Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) between 2018 and 2021, how many applications has SGEnable received for the (i) VWO Transport Subsidy Scheme and (ii) Taxi Subsidy Scheme; (b) how many applications have been successful for each of these schemes; and (c) among the unsuccessful applications, what are theContinue reading “TRANSPORT SUBSIDY APPLICATIONS TO SGENABLE AND SUCCESS RATE BETWEEN 2018 AND 2021”
Category Archives: Ministry of Transport
CAUSE OF DROP IN VOLUME OF SINGAPORE’S BUNKER FUEL SALES IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2022
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Transport whether the fall in the volume of Singapore’s bunker fuel sales in the first quarter of 2022 was due to supply chain delays in shipping. Mr S Iswaran: Bunker sale volumes have declined by 12% from 12.8 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2021 to 11.3Continue reading “CAUSE OF DROP IN VOLUME OF SINGAPORE’S BUNKER FUEL SALES IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2022”
RULES FOR LARGE CYCLING GROUPS ON ROADS
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Transport whether larger cycling groups are allowed or encouraged to conduct their rides in multiple groups of five cyclists in single file, or 10 cyclists riding abreast, following at a distance while travelling on the same route and at the same time. Mr S Iswaran: Under the Road TrafficContinue reading “RULES FOR LARGE CYCLING GROUPS ON ROADS”
PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC AND FEEDER BUS SERVICES OPERATING WITH HEADWAYS OF NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES DURING PEAK HOURS AND NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES DURING OFF-PEAK HOURS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Transport in the last six months, what percentage of (i) all public bus services and (ii) feeder bus services, operated with headways of no more than five minutes during morning and evening peak hours, and no more than 10 minutes during off-peak hours, respectively. Mr S Iswaran: LTA monitorsContinue reading “PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC AND FEEDER BUS SERVICES OPERATING WITH HEADWAYS OF NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES DURING PEAK HOURS AND NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES DURING OFF-PEAK HOURS”
PROPOSAL TO MANDATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF TRAFFIC WARDENS FOR HEAVY VEHICLES OPERATING IN ESTATES WITH NARROW LANES AND FEW ACCESS ROADS TO PREVENT MASSIVE JAMS
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Transport whether the Ministry will consider mandating companies operating heavy vehicles in estates with narrow lanes and few access roads, such as Serangoon Gardens, to deploy traffic wardens or banksmen and to follow strict protocols in traversing the roads so as to prevent the occurrence of massive jams within theContinue reading “PROPOSAL TO MANDATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF TRAFFIC WARDENS FOR HEAVY VEHICLES OPERATING IN ESTATES WITH NARROW LANES AND FEW ACCESS ROADS TO PREVENT MASSIVE JAMS”
STATUS OF RENEWAL AND ENHANCEMENT WORK SCHEDULED FOR NORTH EAST LINE
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Transport (a) what is the status of the renewal and enhancement work scheduled for the North East Line which was announced in December 2018; and (b) whether there will be expected delays to the renewal due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr S Iswaran: LTA and SBST started on aContinue reading “STATUS OF RENEWAL AND ENHANCEMENT WORK SCHEDULED FOR NORTH EAST LINE”
IMPACT OF BORDER REOPENING ON PRIVATE DRIVERS AND MOTORCYCLE RIDERS MAKING TRIPS BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Transport whether the Government can allow private drivers and motorcycle riders from Singapore to enter Malaysia and return to Singapore following Malaysia’s border reopening on 1 April 2022, or otherwise to expand such private commute under the Vaccinated Travel Lane (Land) scheme. Mr S Iswaran: As announced by PrimeContinue reading “IMPACT OF BORDER REOPENING ON PRIVATE DRIVERS AND MOTORCYCLE RIDERS MAKING TRIPS BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA”
TARGET NUMBER OF TAXI AND PRIVATE-HIRE VEHICLES UNDER LAND TRANSPORT MASTER PLAN 2040 AND SUPPORT MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE IMPACT OF RISING OIL PRICES ON DRIVERS, CABBIES AND DELIVERY RIDERS
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Transport (a) what is the Ministry’s outlook on the impact of rising oil prices on private hire car drivers, cabbies and food delivery riders in the next few months; (b) what is the overall percentage increase in business costs for private hire car drivers in March 2022 compared to theContinue reading “TARGET NUMBER OF TAXI AND PRIVATE-HIRE VEHICLES UNDER LAND TRANSPORT MASTER PLAN 2040 AND SUPPORT MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE IMPACT OF RISING OIL PRICES ON DRIVERS, CABBIES AND DELIVERY RIDERS”
COS 2022: Clarifications on Bus Trunk Services
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song (Aljunied): Sir, for trunk services, if ridership has been low, can we use smaller buses or increase the intervals between buses instead of cutting services? This is for trunk services. And for feeder services, after bus 66 was re-routed, my residents were left with only bus 228 as a feederContinue reading “COS 2022: Clarifications on Bus Trunk Services”
COS 2022: Four alternate levers of revenue
The Chairman: Mr Pritam Singh, if you can keep it to a minute, so that we can have a minute’s response. Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): I will, Speaker. Thank you. I did not intend to rise, but I had to, after the Minister for Transport stood up and spoke of “intellectually rigorous”. I think heContinue reading “COS 2022: Four alternate levers of revenue”
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