Measures to Tackle Singapore's Traffic Problems
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Measures to Tackle Singapore's Traffic Problems
At the recent Budget debate on Transport, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong outlined two measures to ease vehicle growth in Singapore and increase vehicle speeds on expressways.
The Transport Ministry has reviewed the vehicle growth rate and has decided to maintain the growth rate at 3% for another three more years from 2006 to 2008. However, it is not possible to retain indefinitely the 3% growth rate as the road network may not be able to support the vehicle growth. The total COE quota for 2006 would be set at 131, 127, down marginally from 132, 581 in 2005.
The Minister also highlighted the worsening traffic situation during evening peak hours on expressways. Due to the success of introducing ERP charges on the northbound CTE during evening peak hours to improve traffic speeds, the LTA will study how to use ERP to improve the traffic speeds on other expressways during evening peak hours.
Do you think restricting COE quota and introducing more ERP are solutions to Singapore's traffic problems?
What other suggestions do you have to solve Singapore's traffic problems? -
1.Increasing the speed on the road is one of the ways to clear traffic off the road. However, this might compromise with safety regulations.
2.Improve the public transport network.
3.Carpooling.
4.Reduce the number of car ownership. (limiting number of cars that a household can own)
Increasing ERP charges is never the way to curb traffic flow. True that it may reduce the usage of a particular road intially. However as drivers got used to the increase the number will just goes back to normal. -
everytime the minister said things about ERP .... the next thing we see is gantries erecting like nobody business .
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Originally posted by Poolman:
May be most of our opp party has weak knees. That's why can't stop the new waves of ERP gantries.
everytime the minister said things about ERP .... the next thing we see is gantries erecting like nobody business .
End of the day, most people still vote for the ruling party. So can't complain much after that.
If can't beat them, join them lor by paying more ERP.
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that's why shud buy HDB flat in tanjong pagar or above bras basah complex. duxton plain also can!
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At least we still have a decent government to improve infrastructure.
Make cars more ex, but we have more MRTs also.
There are some countries out there.... think for themselves...
lousy bus service
lousy roads
fares rising
road tax rise. -
raise the petrol price..
haha
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u may laugh but its FAR from funny....Originally posted by contact:raise the petrol price..
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Raise the price of fuel, everything increasesOriginally posted by contact:raise the petrol price..
haha
Bus fares, MRT fares (uses electricity derived from fossil fuels), Plastic price increases, etcs
Just because you dont drive a car does not mean it will not affect you. In the end, everyone loses, loser. -
For number 1 yea increase to 180km/h speed limit for all expressway except for KJE..which should be thisOriginally posted by Praetorian111:1.Increasing the speed on the road is one of the ways to clear traffic off the road. However, this might compromise with safety regulations.
2.Improve the public transport network.
3.Carpooling.
4.Reduce the number of car ownership. (limiting number of cars that a household can own)
Increasing ERP charges is never the way to curb traffic flow. True that it may reduce the usage of a particular road intially. However as drivers got used to the increase the number will just goes back to normal.
No Speed limit -
The thing is, the higher petrol prices could be used to cross subsidise SBS for their dieselOriginally posted by nightsky87:Raise the price of fuel, everything increases
Bus fares, MRT fares (uses electricity derived from fossil fuels), Plastic price increases, etcs
Just because you dont drive a car does not mean it will not affect you. In the end, everyone loses, loser.
Another thing is to lessen the burden of the MRT load.. It has reached its maximum point -
would it be fair? then the car drivers would be paying for the bus commuters! why? because they own cars?Originally posted by sbst275:The thing is, the higher petrol prices could be used to counter subsidise SBS for their diesel
sometimes we cannot have the 'robin hood' mentality, whereby the rich, because they are rich, are expected to help the less rich. then it becomes communism. -
Look, on the roads, buses gets priority through the B signal traffic signalsOriginally posted by nightsky87:would it be fair? then the car drivers would be paying for the bus commuters! why? because they own cars?
sometimes we cannot have the 'robin hood' mentality, whereby the rich, because they are rich, are expected to help the less rich. then it becomes communism.
Also, it helps to encourage ppl to take SBS buses -
And who profits? SBS?Originally posted by sbst275:Look, on the roads, buses gets priority through the B signal traffic signals
Also, it helps to encourage ppl to take SBS buses -
In the 1st place, if the govt makes car usage expensive and bus fares cheaper, ppl will just convert to OPCOriginally posted by nightsky87:And who profits? SBS?
More profit, SBS could buy more buses -
Dont mistake me, I'm all for public transport. I only feel that it is not a fair measure to penalise car owners, who already have extra burden from COE to ERP.Originally posted by sbst275:In the 1st place, if the govt makes car usage expensive and bus fares cheaper, ppl will just convert to OPC
More profit, SBS could buy more buses -
Originally posted by nightsky87:
In the older days of communist PRC, there's no little red robin hood. All are equal, equally poor.
sometimes we cannot have the 'robin hood' mentality, whereby the rich, because they are rich, are expected to help the less rich. then it becomes communism.
Those who're rich, already flee to ROC long ago. -
erm... would this really work.... for example my house got 3 cars only 2 ppl we cant really drive all 3 cars. also people with more then 2 cars i dont think the rest of the cars all drive out at the same time anywaysOriginally posted by Praetorian111:4.Reduce the number of car ownership. (limiting number of cars that a household can own)
EDIT: to solve traffic problems i think we should just increase the price of cars by 5x -
Widen all the roads to 3 lane
Some roads got only 1 lane
...I take taxi also so slow during peak hours... 
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public transport now is good. the MRT can get me to town in 28mins flat. (frm tampines) but i would say our public transport is a 'standing' public transport. it's a taboo to enter the tunnels towards city w/o a train packed to the brim to SMRT i think.
ERP wont help. if you have to get somewhere, bo pian must pay. -
hmm. firstly stupid flyovers on the PIE and CTE and other expressways shouldn't be so steep. for pie is especially paya lebar flyover and eunos flyover. every morning jam until the flyover after the peak of the stupid flyover the cars cruise down effortlessly. but jam before the peak due to pple lazy to accelerate or dowan to haf high rpm or simply no power to go up the slope. shld haf made the expressway FLAT and the non-expressway road UNDERpass.
also our expressway winds left and right too much. -_- like the western part of PIE from BKE exit/entrance to clementi.
then they should enforce a minimum speed limit like some other countries. minimum 60kmh max 90kmh. and heavy vehicles should be taught to keep left more. oh well. sianz. juz some of my views. -
i find the erp scheme very retarded.... it is to keep traffic away from a certain area during peak hour like in the morning going to work.... its not as if we want to go past the erp at the same time of day its because we have to. that dosent actually reduce the traffic flow does it...
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THis sign means "National speed limit" right? or "no limit?"Originally posted by ceecookie:For number 1 yea increase to 180km/h speed limit for all expressway except for KJE..which should be this
No Speed limit -
in the end its all beneficial to the govt...
i seriously tink limitin the number of cars or vehicles a household can own is a gd idea....nwadays when cars r cheap n the rich families r buyin so many even when its nt really necessary....
n i find dat nwadays heavy vehicles r comin to the 2 extreme rite lanes. dats slows dwn the whole traffic of normal cars, irritatin... -
Have you seen Shanghai's roads? Some of the high ways are double, triple and quadriple layered. Just like Keppel flyover and the new flyover over the roads at world trade centre. Shanghai even has elevated round abouts. The bridges in some US states are also double layered, like bay bridge and golden gate. Perhaps that may be the way to go. Double layer our highways. That will make it at least 6 lanes each way.