SINGAPORE - From Sept 16, the Land Transport Authority will start
replacing 380 electronic signboards on the expressways that provide
motorists with real-time information on traffic conditions. In
addition, the LTA will also install 70 new signboards along four
more arterial roads.
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Improving real time traffic information for motorists
From Sept 16, 2013, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will begin
physical works to enhance existing electronic signboards along the
expressways. LTA will also install 70 new electronic signboards
along four more road corridors as part of the EMAS Arterial
project.
Enhancing existing EMAS
LTA will replace the 380 existing EMAS electronic signboards
island-wide with new electronic signboards. 13 new signboards will
also be installed. The new signboards will allow for better
capability and flexibility in displaying textual messages and
simple graphics in up to seven colours (green, red, blue, cyan,
purple, yellow and white). These enhancements will improve the
readability of the messages and allow motorists to make better
informed travel decisions through graphical representations.
The new EMAS signboards are part of the overall upgrading work for
the entire EMAS along the expressways that LTA is undertaking. The
entire enhancement project will be completed by 2017.
The new electronic signboards will be installed first along the
Central Expressway (CTE), the East Coast Parkway (ECP) as well as
along stretches of Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) and Pan Island
Expressway (PIE) near the Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints. These
first batch of signboards are expected to be completed and in
operation by first half of 2014.
To ensure consistency for motorists, the new electronic signboards
will continue to display text messages when installation works are
ongoing. The full features of the enhanced signboards including
both text and graphics will be used after all new signboards are
installed along each expressway.
First launched in 1998, EMAS was installed to detect and manage
incidents on expressways. Through a comprehensive system comprising
live video surveillance, incident detection and real-time traffic
alert functions, EMAS has been effective in helping the LTA to
promptly respond and manage congestions arising from traffic
incidents, such as vehicle breakdowns and accidents, on the
expressways.
Extending EMAS arterial to 4 more road corridors
LTA will also install new electronic signboards, also known as EMAS
Arterial Variable Message Signs (AVMS), to 4 arterial roads and
provide motorists using these 4 roads with real time traffic
information. The new AVMS are part of the project to extend the
EMAS scheme to 10 arterial road corridors by 2014. Six road
corridors have already been installed with AVMS in 2012.
A total of 70 new AVMS will be installed along the 4 road corridors
from September 2013 onwards. These selected arterial road corridors
are highly utilised by motorists and serve as alternative routes to
the expressways.
The extension of the EMAS coverage to major arterial road corridors
will bring about better information dissemination and,
consequently, better traffic flow on the road network
island-wide.
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