Singapore will Impose a Ban on adding more Vehicles in the City

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The residents of Singapore will not be able to drive additional cars in the small city-state and it will be implemented in the month of February 2018. The country is introducing a supposed ban similar as a line in the sand in keeping the island from becoming overwhelmed with massive amount of vehicles and choking traffic. Point to be noted that the government of Singapore is spending billions of dollars on public transit projects. The recent decision of ban was presented by the Land Transport Authority of Singapore. The authority had already limited the numbers of new cars and motorcycles at 0.25 percent. It isn’t important to mention the entire import taxes and registration fees for vehicles, but there is an average of 4 times more expensive to own a car for the island people.

It is important that Singapore has estimated a 6^th of the area of Rhode Island (smallest state in the U.S). The authority also indicated that more than 12 percent of its entire space has been taken by roads as considered it essential. This ban shouldn’t be considered a constant ban and concerning authorities will again review in 2020. But, until next couple of years, at least 600 thousand private and rental vehicles will have to serve the 5.6 million populations living in Singapore. Point to be noted that drivers will still be able to file for a replacement of their old vehicles for new ones. The supposed ban will not be applied to goods vehicles and buses serving people. It will keep a 0.25% growth rate. It might be good news for autonomous trucking experiments.