Singapore's transport and urban development options : final report of the MRT Review Team
Digitised Book 216.73.216.165 (0)
1980
Information About
Prompted by the Government's concern about the need for and desirability of constructing an extensive rail Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, this report presents the findings of a three-month analysis of Singapore's urbantransportation options. The review entailed a careful evaluation of several previous studies of Singapore's transportation problems and needs, and a less detailed examination of current and future urban developmentpatterns.
Additional Details
- Title
- Singapore's transport and urban development options : final report of the MRT Review Team
- Creators
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- Singapore. MRT Review Team
- Subject
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- Local transit--Singapore
- Urban transportation--Singapore
- Singapore--Transit systems
- Publisher
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- Ministry of Communications, 1980
- National Library Board Singapore, 1980
- Contributors
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- Hansen, Kenneth R.
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill., maps.
- Provenance
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- Table of Contents
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- Summary report -- ch. 1. Scope of the MRT review -- ch. 2. Improved all-bus alternatives -- ch. 3. Simulations of bus rapid transit alternatives -- ch. 4. Fleet and manpower requirements, comparative costs, and sensitivity analyses for alternative all-bus systems -- ch. 5. Possible bus network improvements and steps towardimplementation -- ch. 6. Evaluation of alternative Fixed Guideway Systems -- ch. 7. Visual and environmental impacts of elevated systems on Singapore's central area -- ch. 8. Reducing travel demands by improving population and employment balance -- Appendices.
- Edition
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- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.