{"id":31951,"date":"2016-10-28T13:34:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T06:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/singapore-must-go-car-lite-sooner-rather-than-later\/"},"modified":"2016-10-28T13:41:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T06:41:55","slug":"singapore-must-go-car-lite-sooner-rather-than-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/singapore-must-go-car-lite-sooner-rather-than-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore must go car-lite, sooner rather than later"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMP Baey Yam Keng at a cycling event in Singapore. (Photo: chuwasg, Wikimedia Commons)
\nWith Singapore\u2019s population forecast to grow to around 6.9 million by 2030, the nation needs to embrace car-lite mobility sooner to ensure its long-term liveability and sustainability, according to the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), Singapore.
\nIn a jointly launched publication called \u201cCreating Liveable Cities through Car-Lite Urban Mobility\u201d, the two agencies noted that transport infrastructure takes up 12 percent of the city-state\u2019s land space, or close to that allocated for housing (14 percent). As such, adding more roads and parking lots is neither sustainable nor feasible for land-scarce Singapore.
\nWith this, ULI and CLC conducted two multi-stakeholder research workshops, which analysed the range of non-private car transportation options, including active mobility, shared cars and autonomous vehicles that will allow cities to become car-lite.
\nThe car-lite approach is not new to Singapore. In fact, it has been adopted since the onset of the country\u2019s urbanisation process.
\nBut while most of these strategies were \u201cdesigned to curb car ownership and usage, in practice, conventional traffic modelling and road design have led to the creation of an ecosystem that prioritises the movement of cars over access for pedestrians and cyclists\u201d.
\n\u201cThe number of cyclist fatalities and injuries arising from accidents that involve motorists has been on the rise over the past few years, possibly due to a combination of factors such as an increase in the number of cyclists, inadequate infrastructure provision and a lack of education regarding safe cycling,\u201d the report said.
\nTo prepare cities for a car-lite future, the report offered 10 ideas that cut across multiple disciplines and stakeholder interests.
\nThe suggestions include integrating urban planning with transportation, encouraging fair competition as a prerequisite for greater systematic efficiency and creation of an integrated package of \u201cmobility as a service\u201d, and creating development-based mobility demand management strategies.
\nOther ideas put forward include developing a high-quality public transport network as the backbone of cities\u2019 future mobility system, and proactively shaping perceptions by influencing commuters\u2019 travel choices via creative use of education, media and campaigns.
\nULI and CLC said these ideas can \u201cguide policymakers, governments and businesses in understanding how mobility changes as density increases and technologies disrupt in order to better plan for infrastructure that enhances liveability\u201d.
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\nRomesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact him about this or other stories, email\u00a0romesh@propertyguru.com.sg
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\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market
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