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An Evaluation Of Car-Ownership And Car-Usage Policies In Singapore, Sock-Yong Phang, Anthony Chin
An Evaluation Of Car-Ownership And Car-Usage Policies In Singapore, Sock-Yong Phang, Anthony Chin
PHANG Sock Yong
Report presented to Parliament 2 January 1990 as part of Select Committee on Land Transportation Policy. Covers the transportation policies of Singapore from 1960s to 1980s. Analysis of car ownership policies, including PARF. Analysis of car usage policies.
Public Private Partnership In Urban Rail Transit: Recent International Experience, Sock-Yong Phang
Public Private Partnership In Urban Rail Transit: Recent International Experience, Sock-Yong Phang
PHANG Sock Yong
No abstract provided.
Motor Vehicle Taxes As An Environmental Management Instrument: The Case Of Singapore, Ngee-Choon Chia, Sock-Yong Phang
Motor Vehicle Taxes As An Environmental Management Instrument: The Case Of Singapore, Ngee-Choon Chia, Sock-Yong Phang
PHANG Sock Yong
No abstract provided.
Road Congestion Pricing In Singapore: 1975-2003, Sock-Yong Phang, Rex S. Toh
Road Congestion Pricing In Singapore: 1975-2003, Sock-Yong Phang, Rex S. Toh
PHANG Sock Yong
Facing traffic congestion in the Central Business District and enormous demands on scarce land resources by the growing number of motor vehicles, Singapore, a small island city-state the size of Seattle, embarked on a bold decision to reduce road congestion by implementing the famous Area Licensing Scheme in 1975. This was a manual system of tolls for multiple entries into the Restricted Zone. While achieving the intended effect of cutting down on the volume of vehicular traffic in the Restricted Zone, the authors (and others) found that the problem of congestion had merely shifted in time and place. Many changes …