Road Pricing in Singapore

Road Pricing in Singapore AND ITS RESULT

1. Road Pricing in Singapore Presentation on

2. INTRODUCTION Singapore is an island-state with a land area of just over 690 square km, measuring 42 km across and 23 km from north to south. On this island live more than 4 million people, making it one of the most densely populated countries. Its transport needs are served with vehicles totalling 730,000, of which 420,000 are cars . In the field of transportation, road pricing has long been associated with Singapore. Indeed, the practical application of road pricing started in Singapore in June 1975. Many changes have been made to the road pricing scheme since that time. Initially a manual scheme based on paper permits and applicable during the morning peak period only, it has evolved over the past 30 years to an electronic version that operates presently almost throughout the day.

3. PIONEERS: CONGESTION PRICING OF CITY CENTERS Singapore’s Area License Scheme Hong Kong’s Electronic Road Pricing Trial Congestion-specific Charging For Cambridge, England The Scandinavian Toll Rings ( i ) Norway’s Three Urban Toll Rings (ii) The Dennis Package for Stockholm (iii) Lessons from the Scandinavian Toll Rings

4. Congestion Pricing – just one component of a Transport Strategy Cannot work on its own Singapore: Public Transport is key alternative A Traffic Management Tool – Not for revenue generation

5. Area Licensing Scheme

6. Area Licensing Scheme Daily and monthly paper licences .

7. Area Licensing Scheme Manually enforced.

8. Area Licensing Scheme Cordon-based marked by gantries Paper licences (for payment on entries) Enforcement - manual

9. Singapore’s Electronic Road Pricing Cordon-based marked by gantries Electronic In-Vehicle Unit with smart-card (for payment on entries) Enforcement – camera images Back-end Central Control System

10. Road Pricing Charges Varies by vehicle type Varies by location of gantry Varies by time of day - ranges from S$0.50 to S$4.00 per pass Payment Modes Deducted at point of use from smart-card Post-payment with administrative charges Credit card payment

11. Extending the Singapore’s Electronic Road Pricing Aug 05 – ERP extended to manage evening peak hour congestion for home-bound trips (on the Central Expressway, CTE Evening ERP for home-bound trips Aug 05 – ERP extended to manage evening peak hour congestion for home-bound trips (on the Central Expressway, CTE) Travel time between 6 – 8 pm improved. Motorists have a choice.

12. Evening ERP for home-bound trips Extending the Singapore’s Electronic Road Pricing Oct 05 – Two distinct pricing cordons in city – Orchard and CBD with different operating hours and charges Orchard cordon has different traffic characteristics Intent is to reduce through traffic on Orchard corridor

13. ERP for Orchard Cordon Additional Gantries Orchard CBD

14. Pricing intra-city traffic in the City (July 08) Operates 6-8pm we

15. Pricing intra-city traffic in the City (July 08)

16. Last Mile Radio Network for Transport Infra structure Making ERP Rates Visible

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