Category Archives: Roads and Expressways

Singapore Turf Club – the end is near in 2024; How not to shut it down? Use the airspace above expressways?

Posted on June 11, 2023 by tankoktim

============= . It will take great political will to change course in land usage. Does the PAP or the opposition has that will, and who has a stronger will and foresight? ====== There are other solutions to free up precious … Continue reading →

Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Inflation and Rising cost of living, MRT, Olympics and Sports, Properties, Roads and Expressways, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, State Land, Vehicle parking facilities | Tagged turf club | Leave a comment

Singapore’s facial verification system; Will we improve immigration clearance at the Marina Cruise Centre? Learn from Narita for airport fast clearance; Will the Govt improve the ICQ clearance procedures too when the RTS train commences service between JB and Woodlands?

Posted on July 22, 2022 by tankoktim

============= . How to be the top cruise centre Hub in Asia? Clearance by ICA on board vessel at cruise centres is very critical as passengers have only a few hours within 24 hours after vessel docking to sightsee and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bilateral Relationship with Asean nations, Business & Finance, Government, MRT, Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link Singapore to Johor; High Speed Rail KL to Singapore, Roads and Expressways, Social issues, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback, Transport | Leave a comment

Johor Baru-Woodlands RTS [MRT] defer Link till Sept 2019, April 2020, & to 31st July 2020; Improvement to CIQ in Johor to address traffic congestion issues;

Posted on May 21, 2019 by tankoktim

============= . Malaysia to spend S$48.8m to address traffic congestion at both Johor checkpoints. The projects include adding 44 M-Bike lanes at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar CIQs, costing about RM61.7 million. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO FILE … Continue reading →

Posted in Bilateral Relationship with Asean nations, MRT, Roads and Expressways, Transport | Tagged MRT, MRT Causeway, RTS | Leave a comment

Mega Cities on flat land — no hydro or wind power, and inadequate land space for huge solar power farms [and those in temperate countries having four seasons, no solar power all year round]; What are the possible solutions for all mega cities [the big carbon polluters] becoming 100% users of renewable clean and green electricity ending use of fossil oil, coal and LNG?

Posted on February 23, 2018 by tankoktim

================== . Many solutions to generate renewable clean and green electricity. ========== ==== . Build a 10-storey structure [steel or concrete] and have a test run to pump water to the top, and have it retained on each floor and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bilateral Relationship with Asean nations, Business & Finance, COVID-19 coronavirus Pandemic in 2020, Divine Science. Man-made human science, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Emergency Disaster Preparation, Energy, Clean and Green Electricity, Environment Control, Protect Nature, Politics, Productivity, Roads and Expressways, Social issues, Transport, United Nations, Water, World Peace | Tagged clean and green energy | 11 Comments

Spiritual blessings at Bedok Reservoir and a MRT train [photos below]; Cause and effect of road accidents and untimely deaths; 5 died tragically at No. 37 Tanjong Pagar Road on 13th Feb 2021; There is no accident or coincidence on earth; Prayers for Durban roads in South Africa in 2005 [newspaper report below]; Road safety, should LTA conduct trials of lighted markings on road surface? Deaths by drowning at the Bedok Reservoir; Purification prayers by inter-religious group leaders at the Reservoir in 2011 and a MRT train in 2023; suicides at the Marina Bay areas, Singapore River, and Kallang River;

Posted on May 12, 2017 by tankoktim

.============ . Body of 21-year-old man found floating on Bedok Reservoir Several personal items such as a backpack, bicycle and alcohol bottles were found at the scene. PHOTO: Shin Min Daily News. PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2023 11:50 AM By LIM … Continue reading →

Posted in Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Medical & Health, MRT, Religions and Faiths, Roads and Expressways, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, Spiritual First - then mental then physical, Transport, Vehicle parking facilities, Water | Tagged Brisbane's lighted markers on roads, Embedded lights on road surface | 2 Comments

E-bikers…. risks on roads; Registration and number plate for e-bike…the Govt has listened once again; More cycling paths to treble by 2030; Bicycles; Road safety for all;

Posted on January 11, 2017 by tankoktim

====== . In some countries, they do not encourage females to ride bicycle. We are different. Good. . ========== . So many leisure cyclists. What will nudge more to cycle to work? A new, bold National Cycling … Continue reading →

Posted in Roads and Expressways, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback, Transport | Tagged e-bike | Leave a comment

Go high-tech to make expressways safer; Should we raise the speed limit on expressways? Safety on roads and expressways, potholes are not the only causes of accidents; Lights embedded on the roads in Sydney and Brisbane to improve road safety;

Posted on September 21, 2016 by tankoktim

========== . I am grateful to ST for placing my letter in ST Forum Online on 19th Sept 2016, “Go high-tech to make expressways safer. [Please see JPEG format below]. The wait was not in vain after a wait … Continue reading →

Posted in Productivity, Roads and Expressways, Transport | Tagged speeding heavy vehicles | Leave a comment

New 2nd CBD – how to ensure free-flowing traffic?

Posted on July 23, 2016 by tankoktim

Will the Govt listen? The Singapore Terminus of the KL to Singapore HSR will be located in the Jurong Lake District near Jurong East. The Govt has announced that the 2nd CBD will be in JLD. ======= I am grateful … Continue reading →

Posted in Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link Singapore to Johor; High Speed Rail KL to Singapore, Roads and Expressways, Second CBD in Jurong Lake District, Transport | Leave a comment

Build a seamless ring-road expressway around the fringes of the central catchment nature reserve areas

Posted on May 20, 2016 by tankoktim

I drove this evening at peak hours on 20th May 2016. The slow traffic on the PIE heading towards Tuas started before the Eunos Viaduct and it stretched all the way passed the Serangoon Viaduct. Like me, many motorists took … Continue reading →

Posted in Roads and Expressways, Transport, Vehicle parking facilities | Tagged Central Catchment Nature Reserve, seamless ring-road expressways | Leave a comment

LTA’s use International Standards for road management – good enough for red dot? Intransigence remains strong? Use technology more, be a Smart nation.

Posted on May 19, 2016 by tankoktim

=========== LTA’s intransigence remains. Why? ======= Forum: LTA committed to building an inclusive public transport system UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO on 3rd Jan 2023 in ST Forum. We agree with Ms Emily Yap Yong An on the importance of having … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment Control, Protect Nature, Productivity, Roads and Expressways, Transport, Vehicle parking facilities | Tagged 2nd Link, Causeway, environmental pollution, Serangoon Viaduct | Leave a comment

Road bullies; Abusing public officers, SPF officers, and security officers; Fighting and violence in public; Traffic to flow smoothly – how? How to improve our road network? Red-amber-green turning arrows;

Posted on April 6, 2016 by tankoktim

============ . Bentley driver arrested after threatening to run down security officer at Red Swastika School A Bentley is shown pushing against the security officer who stood in front of the vehicle to prevent it from entering the primary school. PHOTOS: … Continue reading →

Posted in MRT, Productivity, Roads and Expressways, Social issues, Transport, Vehicle parking facilities | Tagged Paya Lebar Viaduct, Road and Expressways, Satellite ERP system, Serangoon Viaduct | Leave a comment

Satellite ERP-New ERP system’s flexibility must enhance traffic management, to be ready by 2020; But delayed; S$556m tendered-contract awarded in 2016; ERP 2.0 Ctouchscreen display unit installation to start in vehicles on Nov 1, 2023; ERP is a form of consumption tax ; Drive, and you pay, not when you keep your car at home;

Posted on April 1, 2016 by tankoktim

============ . COE and ERP.,.. Have both reached the end of its usefulness to manage our car population, revenue generation and wealth transfer, reduce car usage, and gridlock traffic jams? The satellite ERP system should allow [a] motorists to decide … Continue reading →

Posted in COE and ERP, Roads and Expressways, Transport, Vehicle parking facilities | Tagged Satellite ERP system | Leave a comment

Red Dot’s four ways to generate clean and green energy; Solar Power not effective 24/7, day and night; Will it be cost effective? Solar power alone will not be able to replace LNG to generate the electricity that we need; Solar panels above MRT tracks, MRT and bus depots, and expressways; solar roads, create landspace above expressways, etc? Possible?

Posted on February 10, 2016 by tankoktim

========== . Only four? Is there a fifth…and more? Please don’t stop at four. What else? Solutions? ======== Forum: Singapore looking at ‘four switches’ during energy transition PUBLISHED6 HOURS AGO on 8th Sept 2021 in ST Forum. We refer to … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Clean and Green Electricity, Environment Control, Protect Nature, MRT, Roads and Expressways, State Land, Transport, Vehicle parking facilities | Tagged BKE, Bus depot, Car-lite, COE, ECO-Link, fossil oil, Land Transport Master Plan, LNG, MRT, MRT depot, North-South Corridor, North-South Expressway, SMRT, State Land | 1 Comment

Newton Circus – we shall wait for it to be removed; LTA confirmed in 2015 – it would be replaced by flyovers, but not done; Conversion of a circus in 1978 into a traffic light junction; Where? The Govt listened in 1978 and fixed the massive traffic congestion within 24 hours;

Posted on November 27, 2015 by tankoktim

. ========== . Wow it took only 43 hours, not 24. It was in China. But we got rid off the Holland Road/Farrer Road Circus within 24 hours too. When was that? 41 years ago back in 1978. How? That … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Lee Kuan Yew's Legacy [His life 1923-2015], Nation Building, Productivity, Roads and Expressways, Second CBD in Jurong Lake District, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback, Transport, Vehicle parking facilities | Tagged Holland Road Circus, LTA, Newton Circus | Leave a comment

Overhead pedestrian bridges – OPBs – provide more elevators [lifts]; Caring for those with disabilities; Steps are before escalators [but not lifts] at MRT stations and public places for those who can walk; Why? Escalators are for mass and fast movement of people, those able to walk, not on wheelchair, or have heavy items to carry; The lifts [the elevators] are for them;

Posted on August 26, 2015 by tankoktim

========== People with disabilities…the physical barriers affecting them. But is that all to it. What else? Compassion with Gratitude plus plus must be the driving force in our society, in fact in the live of all human beings for mankind … Continue reading →

Posted in GE2020 on 10th July 2020; and one year later;, Government, Medical & Health, MRT, Politics, Roads and Expressways, Second CBD in Jurong Lake District, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback, Transport | Tagged ageing, overhead pedestrian bridges, seniors | 1 Comment

Reincarnation and our ancestors – about half the world’s population is not allowed to believe in reincarnation; Which half is correct? Or, both halves are correct; Are humans born equal? Yes and no. True and yet untrue; The lady with three breasts; Why? What is the cause of ‘gender dysphoria’?

Posted on June 12, 2015 by tankoktim

============= . Child prodigy… An old soul? Where does it stem from? Reincarnation? Rebirth? The link: https://www.facebook.com/TharmanShanmugaratnam/posts/pfbid02M9CrHSV982RaH6WrhrrfNnuxMcswp9dnANNMpdjbN4YiV13Y65TkBY173C8aRPTfl Tharman Shanmugaratnam in Facebook: 18h · 3rd Jan 2023. This is sheer genius at three years. Mum must have been dreaming of calligraphy when he … Continue reading →

Posted in Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, Population, Religions and Faiths, Roads and Expressways, Social issues, Spiritual First - then mental then physical, World Peace | Tagged after death, death, reincarnation | 1 Comment

Marina Cruise Centre: my experience there in 2014 and my feedback for improvement; I was impressed on 18th July 2022 to experience the vast ICA improvement at the MCC; Will ICA procedures improve too when the RTS-train service commence between JB and Woodland? Also, the pavement in Geylang, and the Tent at the MCC – the Govt listened to feedback and acted on it;

Posted on December 29, 2014 by tankoktim

. =========== . From: tan kok tim Sent: Sunday, 7 December, 2014 10:39 AM To: REACH (REACH) Cc: MOT Tuck Yew LUI (MOT); MND Boon Wan KHAW (MND); LTA_CORPCOMMS@lta.gov.sg; MOF QSM (MOF); FEEDBACK (LTA); MND HQ (MND); PSD PS21 (PSD) … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Government, MRT, Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link Singapore to Johor; High Speed Rail KL to Singapore, Roads and Expressways, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback, Transport | Tagged feedback, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback | Leave a comment