Statistics In Brief 2009 - Land Transport Authority

MASS PUBLIC TRANSPORT JOURNEYS COMPARISON WITH SELECTED CITIES HOUSEHOLD INTERVIEW SURVEY
2007 2008
[10] Average Daily Passenger-Journeys ('000) 3,450 3,635 [12] Average MRT Fare (S$/pax-trip) Average Bus Fare (S$/pax-trip) Average Journey Distance by Main Mode (km)
Average Journey Distance (km) 9.6 9.7 MRT
14.1
3.0
2.4
15
2008
13.5 13.2
PUBLIC TRANSPORT UTILISATION
12
1.8
2.0
9.6 9.9 10.0
2007 2008
1.2
1.0
9
0.6
[11] Average Daily Ridership ('000 passenger-trips)
7.0 7.3 6.5
0.0
0.0
6
MRT 1,564 1,720
LRT 81 89
3
Spore H.K. L'don N.Y. Tokyo
Spore H.K. L'don N.Y. Tokyo
Bus 2,969 3,085
0
Taxi 927 907 HOUSEHOLD INTERVIEW SURVEY
Motorised Car/Van Bus MRT
Journey Distance (km)
SINGAPORE
LAND TRANSPORT STATISTICS IN BRIEF
LAND TRANSPORT STATISTICS IN BRIEF
2009
COMPARISON WITH SELECTED CITIES
[13] Number of Motorised Journeys by Main Mode (million/day)
A
Time by Main Mode (minutes)
11.9
Average Daily Public Transport Trips per Person
TOTAL: 7.50
TOTAL: 8.23
TOTAL: 9.86
M/cycle: 0.35
60
1997 2004 2008
57.3
10.2
54.8
52.2
1.0
M/cycle: 0.33
48
8.5
42.8 42.742.6
0.8
M/cycle: 0.22
38.0 36.8
36
35.1
0.6
Car/Van: 3.95
6.8
29.6 26.7 24.9
Car/Van: 2.52 Car/Van: 3.11
0.4
24
5.1
Taxi: 0.78
0.2
Taxi: 0.93
Taxi: 0.87
12
0.0
3.4
Bus: 3.09
Bus: 2.91
Bus: 2.65
0
Spore H.Kong London N.York Tokyo
1.7
Motorised Car/Van Bus MRT
MRT: 0.92 MRT: 1.27
MRT: 1.68
0.0
Notes:
1997 2004 2008
[10] The Journey data is averaged over the period of financial year (April-March). Notes:
A journey refers to a series of consecutive trips on different modes (MRT, LRT, [13] Household Interview Survey is a travel survey that LT
A conducts periodically
and bus), made by a commuter from his origin to his destination.
to monitor trends in transport behaviour and travel characteristics.
[11] The ridership is averaged over the period of financial year (April - March). Notes: A total of 38,000 persons were interviewed in the 2008 survey.
[12] Data of Public Transport Fare refer to year 2007. Monetary values are Motorised journeys include car/van, bus, MRT, motorcycles and taxis
converted to Singapore dollars using Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
and exclude those journeys solely made by walk or bicycle.
LTA Website: http://www.lta.gov.sg conversion factor 2006 (source: World Bank 2008 World Development The main mode of a journey is defined as MRT so long as any part of this journey
http://www.onemotoring.com.sg Indicators). is made by MRT. For other journeys not involving MRT, it is defined as the mode
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used for the part of the journey with the longest travel time.
The bus mode includes public bus, school bus and company bus.
MRT (trip/person)
Bus (trip/person)
Motorised Journeys (million/day)
Journey Time (min)

GENERAL INFORMATION PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES MOTOR VEHICLE POPULATION MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL EFFICIENCY
2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008
[1] Total Population ('000) 4,589 4,839 [2] Number of Pedestrian Overhead Bridges 449 466 [4] All Vehicles 851,336 894,682 [7] Average Petrol Consumption per Vehicle (litres/100km)
Singapore Residents ('000) 3,583 3,643 Number of Pedestrian Underpasses 55 54 Private Cars 451,745 476,634 Cars (