An Analysis on the Sustainable Land Transport System in Singapore — The Case of CBD Area

Journal: Architecture Engineering and Science DOI: 10.32629/aes.v3i2.826

Yixuan Cao¹, Xintong Zhou²

1. Yangling Vocational & Technical College, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
2. Yangling Vocational & Technical College, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

Abstract

The development of technology and economy caused the dramatic increasing of car ownership. Therefore, infrastructures such as freeways have been built extensively in order to give the priority for private car using. However, large number of motorcar using caused problems for sustainability in aspect of environment, economy and society worldwide. Singapore has 5.7 million people living in a total land area of 728.6km²by 2020, which makes this city state one of the most populated and urbanized countries in the world. In order to balance the increasing motorcar-using demand and scarce land, innovative approaches have been set for sustainable land transit. This essay describes background, institutional and policy environment of sustainable land transport system in CBD area, Singapore as case study to give the evaluation of the system and suggestions.

Keywords

sustainable land transport system, institutional and policy environment, CBD area

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