Transforming Transit with Technology: The Singapore SBST System - An International Perspective

This paper describes how SBS Transit (SBST) is one of the latest transit systems to take full acceptance of Orbital’s OrbCAD XP CAD/AVL system. SBS Transit has a large fleet of nearly 3,000 buses and has some of the highest transit ridership anywhere on the planet by carrying 2.8 million passengers per day. Singapore, an island nation, is the smallest country in Southeast Asia. Roughly four times size of Washington, DC with a population of more than 4.5 million people, it is the second most densely populated country in the world. Singapore has a robust economy based on electronics and manufacturing and serves as a major shipping port—one of the world’s largest. As a developed island nation, Singapore has a high cost of living, making it very expensive to own and drive a vehicle. Tolls implemented during heavy road traffic hours through an Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system further discourage private automobile use in the Central Area. It is not surprising that public transit and taxis are the main source of transportation for a large percentage of the population.

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• Authors:
  • Streeter, Blake
  • Kuzmich, Mike
• Conference:
  • 2008 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Bus & Paratransit Conference
  • Location: Austin TX, United States
  • Date: 2008-5-3 to 2008-5-7
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Maps;
• Pagination: 5p
• Monograph Title: Bus & Paratransit 2008 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Bus transportation; Peak hour traffic; Private passenger vehicles; Public transit; Ridership; Road pricing; Technological innovations; Transit operating agencies
• Geographic Terms: Singapore
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01115270
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1931594309
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 2008 7:32AM