Chapter 3: Singapore

Abstract

Despite its limited land resources, Singapore has advanced concepts, and bold innovation and practice in green transportation and eco-city construction. The government takes rail transit as its transport backbone. Singapore integrates residential, commercial, and industrial facilities with the rail transit system, building a compact city, emphasizing a job–housing balance, with schools and/or offices nearby, and shortening the travel distance requirements of residents. Due to limited land resources, in the interests of the whole country, Singapore has steadfastly implemented traffic demand management, restrained the ownership and use of private vehicles, and implemented congestion charging and safety management for vehicles by using advanced technology intelligent systems, achieving remarkable results.