CAR

2008

March:

Cut in additional registration fee for cars, taxis and goods-cum-passenger vehicles from 110% Open Market Value to 100%

April:

5 new ERP gantries - Upper Bukit Timah Road, Toa Payoh Lorong 6, Upper Boon Keng Road, Kallang Bahru Road and Geylang Bahru Road - to start operating on 7 Apr

June:

Improvement to northbound CTE entry into PIE

Increased frequency of bus services in areas affected by ERP expansion from 15 to 12 minutes

July:

5 new ERP gantries - Eu Tong Sen Street, New Bridge Road, South Bridge Road and Fullerton Road (both directions) - to start operating on 7 Jul. They will operate from 5-8pm on weekdays. Gantries on Eu Tong Sen Street and Fullerton Road (towards Esplanade Drive) will operate from 10am-8pm on Saturday

ERP starting charge for new gantries to be raised from $1 to $2

Incremental ERP charge to be raised from 50 cents to $1 - starting with CBD and Orchard Cordon on weekdays, and Orchard and Marina Centre Cordons on Saturdays

LTA to stop using average speed (current optimal speed thresholds are 45kmh on expressways and 20kmh on arterial roads) to trigger ERP or rate adjustments.

Replaced by 85th-percentile speed measurement method, meaning 85% of road users must travel at at least 45kmh on expressways and at least 20kmh on arterial roads if they don't want to trigger ERP payments or increases

Cut in road tax by 15% for all vehicles, including taxis

September:

KPE to be fully opened on 20 Sep

Improvement to Braddell Road/Thomson Road/Lornie Road interchange

November:

6 new ERP gantries - Commonwealth Avenue, Jalan Bukit Merah and Alexandra Road (Outer Cordon), along AYE (westbound) near Alexandra Road, along PIE (westbound) near Eunos, and Serangoon Road - to start operating on 3 Nov

Incremental ERP charge and 85th-percentile speed measurement method to be implemented on roads within and up to the Outer Cordon

2009

January:

Widening TPE between Punggol Road and Tampines Ave 10

February:

Incremental ERP charge and 85th-percentile speed measurement method to be implemented at all gantries.

May:

Cut in vehicle population growth rate from current 3% to 1.5%

September:

Widening of one lane between Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 and 3

2011

Widening of one lane between PIE and Yio Chu Kang Road.

Improvement to Woodsville interchange linking Serangoon Road, Upper Serangoon Road and MacPherson Road

2013

Completion of underground Marina Coastal Expressway

2020

Completion of new North-South Expressway linking Woodlands to ECP

BUS

2008

May:

Real-time bus arrival information panels at 20 more bus stops

June:

Extension of normal bus lanes from 120km to 150km, full-day bus lanes from 7km to 23km

Basic bus services allowed to duplicate sections of mature rail lines

Expansion of premium bus services from 42 to at least 72

July:

Enhanced Integrated Public Transport Journey Planner via Internet or hotline

End 2008:

Signal priority for buses at traffic-light junctions

Motorists must give way to buses getting out of bus bays

2009

LTA take on central planning of bus network

Distance-based fare system

August:

Increased frequency of bus services in areas affected by ERP expansion from 12 to 10 minutes

At least 80% of bus services must be run at frequencies of 10 minutes or less during peak hours, compared with 15 minutes now

2020

All buses to be wheelchair-accessible

Others

Right to operate bus services to be open to other companies

MRT

2008

February:

Extra 93 train trips a week on North-South and East-West and North-East Lines during peak hours

2009

Mid-2009:

Earlier opening of Stage 3 of Circle Line (CCL)

Opening of Thomson and West Coast stations on CCL.

Installation of platform screen doors at Yishun, Jurong East and Pasir Ris stations. All above-ground stations by 2012

2011

Over 70% of MRT stations with two or more barrier-free access routes

17 more lifts at 16 MRT stations

2012

Carrying capacity up by extra 15% for NSEW line. Shorter peak waiting time - two minutes versus 2.5 to 4.5 minutes now

Opening of Marina Bay station as part of CCL extension

2015

Completion of North-South Line Extension and Tuas Extension

2016

Completion of Stage 3 of Downtown Line 2 years earlier

2018

Completion of new Thomson Line.

2020

Completion of new Eastern Region Line

5-minute walk to MRT station in city

Extension of rail network from 138km to 278km

Others

Rail industry to be more contestable