Singapore Motorisation Restraint and its Implications on Travel Behaviour and Urban Sustainability

This paper provides an overview of Singapore's transportation policy. For the past 30 years, Singapore has consistently implemented transportation policy based on balanced development of road and transit infrastructure and restraint of traffic. Combined with land use planning, this policy has resulted in a modern transportation system that is free from major congestion and that provides users with different travel alternatives. As economic growth increased the demand for cars, several pricing policies were introduced with the aim of restraining car ownership and usage. Growth of the vehicle population is now controlled and potentially congested roads are subject to road pricing. These measures help to eliminate traffic congestion, maintain car share of work trips below 25%, and keep the transportation sector's energy usage low. Although Singapore's transportation policy is a product of its geographical, economic and political factors, other rapidly-growing Asian cities can learn from its experience in managing travel demand.

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• Authors:
  • Olszewski, Piotr S
• Publication Date: 2007-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 319-335
• Serial:
  • Transportation
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISSN: 0049-4488
  • EISSN: 1572-9435
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11116

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Automobile travel; Case studies; Economic factors; Geography; Policy analysis; Political factors; Road pricing; Sustainable development; Traffic congestion; Traffic restraint; Transportation policy; Travel behavior; Travel demand management; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Singapore
• Subject Areas: Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01053687
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 22 2007 3:48PM