EXPERIENCES FROM SINGAPORE'S PARK-AND-RIDE SCHEME (1975-1996)

The Park-and-Ride Scheme (PRS) is a demand management instrument used to help alleviate the problem of traffic congestion in Singapore. After an abortive launch as a bus-based PRS in 1975, it was revived in 1990 as a mass-transit-based PRS and subsequently fine-tuned over the years. A survey of 122 PRS users in 1996 found that cost savings were a major incentive for participating in the PRS. It is suggested that to attract more users, tighter financial restraints such as higher charges for entering and parking in the CBD (Central Business District) should be employed. Operational problems faced by users such as restrictive operating hours and unsuitable car park locations should also be attended to.

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  Elsevier Science

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  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Seik, F T
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 427-443
• Serial:
  • Habitat International
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0197-3975
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01973975

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Park and ride; Parking facilities; Savings; Traffic congestion
• Geographic Terms: Singapore
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768250
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1999 12:00AM