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Urban planning in Singapore is the direction of infrastructure development in Singapore. It is done through a three-tiered planning framework, consisting of a long-term plan to plot out Singapore's development over at least 50 years, a Master Plan for the medium term, and short-term plans, the first two of which are prepared by the Urban ...
The Light Rail Transit system, locally known by the initialism LRT, are a series of localised automated guideway transit (AGT) systems in Singapore which acts as feeder services to the heavy rail Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), and together forms the core of the country's rail transport services. The first LRT line was opened in 1999 and the system ...
Transport in Singapore. Buses and trains are some of the common modes of transport in Singapore. Transportation in Singapore is predominantly land-based, with a comprehensive network of roads making many parts of the city-state, including islands such as Sentosa and Jurong Island, accessible. The road network is complemented by a robust rail ...
Sustainable transportrefers to ways of transportationthat are sustainablein terms of their social and environmentalimpacts. Components for evaluating sustainability include the particular vehiclesused for road, water or air transport; the source of energy; and the infrastructureused to accommodate the transport (roads, railways, airways ...
Transportation planning. Transportation planning is the process of defining future policies, goals, investments, and spatial planning designs to prepare for future needs to move people and goods to destinations. As practiced today, it is a collaborative process that incorporates the input of many stakeholders including various government ...
The Marina Bay reclamation projects added significant waterside land adjacent to Singapore's central business district, creating prime real estate that is used for commercial, residential, hotel, and entertainment purposes today. Singapore continues to develop and expand, with plans to expand the city's land area by an additional 7-8% of ...
The Land Transport Authority announced that the NSC will be transformed to Singapore's first integrated transport corridor featuring continuous bus lanes and cycling trunk routes, throughout the length of the route. On 27 August 2024, the Land Transport Authority revealed early proposed plans for the surface streets along the North-South Corridor.
On 29 August 2017, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) scrapped this project as part of a shift to a car-lite society. This comes after enhancements to the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) network and changes to land use policies over the years since the project's conceptualisation. As a result, land safeguarded for the project since 1993 was freed up ...