Motor vehicles travel too Fast on SG Roads

[Soya]

Waitaminit...is this the reason why the other 'British' Gavin Smith got away w juz a paltry fine?

[BabyBlade]

If I'm there at the dialogue I would shoot her back.

 

Even the foreigners here dont cycle or walk cos you cant do that in our weather wearing office wear. Unless office wear is singlet, shorts and sandals. Since she's wearing a jacket she can go try walking or cycling. I get ready my phone to call ambulance in case she get heat exhaustion.

 

Talk is cheap. I'm waiting for her to do a demo.

 

 

Our motor vehicles move fast cos we want to get away from the sun or we will get baked in the car.

So are the buses and taxis. Trains if travelling mostly underground still not so bad.

 

If you're talking about getting baked in an air conditioned car, wait till you're on a motorcycle. Haha. 

[Knoobie]

She should stand close to me after I walk/cycle/jog 20 minutes in Singapore weather. She would be advising Singapore to go big in deodorant factories!

 

Give her a hug after that! More effective!!

[Mockngbrd]

If you're talking about getting baked in an air conditioned car, wait till you're on a motorcycle. Haha. 

no peegture no tok

[Volvobrick]

Cum here only for 5 days can give sexpert advice... I was once in London for a week I think I can tell May how to exit properly also.

 

Maybe that mouth full of simisai was here to look for a job or oredi found one with our garment...

 

Our founding pioneers worked so hard to...whoever chia this tcss amtl here ought to be slapped... where's the queue?

 

Most important question - did the garmen spend our tax money to have the joker over (stay in some fancy hotel for 5 days) to tell us what to do?

Edited April 15, 2019 by Volvobrick

[Knoobie]

30kph that means ERP everywhere isnt ? 

[Soya]

Most important question - did the garmen spend our tax money to have the joker over (stay in some fancy hotel for 5 days) to tell us what to do?

Brexit lai liao. No job in UK so hv to cum sell koyok here as 'expert'

 

Really...what's there to learn from them? They can't even handle their own internal affairs

[Ceecookie]

 

Ms Saunders has more ideas on how to make the streets more people-focused, not car-centric. She suggested reducing the width of traffic lanes to no more than 3.2m. Some lanes here are 3.4m to 3.5m wide.

 

"The narrower the lanes are, the more drivers concentrate," she said, adding that the accident rate is likely to drop in turn.

 

Narrow lane width have no effect except during heavy traffic/traffic jam. Why? If i need more space i just straddle across two lanes if the other lane is empty 

[Weez911]

Travelling at 30 will emit more carbon because of low gearing. Why didnt a health specialist think of that?

[Lovemyride]

 

Motor vehicles travel too fast on the streets of Singapore, said a British expert as she called for speed limits on all non-expressways to be slowed to 30kmh.

 

A 10kmh reduction makes "the difference between life and death", public health specialist Lucy Saunders, 39, told The Straits Times.

 

Most speed limits here are capped at 50kmh, with those at elder-friendly Silver Zones and some school zones reduced to 40kmh.

 

The slower speed limit is part of Ms Saunders' mission to improve health by creating healthier streets.

 

"A street that works for people is a street that is good for health," she told ST last Monday.

 

This Healthy Streets approach has been adopted by her home capital, London, and she was in Singapore last week to share it with government officials and urban planners.

 

There are 10 indicators of a street that is appealing, inclusive and promotes better health.

 

It needs to have clean air, shade and shelter, places to stop and rest, and things to see and do. Pedestrians from all walks of life should find it accessible, easy to cross and not too noisy. They should also feel safe and relaxed while using the street.

 

A healthy street also needs to entice people to walk, cycle or use public transport instead of drive.

 

"Walking hasn't been given the status it deserves," said Ms Saunders, noting that four in 10 adults in Singapore are not getting the weekly minimum of 150 minutes' exercise.

 

"That can be fixed with two 10-minute walks a day," she added.

 

While Singapore has relatively low car ownership - there are more than 615,000 cars for a city of 5.6 million - many people still drive or take taxis for short journeys, when they could walk or cycle.

 

She disagrees that the heat in Singapore puts a damper on the desire to walk, saying the climate is a huge asset, given its relative certainty.

 

"I don't see strong winds that could blow you off a bike," she said, adding that South Korea's capital Seoul has a culture of people walking and cycling even during the hot summer.

 

So, how would she grade the streets of Singapore after her five-day visit here?

 

She gives them a B grade, adding jokingly: "The challenge is that everyone expects Singapore to get an A."

 

The city has many pluses, she said, including the availability of public toilets at MRT stations and an abundance of trees and plants to provide shade and visual interest.

 

Meanwhile, Singapore's national agencies have major plans in their drive to turn the island into a car-lite nation.

 

The goal of the latest Land Transport Master Plan is that by 2040, all journeys to the nearest town can be completed in less than 20 minutes, while nine in 10 peak-period trips are to take less than 45 minutes.

 

Another is to make the transport system here safer and more welcoming. Some of the planned projects to get Singapore there include an additional 100km of sheltered walkways.

 

Ms Saunders has more ideas on how to make the streets more people-focused, not car-centric. She suggested reducing the width of traffic lanes to no more than 3.2m. Some lanes here are 3.4m to 3.5m wide.

 

"The narrower the lanes are, the more drivers concentrate," she said, adding that the accident rate is likely to drop in turn.

 

Ms Saunders also recommended levelling the roads on which people walk, so their journeys are not interrupted by having to step up and down pavements whenever they cross a street. She added that more road humps can then be installed to slow cars down at junctions.

 

In London, "nobody drives, because there's not enough parking, it's too expensive and everyone's friends take public transport," she said. The sharp drop in car ownership and use was the result of a concerted effort over 20 years.

 

She is confident Singapore can get there too, as it provides dedicated public transport lanes on the roads and limits the number of parking spaces in specified areas.

 

As Ms Saunders puts it: "Cars are space-inefficient and driving is useless time. We should get to the point where we use vehicles for when we absolutely need to, like getting a piano from one end of Singapore to the other."

 

 

In London no one drives?? Which planet has she been living on? 

[Steptronic]

Did she not know that our average speed on Lane 1 is always less than 30 kmph anytime of the day!

[Soya]

In London no one drives?? Which planet has she been living on?

We're a sleepy fishing village. The locals will believe everything the colonial masters tell them...

[Victor68]

I also agree with her. With motor cars going at 30-40 km/h, bicycle can now go 5-10 km/h. Pedestrians can dance along no problem. We all take our own sweet time and relax.

 

Singapore weather cannot compare to England lah. With their cool weather, basically they just run from point A to B. I wonder did she walk from the airport to her hotel or they arrange a bicycle for her on her way to catch the plane. Was her hotel room air con since weather her so nice. 

[Watwheels]

If you're talking about getting baked in an air conditioned car, wait till you're on a motorcycle. Haha. 

 

You are still ok. For cyclist and ppl walking to their destination they are exposed to the sun even longer.

They are slowly being barberqued.

[Vinceng]

This is just all part of the whole bigger-picture agenda-setting process for us to accept car-lite. Our road traffic conditions and context are very different from the UK and I don't think we need a so-called foreign 'expert' who doesn't live the daily grind to tell us how our roads and speeds should be.

 

This is a Car Lite advertorial - wonder how much she was paid for this. 

Edited April 15, 2019 by Vinceng

[Sdf4786k]

If I'm there at the dialogue I would shoot her back.

 

Even the foreigners here dont cycle or walk cos you cant do that in our weather wearing office wear. Unless office wear is singlet, shorts and sandals. Since she's wearing a jacket she can go try walking or cycling. I get ready my phone to call ambulance in case she get heat exhaustion.

 

Talk is cheap. I'm waiting for her to do a demo.

 

 

Our motor vehicles move fast cos we want to get away from the sun or we will get baked in the car.

So are the buses and taxis. Trains if travelling mostly underground still not so bad.

 

Even our then Blunder of the year the 7 wonders of Singapore with Toa Payoh having an Aircon Bus Bay was already such a huge back lash.

 

If you reverse the Bus terminal to using Larger than Large Fan, I can imagine the productivities number plunging.

 

Why dont we go back to using KDK small car fans instead of Aircon? I am very sure it save a bundler of petrol. But do we see anyone doing that?

 

I am sure the pice of transport could be lowered by 80% if we take the aircondintion out and replace with a small air vent on the roof of the buses and everyone open the windows to let the breeze in.

 

The weather is one. Try the exos emisson and if you lucky enough, getting stuck behind a rubbish truck.

 

Again, another ivory tower suggestion.

 

"Take my free advise, No thanks required as I am not using it ".

mentality.

Edited April 15, 2019 by Sdf4786k

[Watwheels]

Even our then Blunder of the year the 7 wonders of Singapore with Toa Payoh having an Aircon Bus Bay was already such a huge back lash.

 

If you reverse the Bus terminal to using Larger than Large Fan, I can imagine the productivities number plunging.

 

Why dont we go back to using KDK small car fans instead of Aircon? I am very sure it save a bundler of petrol. But do we see anyone doing that?

 

I am sure the pice of transport could be lowered by 80% if we take the aircondintion out and replace with a small air vent on the roof of the buses and everyone open the windows to let the breeze in.

 

The weather is one. Try the exos emisson and if you lucky enough, getting stuck behind a rubbish truck.

 

Again, another ivory tower suggestion.

 

"Take my free advise, No thanks required as I am not using it ".

mentality.

 

I'm guessing whoever invited her here is to impress the big boss. They dont care what we common folks think. It's the way they get things done.

[cmcex]

Remove the COE and it will be carlite cos ppl dont mind to park their cars at home. 

 

No lifespan, no depreciation. Raise the god damn parking and then ppl wont dare to buy 2nd car, 3rd car. Only buy when u need car and have use for it, else parking itself will kill you.