Transport

The decision of Singapore's largest taxi operator, ComfortDelGro, to adjust its levy structures against bookings recently has alarmed its cab drivers, as drivers begin to worry about the impact of the adjustments on their own earnings. From next Tuesday onwards (25 Sep), cab drivers under ComfortDelGro are obliged to pay a levy of 3.9 per cent for every booking that …

A massive train disruption took place this morning along the East West Line (EWL) due to a track point fault at Clementi, which started at about 7am and ended around 1.50pm in the afternoon. The disruption and confusion of free shuttle buses left passengers confused and angry, who then posted a barrage of posts and tweets on the social media …

A train service disruption occurred on the East West Line (EWL) this morning (18 Sep), said to be caused by a platform screen door (PSD) fault at Jurong East MRT station, affecting Eastbound train services. Simon Lee wrote a post of the slow moving train from Jurong to Pasir Ris on TATA SMRT Facebook at 8:21am, but he had initially assumed …

A new agreement on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail Link (HSR) project will be signed by Singapore and Malaysia today (5 Sep) at 2 p.m. at the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya, the administrative capital of Malaysia. The new document, of which the content has yet to be mentioned by the Malaysian Minister of Economic Affairs Mr Azmin Ali, will …

The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has announced that it has accepted all of the following recommendation submitted by the Active Mobility Advisory Panel for a safer path and will implement them in early-2019. There are four recommendations to be applied. Speed limit on footpaths The first is the speed limit on footpaths for personal mobility device users and cyclists. MOT noted …

The Public Transport Council (PTC) has announced that public transport operators may increase their fares by up to 4.3 percent based on the new fare formula, which will be decided in the annual 2018 Fare Review Exercise (FRE). It said that over the past five years, more than 1000 new buses were introduced through the Bus Service Enhancement Programme and Bus …

In a press release on Friday (31 August), Land Transport Authority (LTA) stated that private vehicle journeys declined for the first time since 1997, even as total travel demand increased by 5 percent from HITS 2012 to 15.4 million journeys. A record 6.1 million bus and rail journeys were made daily, based on the latest Household Interview Travel Survey conducted between …

Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the second phase of the on-demand public buses (ODPB) trial to Ministry of Movement Pte Ltd (SWAT) and Via Transportation, Inc. LTA states that the company developed the dynamic routing and matching algorithm that offers seamless and convenient bus journeys in areas where there is low or unpredictable ridership during certain times of the …

A section of Sengkang East Way will be temporarily closed to traffic from 1.00am to 5.00am on 31 August 2018 for the construction of a new pedestrian overhead bridge that will enable residents to conveniently cross Sengkang East Way and access the amenities in the vicinity. In a press release, Housing and Development Board (HDB) stated that the closed section …

The train service along the East West Line (EWL) was reported to have been disrupted by commuters on Friday (24 Aug) evening which is said to be caused by a train fault at Pasir Ris station; SMRT has yet to announce the breakdown officially. A commuter, Sherry Tan informed on TATA SMRT Facebook platform that the train service was delayed …