus

Services Map

Real-Time Bus

Info Panels

Upgraded Bus

Stops

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More Priority for Buses

Full Day Bus Lanes Mandatory Give-Way

at Bus Bays

Priority given to

buses at cross

road junctions


Bus Service

Enhancement

Programme

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More Buses

Government to co-fund EUR 700K bus fleet expansion –

total 800 more buses over the next 5 years


Expand the Rail Network

NSL

Existing

East

North

West

North-East

In Progress

NEL

Central Region

Downtown Line 2

North South Line Extension

Thomson Line

Eastern Region Line

Tuas Extension

Circle Line

By 2020

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Rail network by

2020: EUR 38 billion

Today: 178 km By 2020 : 278 km

Downtown Line 3

Downtown Line 1

EWL


Physical Integration

Improving Accessibility and Connectivity

Creating Lifestyle Hubs

Ang Mo Kio Hub

Sengkang Interchange

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Integrated Public Transport Hubs


Yishun

Bt Panjang

Boon Lay

Joo Koon

Jurong East

Clementi

Marina South

Ang Mo Kio

Toa Payoh

Sengkang

Serangoon

Hougang

Bedok

Existing Upcoming Ang Mo Kio Hub

Toa Payoh Hub

Increasing Train Capacity

(The Straits Times, Pg C8, 8 March 2012)

• Adding more trains

• Re-signalling to increase train frequency and capacity

PLANET “Analyses 4 billion records within minutes”

Information Integration

Geographic Information

System

Real-time Travel

information

Websites & google map

Data Source: CEPAS

Contactless E-Purse Application Standard

Parking Private

Transport Retail

Public

Transport One Card, Many Uses

A National Standard for Multi-Purpose Contactless Stored-Value Card, a form of Contactless Smart Card (CSC)

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S2. Manage Road Use

• Develop road network

• Leverage on technology

• Demand management measures

• Ownership control

• Usage restraints

S2: Manage Road Usage

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• Kallang-Paya Lebar

Expressway (Sept 2008)

• Marina Coastal

Expressway (2013)

• North South Expressway

(2020)

Expand Road Network


Manage Road Traffic – with technology

Parking

Guidance

System

Junction

Eyes

Expressway Monitoring & Advisory System

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Demand Management

Usage Restraint

Ownership Control

Combination of Ownership and Usage Measures

1.Limit ownership VQS

2.Increase ownership cost

• Additional Registration Fee

(ARF)

• Excise duty

• Road tax

1. Electronic Road Pricing (ERP)

2. Petrol duty


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Vehicle Quota System (VQS)

•Regulates vehicle population growth at a rate that can be

sustained by road network

• 3% p.a. from 1990 to 2008

• 1.5% p.a. from 2009 to 2012

• 0.5% p.a. from 2013 to 2014

•A Certificate of Entitlement (COE) required to register a new

vehicle, valid for 10 years

•Open bidding exercise on the Internet


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Electronic Road Pricing

• ERP is a congestion management tool

• Flexible - rates vary by location/time,

based on local traffic conditions

• Equitable - motorists pay for

congestion costs imposed on others or

choose to travel at different time/

route/ use public transport

• ERP rates - determine based on local

traffic conditions, location and time of

the day


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Electronic Road Pricing

• ERP Rates reviewed every 3 months

• To ensure optimal use of road space

Optimal Speed Range

65 km/h 45 km/h

Increase rate Decrease rate

Expressways

Optimal Speed Range

30 km/h 20 km/h Other Roads

Increase rate Decrease rate


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S3. Meeting Diverse Needs

Implement barrier-free accessibility

• MRT stations - lifts and tactile guidance system

• Wheelchair accessible buses

• Barrier-free road and road related facilities

Noise Abatement Measures

• Complete island-wide noise measurement study

• Install noise barriers at existing viaducts and

turnouts

S3: Meeting Diverse Needs

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Facilitate Cycling

• Foldable bicycles allowed on buses and trains

• Better bicycle parking facilities at public transport nodes

• Implement cycling path networks and parking facilities in public housing estates

• Dedicated cycling tracks next to pedestrians footpaths


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Facilitate Cycling – EUR27 million


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Achieving Cleaner Transport


Diesel-Hybrid Buses

• To trial on Diesel Hybrid Bus

Technology

Green Transport Research

• E.g. Development of Fuel Cell

Bus, Transport Energy

Efficiency and Cycling

Behaviour

Electric Vehicles (EVs)

• EV Taskforce/Test-Bed

• To conduct feasibility study on

setting up the infrastructure for

Electric Vehicles (EV)

New Carbon Emissions Scheme

• New cars with higher carbon

emissions pay between $5,000 to

$20,000 more

• Rebates within the same range

apply to vehicles producing less

carbon dioxide

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THANK YOU

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