Scion Turbocharged October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 finally... no more ridiculous timing to 1030/11pm... [:|] http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_724218.html Electronic road pricing (ERP) operating hours in the evening will be shortened from Wednesday. The gantry along the northbound Central Expressway (CTE) before the Pan-Island Expressway exit will operate from 5.30pm to 8pm, instead of up till 10.30pm currently. Four gantries along the Singapore River will go off half an hour earlier. They will operate from 6pm to 7pm, instead of 7.30pm now. These gantries are in New Bridge Road, South Bridge Road, southbound Fullerton Road and southbound Bayfront Avenue. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_blade Turbocharged October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 Good move...but it will be even better if they remove the evening ERP, especially on CTE, completely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarquin 1st Gear October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 good..good...how about around orchard road? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean6576 4th Gear October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 Still does it make sense for one to pay a hefty sum just because one is going to make a living or going home? ERP makes road tax seems redundant, we paid to use the road, then paid more to use the road within a specific timing. So what's next? Pay even more when we need to use the road for more than 10km per trip? Why penalised the citizens when planning wasnt done properly while drawing top notch salary? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Supersonic October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 (edited) Finally CTE ERP shorten in the evening. Edited October 17, 2011 by 13177 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 can make more babies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayspiderx 3rd Gear October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 Errr how come took so long to decide its not viable? GUess more of a strategic move to shift heat away from crowded circle line, cutting of COE growth... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 At least they don't charge you for using expressway(for all hours).. like how they do in many other countries.. But again, our road tax is already one of the highest in the world.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acieed 1st Gear October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 The goal should be diverting traffic from peak hours, not keep people away from these roads the entire time. 'Live' traffic data should help more than sufficiently, and target ERP at the real peaks. Who wants to be stuck in traffic anyway, and still have to pay for ERP ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARternew Neutral Newbie October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 Good move...but it will be even better if they remove the evening ERP, especially on CTE, completely. Exactly, going home after work the timing can be flexible and the drivers can diecide for themselves, no need to use ERP to control the traffic flow after say 7pm.... past few years of irrational ERP charges till 10pm (or later) is just another piece of LTA rubbish!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARternew Neutral Newbie October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 can make more babies if there's still jam on the roads, they can allow boby making in the car? we can say there's really nothing else to do when caught in a jam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARternew Neutral Newbie October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 Still does it make sense for one to pay a hefty sum just because one is going to make a living or going home? ERP makes road tax seems redundant, we paid to use the road, then paid more to use the road within a specific timing. So what's next? Pay even more when we need to use the road for more than 10km per trip? Why penalised the citizens when planning wasnt done properly while drawing top notch salary? if this solves the problem of traffic congests well, its still ok, but the 'punishment' ERP charges dont seem to produce drastic reduction of traffic congestions.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermitage 1st Gear October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 Errr how come took so long to decide its not viable? GUess more of a strategic move to shift heat away from crowded circle line, cutting of COE growth... There's definitely more to it than meets the eye. No such thing as a free lunch, especially here in Singapore! Expect something or other to go up big time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARternew Neutral Newbie October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 (edited) The goal should be diverting traffic from peak hours, not keep people away from these roads the entire time. 'Live' traffic data should help more than sufficiently, and target ERP at the real peaks. Who wants to be stuck in traffic anyway, and still have to pay for ERP ? Cant they consider 'flexible' lanes: lanes which can change direction between morning and evening peak hours when heavy traffic flows only in direct and the other direction has much lighter traffic (ie empty lanes)? Note: some highways do have heavy traffic both ways and not suitable for flexi-lane scheme. eg KL has highways which have say 4 lanes in each direction during normal hours, and they become 6 in one direction, and 2 in the other direction to cope with the heavy traffic in one direction during peak hours. This is an old and proven flexibility to utilise limited road space in an efficient way. LTA born yesterday?? Edited October 17, 2011 by KARternew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Supersonic October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 There's definitely more to it than meets the eye. No such thing as a free lunch, especially here in Singapore! Expect something or other to go up big time Maybe your are right. They could be shorten the evening CTE and might turn on evening ERP in some other expressway?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermitage 1st Gear October 17, 2011 Share October 17, 2011 Maybe your are right. They could be shorten the evening CTE and might turn on evening ERP in some other expressway?! Yeah, or something to that effect... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcheeze Neutral Newbie October 18, 2011 Share October 18, 2011 The KPE ones? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurty Supercharged October 18, 2011 Share October 18, 2011 finally... no more ridiculous timing to 1030/11pm... [:|] http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_724218.html Electronic road pricing (ERP) operating hours in the evening will be shortened from Wednesday. The gantry along the northbound Central Expressway (CTE) before the Pan-Island Expressway exit will operate from 5.30pm to 8pm, instead of up till 10.30pm currently. Four gantries along the Singapore River will go off half an hour earlier. They will operate from 6pm to 7pm, instead of 7.30pm now. These gantries are in New Bridge Road, South Bridge Road, southbound Fullerton Road and southbound Bayfront Avenue. wow, finally something to joy about.. never could under the rational of setting an ERP till 1030pm.. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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