Public Consultation Launched to Refresh Land Transport Master Plan

Co-Creating the Future of Land Transport

           Acting Minister for Transport and Senior Minister of State for Finance Mr Jeffrey Siow has introduced the launch of the nationwide public session to co-create Singapore’s refreshed Land Transport Master Plan (LTMP). This long-term strategic blueprint will chart the following part of Singapore’s land transport system, with consultations happening over the approaching 12 months and the refreshed Master Plan focused for launch in 2027.

A Shared Vision: Enabling More Opportunities to Live, Work, Play

2.        Singapore’s transport system connects individuals to houses, workplaces, colleges, leisure and main locations. In the approaching years, extra enhancements akin to new rail traces, enhanced bus companies, extra biking paths and sheltered walkways will proceed to help rising journey wants.

3.        With altering demographics, rising applied sciences and challenges introduced by local weather change, our transport system should evolve to serve successfully. Seniors will want extra direct entry to healthcare and group care services. Residents in new housing estates and cities would require secure, environment friendly, and cozy connections to employment hubs and way of life facilities. Our transport hubs may also play a higher position as group areas the place day by day interactions happen, past as transit factors.

4.        The refreshed Master Plan will construct on the targets set out in LTMP 2040, whereas planning for altering journey patterns and tapping on advancing applied sciences. It will even discover methods to enhance on a regular basis journeys by enhancing strolling and biking paths, making transfers smoother, and making certain higher consolation and accessibility.

Co-Creating the Journey Ahead

5.        We are inserting group voices on the coronary heart of this planning course of, in order that we will hear from commuters straight and collectively construct a transport system that each one Singaporeans will be pleased with. This session will:

i.         Review key priorities in mild of rising wants akin to Singapore’s ageing inhabitants, and new developments additional away from town centre and current transport nodes;

ii.         Gather public views on rising technological developments and its impression on transport, akin to Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), and the usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in transport akin to sensible visitors administration and sustainability;

iii.         Understand how strolling, biking and public transport will be made safer, extra inclusive and extra comfy; and

iv.         Co-create options which can be commuter-focused, inclusive and attentive to various journey wants of the assorted person teams.

Consulting Singaporeans Across the Island

6.        To collect these views, LTA is launching a complete and inclusive session course of. Singaporeans and stakeholders can contribute their views by means of the assorted avenues:

A.    Refreshed LTMP Webpage
i.      With the graduation of a brand new LTMP cycle, the LTMP webpage has been relaunched for members of public to share their aspirations and experiences with Singapore’s transport system, and to be taught extra in regards to the Master Plan course of.

B.    Public Consultation and Engagement Activities
i.      Members of public can register their curiosity to take part in numerous session actions at -signup. These dialogues will interact Singaporeans throughout ages and backgrounds to collect views on future mobility wants and on a regular basis commuter experiences. More info shall be accessible on the LTMP webpage.

C.   School Outreach and Stakeholder Engagements
i.      LTA will even interact colleges, business companions, communities and different stakeholders to collect a various vary of views, by means of totally different modalities akin to talks, competitions and dialogues.

7.        Through these platforms and actions, individuals shall be invited to share their views and listen to from one another on the way forward for transport. They will assist us determine priorities and plans that may form the following part of land transport improvement, making certain that the following Master Plan displays the evolving wants and aspirations of the group.