Two Decades on Rail-Evaluation, Decision Making and Development of Singapore”s Urban Rail Infrastructure: MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) and LRT (Light Rapid Transit)
It has been twenty years since Singapore”s first MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) train started running in 1987.However,the initial planning for it started 20 years before that,in 1967 when Singapore government commissioned a State and City Planning study.Today,it is still serving the needs of Singapore vastly different from the 80”s.And Singaporeans had also tasted the benefits of MRT-notably speed,comfort,efficiency and affordability,and also raised property values along the rail lines.As of 2003,11.8 billion SGD has been spent in development of 109km MRT lines and 925 million SGD has been invested in 31km LRT lines.With the completion of the 33km,6.66 billion SGD MRT Circle Line in 2010,the whole country”s rail network would then be 3 times of 1990.With the vision of building a world class land transport system,the government has recently approved its major rail development of 40km MRT Down-Town-Line (DTL) which costs 12 billion SGD to be completed by 2018 in three phases.A key to economic growth in Singapore has been the integrated transport system,and with long-term vision.Short-term political issues which dominate agendas in other regional countries have not been a problem in Singapore.With this integrated transport system,MRT serves the heavy transit corridors,LRT serves as feeder to MRT network,Buses continues serving the less corridors to complement MRT-LRT network.MRT stations are also functioning as transport nodes with highest density of development,such as housing,structurally integrated.This paper will discuss the development of Singapore”s transportation strategic plan and evaluation of transportation infrastructure,in particular,the rail.The paper highlighted three major aspects of Singapore”s achievements and success in urban rail infrastructure:(1)The long term strategic planning and strategic investment in rail transportation infrastructure integrated with national development and land use; (2)The policies in financing and operating,financial viability;(3)Role of government agencies in urban rail infrastructure.
urban rail MRT LRT evaluation
Kai Li Robert Tiong L.K.
Land Transport Authority, Hampshire Road, Singapore Project Engineer; School of CEE, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore Associate Professor
国内会议
大连
英文
19-26
2007-07-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）