Category Archives: Vehicle parking facilities

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 →

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Consider a high-rise windowless auto parking building in Holland Village, Singapore; I suggested this in Aug 2018 in my letter in ST Forum page; no response from anyone at HV;

Posted on August 27, 2018 by tankoktim

Consider high-rise parking in Holland V PUBLISHED on 23rd August 2018 in ST Forum [please see JPEG format below] Closing 317 spaces in the main open-air carpark of Holland Village will affect the business vibrancy of the area to a … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Orchard Road – bring overhead garden concept to Orchard Road

Posted on May 4, 2017 by tankoktim

Bring overhead garden concept to Orchard Road FROM TAN KOK TIM PUBLISHED: 4:00 AM, MAY 1, 2017 in Today Voices s I refer to the letter “Reinvent the Orchard Road experience, not just its environment” (April 27). An overhead garden spans … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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A$120,000 – to own one car park lot in Sydney; Cost factor must deter motorists from driving; private housing and road-side parking woes; In Tokyo, a motorist has to show proof that he has a carpark lot for overnight parking;

Posted on April 27, 2016 by tankoktim

=================. . A$120,000 for an open car park lot? Cost factor must deter motorists from driving Posted on June 27, 2015 by tankoktim Cost factor must deter motorists from driving From Tan Kok Tim Published: 10:09 PM, June 26, 2015 … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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Revamped SGH for the 21st century – 20 years to rebuild; Build LRT system at SGH campus.

Posted on February 24, 2016 by tankoktim

. “Build an SGH for the 21st century”, ST Editorial, 12th Feb 2016.  [please see below].   The new SGH complex should be ready in about 20 years’ time. The master plan for a revamped SGH is best be left to … Continue reading →

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HDB BTO prices – how to keep prices down and affordable? Debates in Parliament on 7th Feb 2023 – seeking solutions, or to score political points? Building multi-storey carparks in HDB estates does not benefit the poor; Time to review car park policies to support car-lite and EVs; Mechanised Parking System – the Govt has listened again;

Posted on February 19, 2016 by tankoktim

================= . Singapore will update housing, planning strategies to reflect current concerns: Desmond Lee National Development Minister Desmond Lee outlined the broad priorities for his ministry, including supporting families who are buying their first home. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI Michelle … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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Illegal adverts on lamp posts; posters on lamp posts

Posted on June 12, 2015 by tankoktim

========= . “Illegal road ads: Stiffer penalty for repeat offenders” [ST, 11th June 2015, Home Page B2] in which the ST article-write Adrian with my permission quoted what I said. I saw two freshly pasted stickers on a lamp post … Continue reading →

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COE vs ERP – the debates continue how to strike an ideal balance; Should there be a new COE Category F for the rich to bid among themselves for cars with more than 3000cc?

Posted on February 8, 2014 by tankoktim

=========== COE bid prices.. ========= COE prices for large cars hit record high of S$121,000, premiums for other categories end mixed [in Today, 21st June 2023]. My letter to:VoicesToday newspaper Fri 23 Jun, 2023  The EditorVoicesTodaySingapore Dear Sir, The COE … Continue reading →

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Concrete blocks as road-dividers prevent illegal road-side parking and waiting; It works; But what next? Raise the concrete blocks to prevent a mounting vehicle from crossing the concrete blocks to crash head-on into on-coming vehicles?

Posted on March 19, 2013 by tankoktim

============= . Use of concrete blocks as road-dividers started at Farrer Court [enbloc sale not long ago], then at United Square and Goldhill Centre at Thomson Road. This solution has been used outside Mount Elizabeth Hospital at the Mount Elizabeth … Continue reading →

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International land transportation systems; High-speed rail; Osaka – Takashimaya’s multi-storey auto windowless parking for cars, [and bicycles]

Posted on September 4, 2011 by tankoktim

============== . Will the HSR train from China to Laos cross the Mekong River to Bangkok and reach the port on the western side of Thailand to have access into the Indian Ocean? . =========== . Will the Chinese drill … Continue reading →

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25 outstanding issues for the new ministers to consider/reconsider implementation – Black Swans and Black Elephants in govt; IB…. Internet Brigade vs the OI – Opposition’s Internet;

Posted on July 11, 2011 by tankoktim

=================== .   Me in a Brigade….an IB?   I have not as yet put on a uniform, or learn to march, hold a live bullet or a gun, or fire a shot.   And has yet to learn how … Continue reading →

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Road side parking and high-rise auto parking systems

Posted on July 4, 2011 by tankoktim

From: tan kok tim To: reach@reach.gov.sg; Sent: Sun, 27 February, 2011 23:52:25 Subject: Chronic parking situations at places of worship and the solution Dear Sirs, A] I have been told that the chronic parking situations near places of worship could … Continue reading →

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HDB – have shorter lease; Religious organisations are allowed 30-year leases; Recently, the Govt does listen to public feedback: Making prices of new HDB flats more affordable – by having lease less than 99 years; I suggested 50 years in my letter in 2011 in BT; Can a 50-year lease policy contain the rising resale prices shooting above the S$1m ceiling? EIP scheme to prevent enclaves in HDB public housing – how to address the inequality in the resale prices?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by tankoktim

  ======== . MY letter in BT in 2011: Business Times – 10 May 2011 Two ways to make HDB more affordable PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan will review the income … Continue reading →

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