Strategy for increasing road space for personal
transportation:
1. Finance road building to issuance of long-term (30-yr+) long
bonds and transfer finance risk to private markets via LTA tender
for - build, operate, transfer (BOT) but use multiple routes for
competition so consumers will choose routes based on speed and
cost.
2. Differentiate taxing authorities for road use-
a. local roads (intra-town) underground roads, maintained by town
councils (taxed by town councils), they can provide free-parking
for all local residents to drive to neighbourhood shops etc. Paid
parking in selected areas to regulate congestion if needed just
like any other city. LTA will be regulatory authority in
maintaining standards.
b. inter-town, system (surface roads) maintained and operated,
regulated by LTA for National connectivity, funded by road taxes on
vehicles.
c. National elevated Superhighway system that connects towns to
towns and encircle current towns that provide high-speed travel
using road tolls via ERP through private operators with multiple
routes.
d. National plan to triple-deck all current expressways will triple
our expressway road space
e. ensure higher quality public transport by insisting that
off-peak hours guranteed seating standards - I am sure all our
subways train systems will fail this. That's why people dislike
taking public transport.
3. Accept decline in population as Singaporean personally directed
strategy to increase per capita land space.
4. Accept Singaporean disdain for FT policy due to overcrowding of
Singapore.
5. Quit putting everything in the city centre? Why so many things
need to be done in person???
6. Why Singapore firms don't have an internet shopping
strategy???
7. Why is local shipping so expensive?????
8. How come buy things in USA over the net can have free shipping
and Singapore we have to give an arm and a leg, and have to be at
home when they deliver???????????????? AND Singapore is a full-stop
on the map when the USA spills over the map ????? WHY??????
9. Why are 2 universities in the west? And the new one in the city
when the North-east has nothing???????? And nobody and no traffic
in the NE????
10. Why always shopping areas near MRT and crowded and the shops so
small and cannot move wheelchair and strollers around easily??????
And yet you need to drive there to get your stuff????
11. Why they don't build Carrefour type warehouse big-box
high-volume low cost, wipe-out small "ugly Chinaman" shop, in the
suburbs away from the city center?????
12. why they don't build ramp style multi-storey carparks but
instead build roundabout access, and driving is a pain in the butt
and scratches on the car?????
13. Why????? WHY???? WHY?????
It sucks!!!!
It ain't world-class till I see it.
