New ERP gantries from Monday
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There are 5
1) CTE (Northbound bef PIE (Changi)/ Upp S'goon Exit)
2) ECP (Marina Bay area, Eastbound)
3) ECP (Ophir Rd slip road, Eastbound)
4) Upp Bt Timah Rd (Bef Old Jurong Rd, Southbound)
5) BKE (Aft Dairy Farm Rd exit near Rifle Range Rd flyover, Southbound) -
CTE (Bef Braddell Rd exit, Southbound)
New Op Hrs: 0700 - 1100 (Bef: 0730 - 0930)
0700 - 0730: 50c
Current:
0730 - 0735: $2.50
0735 - 0800: $2.50
0800 - 0855: $2.50
0855 - 0900: $1.50
0900 - 0930: $0.50
0930 - 1100: 50c -
ECP (Changi) [Evening]
Gantries: Marina Bay area (Aft Maxwell Rd Exit towards Changi) and Ophir Rd slip road towards ECP (Changi)
1800 - 1830: $0.50
1830 - 1930: $1.00
1930 - 2000: $0.50 -
CTE (Northbound) [Evening]
Bef PIE (Changi)/ Upp S'goon Exit
1730 - 2230
1730 - 1800: 50c
1800 - 2200: $1.00
2200 - 2230: 50c -
Upp Bt Timah corridor (Morning)
BKE (PIE) [Near Rifle Range Road flyover] & Upp Bt Timah Rd (City) [Bef Old Jurong Rd junction]
0730 - 0800: 50c
0800 - 0900: $1.00 -
wondering when the whole island will be ERPed
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very fast oneOriginally posted by de_middle:wondering when the whole island will be ERPed -
bumpz
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Nov 9, 2007
Higher CTE charges keep traffic jams at bay - for now
Straits Times road test finds driving speeds comfortable even during rush hour
Straits Times Online, The (Singapore)
By Maria Almenoar
CTE, PIE, KPE, ECP.
For the longest time, these expressway initials have flashed past Miss Q. Tian, 24, as she drives to work.
The banker, who lives in Thomson Road and works at Suntec City, has been taking this longer route to avoid the chronic morning Central Expressway (CTE) jams.
She is on the CTE briefly after leaving her home, instead of using it all the way.
Another motorist arranges meetings after 10am and a third gets to work way before the morning jam.
Motorists like them stay clear of the congestion and charges on Singapore's most expensive stretch.
In a move to ease the morning congestion, CTE charges hit a record high of $5 from Monday for motorists entering it via the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) slip road near Mar Thoma Road between 8.30am and 9am.
The Straits Times got onto the CTE via that slip road on Friday morning. It found the higher charges may have - for now, at least - eased the volume of traffic.
Several trips down the CTE from the PIE slip road (westbound) near Mar Thoma Road at half-hour intervals from 7.30am to 10am found traffic mostly smooth flowing.
The Straits Times was able to drive the 7km stretch to Havelock Road at speeds of between 60kmh and 70kmh and complete the journey in six minutes, except between 9am and 9.30am.
During that period, driving speed fell to just below 60kmh and the journey took seven minutes.
A check with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) real-time traffic monitoring map found that speeds never fell below 40kmh and were mostly above 60kmh during the morning rush hour on the CTE.
It is not known if there were fewer motorists on Friday, which was a day after the Deepavali holiday.
In raising the CTE charges, the LTA said average traffic volumes on the expressway have grown steadily from 2001 to last year.
It wants to keep traffic speeds during peak hours within the optimum range - 45kmh to 65kmh.
But Miss Tian, the banker who leaves for work at Suntec City before 8am, doubts the $5 charge will work after some time.
She said her route 'may seem convoluted but it saves me half the time. Taking the CTE will take me about half an hour, but using the other expressways takes me 15 minutes in total'.
But Miss Tina Ho, 27, a financial consultant who travels before 9am to her work place in Tanjong Pagar, will stick to the CTE.
'I will pay if it means I can get to work faster,' said the Serangoon North Avenue 1 resident.
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cb..its just a scheme to earn more money from us.
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But Miss Tina Ho, 27, a financial consultant who travels before 9am to her work place in Tanjong Pagar, will stick to the CTE.
'I will pay if it means I can get to work faster,' said the Serangoon North Avenue 1 resident.
well, "who cares" den? if everyone think like her den LTA hav to raise charges to more den 5 bucks i bet.
waking up a bit early to avoid jam on alternative road wont kill right?
for me, i will choose to wake up a bit earlier to avoid the 5 bucks.
driving car to work is certainly and sure much faster den taking a bus right? -
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wait till KPE opens fully and we see how the traffic in singapore goes on.
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ERP rates cut for school holidays
Straits Times, The (Singapore)
Home
November 13, 2007
DRIVERS have something to cheer about during the upcoming school holiday period.
Starting this Saturday until Jan 1, Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates on some roads will go down by 50 cents. These are:
Ayer Rajah Expressway: 8am to 9.30am
East Coast Parkway (Ophir Road): 8am to 9am
Central Business District on weekdays: 8am to 10am, 12.30pm to 2pm, and 3pm to 7pm
Handy Road: 8am to 10am, 12.30pm to 2pm, and 3pm to 5.30pm
Bendemeer Road: 7.30am to 8am
Dunearn Road: 8am to 9am
Thomson Road: 7.30am to 8am
Rates for other gantries will remain unchanged during this period.
The Land Transport Authority also announced that the next ERP rate review will take place in February next year.
Copyright, 2007, Singapore Press Holdings Limited
Strange. If January school starts then jam, how?