cinderella man Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 [img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_01.jpg[/img]Mass Rapid TransitA city of just over 5 million, the island nation of Singapore has limited space to work with but ambitious plans to grow its population. Already teeming with a vibrant public transportation system, the city has partnered with MIT to devise ways to manage its growth.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_02.jpg[/img]ArteriesFearful that it will become overrun with vehicles, the government has damped demand by making them expensive. The price of a BMW 320i sedan, for example, is around $140,000, more than three times its average U.S. sticker price[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_03.jpg[/img]Pan Island ExpresswayThe goal of the partnership with MIT, called the SMART (for Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology) is to examine the "future of urban mobility" as well as other growth issues.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_05.jpg[/img]Taxi StandAmong the projects being developed by the SMART center is a computer simulation program that can track, second-to-second, how many taxis were being used and where in the city on a given day.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_06.jpg[/img]Lined UpThe taxi simulation program would allows transport providers to increase transport supply in areas that need it most on a "real-time" basis.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_04.jpg[/img]TimetableA commuter looks at the times of bus arrivals at Orchard Road, the city's busiest shopping district.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_07.jpg[/img]SwipedCommuters use EZ-Link cards, a contactless smart card, to pay public transportation fares.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_08.jpg[/img]Central ExpresswayThe Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry is an electronic toll collection scheme designed to manage traffic flow in congested areas. The charge of passing through a gantry depends on the location and time.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_09.jpg[/img]Light ShowThe white light shows the short-range communication system between the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry and the reader inside the vehicles.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_10.jpg[/img]Control RoomThe city's Intelligent Transport System infrastructure is managed centrally by the Intelligent Transport Systems Center (ITSC). Manned 24/7 by a crew of at least seven, the center ITSC manages traffic flow and incidents on expressways.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_11.jpg[/img]MonitoringThe ITSC also operates, maintains and upgrades all the Intelligent Transport Systems and traffic lights island-wide, as well as the major road tunnels.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_12.jpg[/img]Information BoardThe city hopes aims to profit from its growing expertise in urban mobility by exporting the apps the center develops to traffic-crippled cities like Bangkok, Mumbai and New York.[img width=611 height=404]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/singapore/singapore_13.jpg[/img]Elevated Train"[Singapore] sees an enormous potential market in the future for urban transportation solutions," says Amedeo Odoni, the leader of the MIT-Singapore urban-mobility team and a professor of engineering at the university.
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