THE authorities are mulling over ways to persuade public transport commuters to travel during non-peak hours, so as to reduce bunching of services, crowding and congestion associated with morning and evening rush hours. The Straits Times understands that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is looking in particular at a proposal by academic Balaji Prabhakar, a [...]

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THE Shenton Way-Chinatown Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) cordon will be extended from Feb 21. There will be three new gantries in operation from that day, as the Land Transport Authority (LTA) adjusts the ERP cordon to include the Marina Bay Financial Centre as part of the larger Central Business District. The existing gantry along Central [...]

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In light of the recent Budget setting in Parliament, LTA revised the rates for ERP and for the first time in Singapore’s history, there are decreases in ERP rates, not counting in the drop in ERP rates during school holidays. The following revised rates would be put into effect on 2 February 2009. The next [...]

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Channel NewsAsia The Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at some gantries will be reduced by between 50 cents and S$1.00 during the December school holiday. Rates at the Central Expressway (CTE), Pan-Island Expressway (PIE), Shenton Way, Bendemeer, Thomson and Lor 6 Toa Payoh gantries will be cut from Saturday, November 15 till December 31. The [...]

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Channel NewsAsia Motorists will soon have an alternative mode of payment for ERP charges. In a link-up between the Land Transport Authority and DBS Bank, motorists will be able to subscribe to a new credit card scheme that will allow any bank’s Visa/MasterCard credit card to be used to pay ERP charges. The scheme, which [...]

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