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22 Jun 2012, 2.17PM

4 comments & replies |by REACH Administrator | Getting Around

To have a better understanding of travel patterns on our land transport system, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will begin surveying 10,000 households from next week for its Travel Survey.

Conducted every four to five years, the survey aims to provide data on household travel patterns, which will enable LTA to shape and refine transport policies and plans. The data will also be used to track the status of some of the targets stated in the Land Transport Master Plan, for example, how well Singapore is coming along in increasing the public transport mode share to 70% by 2020.

In addition, 1,000 volunteers, picked from the household survey participants, will be invited to take part in a trial using global positioning system (GPS) technology on smartphones.. This project is a joint trial by the LTA and researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to determine how GPS can improve the accuracy of survey methods. Participants will have to download an application, which will track their travel locations and routes for two weeks. For accuracy, participants will need to validate their travel patterns by logging on to a dedicated website during or after the two-week GPS survey.

Separately, the LTA will also poll 10,000 MRT commuters for a better understanding of their travel experience and how the completed Circle Line has influenced their travel patterns.

LTA expects to share the key findings upon completion of the survey next year.

Read LTA’s news release ‘LTA to conduct travel survey to gain insight on travelling patterns’.

What are your thoughts on the LTA survey to shape and refine transport policies and plans?

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syahid07

22 Jun 2012, 4.49PM

They state that the survey is conducted every 4 to 5 years. I therefore would like to know how has the past surveys help in LTA's work in the past?

If the 4-5 years period is too long, should they conduct such surveys more often?

Maybe as often as the fare adjustments. :)

Guest

22 Jun 2012, 5.32PM

BUS FARE ADJUSTMENT. 1 DAYS can survey finish liao.

Ask them do job. 4 years to 5 years loh. LTA standard.

It's not Singaporean STANDARD ARE HIGHER ! CHOOSY.

It's your BUS FARE ADJUSTMENT STANDARD TOO HIGH FOR US !

Guest

24 Jun 2012, 11.04PM

Find out the popular routes taken by the majority, make the fare increment a little larger there, size down the increment more on the non popular routes and tell you they give BBIIIIIGGG discounts on the fare adjustment. That's how the quarterly OBSCENE profits come about.

My 2 yrs old niece also know lah....

Guest

27 Jun 2012, 2.06PM

What are your thoughts on the LTA survey to shape and refine transport policies and plans?

There has been various feedback on public transport in different threads on Reach. Many views expressed on Reach as Guest, so are likely to answer more honestly and speak more freely. Hope LTA can somehow take a look at past relevant threads, and include the views in the LTA survey.

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