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1. Everyone would be split into 2 groups:
Even index number: Group 1
Odd index number: Group 2

2. Think of one strategy based on your group to help Singapore achieve a car-lite society. You may use Google to help you. Your strategy should be concrete (5W1H)!

3. Look at your friends' answers and comment if these strategies are...
- Effective?
- Feasible?
- How can these strategies be improved?

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How can the government encourage more Singaporeans to go car-lite (i.e. less cars on the road)?

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How can the government encourage more Singaporeans to go car-lite (i.e. less cars on the road)?

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How can the government discourage Singaporeans from owning a car?

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How can the government discourage Singaporeans from owning a car?

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The Singapore government can discourage Singaporeans from owning cars by greatly increasing the prices of owning cars. An increase in the price of cars put more stress on the finances of those thinking of purchasing a car and hence deter them from deciding to buy one. Additionally, the government can increase the price of car fuel, and since people who own cars often have to refuel their cars regularly, the increase in price of fuel would discourage car ownership as they would have to spend a greater sum of money each time they refuel. Also, the government can increase the price of the ERP(Electronic Road Pricing) to discourage car ownership. If the price of ERP is increased, people who drive cars would have to spend more money whenever they travel to places using their cars. As such, people would be more inclined to choose public transport as their mode of transport as it would be more cost-efficient for them in the long run. Lastly, the government could intentionally make it more troublesome and difficult for people in Singapore to obtain a car ownership license. This would result in less people deciding to own cars has they would prefer convienience for themselves.

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The government could discourage car ownership in Singapore by increasing parking fees. This would lessen the amount of car owners in Singapore as less people would be willing to pay more just to park their cars.

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The government can discourage Singaporeans from owning a car by increasing the price of the car and fuel. Singaporeans will feel that they are not able to afford it and use public transport instead. For example,The duty for premium grade (98-octane and above) petrol was raised by 15 cents a litre to 79 cents a litre, while the duty for intermediate grade (92-octane and 95-octane) petrol was raised by 10 cents a litre to 66 cents a litre. Therefore, Singaporeans will feel that owning a car is too expensive for them and will not buy it as a result.

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The Singapore government can discourage Singaporeans from owning a car by decreasing the number of parking lots/spaces in Singapore. Through this method, Singaporeans will struggle to find slots and areas to legally park their car without getting fined. Consequently, Singaporeans will be frustrated and find it more inconvenient to drive their vehicles around Singapore. Additionally, Singaporeans will find walking to their destination less of a hassle as their money and time will not wasted.And thus, lesser people will own cars.
Another way the government can discourage Singaporeans from owning a car is to increase the price of gas and parking.

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The government can introduce bus lanes which allow for busses to be able to exclusively use these roads during peak hours to discourage drivers to drive and encourage them to switch to public transport

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The government can discourage Singaporeans from owning a car by  increasing the cost of car ownership and decreasing the number of parking lots in Singapore . By doing so, Singaporeans are ”forced” to take public transport because of the increase of car ownership.

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The government can discourage car ownership by educating the public on the benefits of using public transport. The benefits include increased environmental friendliness, less competition for parking space, as well as helping bus drivers collect a higher income. They can also increase parking fees as well as the price of owning a car. This will discourage people from owning cars as it is more expensive and would prove more convenient to take other means of transport.

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The government can discourage Singaporeans from owning a car by increasing the price of car ownership. Making the price of owning a car more expensive, many Singaporeans may not wish to own a car as they may be unwilling to pay such a high cost, especially for long-term use. Thus, increasing the price can deter Singaporeans from owning a car due to some who are not willing to pay such a high cost for a car.

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The government can encourage more citizens to go car-lite by offering other modes of transport such as cycling and walking instead of driving.

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The Singaporean government can increase road pricing as well as increase the cost of petrol. This is because when using a car is more expensive, Singaporeans would be less inclined to use a car and would take public transport instead. For instance, they can increase the price of Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) so that there would less cars on the road.

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The government can increase the prices of COE to deter people from buying cars.

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The government can discourage car ownership by increasing the prices of the ERP (electronic road pricing) . When the ERP increases during peak hours, it would be more expensive to drive on roads compared to taking public transport to the commuters destinations. More people would then take public transport as it would become a faster, more efficient and cheaper way of travel to other places in Singapore, rather than traveling by cars. This would then decrease the number of people owning a car.

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The Singapore government can increase the price of gasoline to reduce the number of cars on the road and the Singapore government can also increase the pricing of Electric road pricing (ERP) on the expressways to further reduce the number of cars on the road. The Singapore government can also drastically increase the parking fee, and increase the accessibility of public transport such as sheltered walkways towards the bus stop or mrt station.

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Make it more expensive to own a car by increasing road tax,increase the price of fuel, make a more efficient and cheaper public transport  to encourage people to take public transport as they would not feel the need of buying a car when the public transport is good enough.

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the government can discourage singaporean’s from owning a car by creating more convenient and efficient ways to travel. for example, singapore can pave more paths for cyclists to travel. cycling is a form of exercise and is beneficial for many. if more pathways are made more car users will be tempted to travel by a bicycle. another way is by increasing the amount of public buses and reducing the fair of the bus. this way citizens do not have to worry on being late and also the overall amount spent is cheaper than owning a car of their own.

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The government can make public transport more convenient. For example the government can build more train networks or build bus lanes so that buses can have a faster trip around Singapore as they may be able to avoid traffic jams during peak hours. They can build bicycle lanes or more Park Connector Networks(PCN) so that people may be more inclined to cycle everywhere around town. As such alternatives of owning a cars are also convienient, citizens may be more inclined to not buy cars.

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The government can conduct talk on the benefits of a car - lite society the government can also encourage citizens by having more bus stops or mrt stations so people can get around easier . The price of the transport fares should decrease so people will save more money compared to those taking cars.

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the government can discourage car ownership by increasing the price of the cars. This will discourage Singaporeans to spend money on cars and lesser people will own a car due to the high costs.

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The government can encourage more Singaporeans to go car-lite by expanding the rail network of the MRT. By doing this, trains can reach more destinations, discouraging the use of cars because it would deem unnecessary to own a car to reach your destination when you can just take the MRT.

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The government can hold talks about the benefits of a car-lite society. The government can tell the people of Singapore the effects of having too much cars, like global warming. Having so many cars on the road, it would produce a lot of carbon dioxide which is not good for the world.

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The government can discourage owning a car by making owning cars more inconvenient. For example, the government could increase the price of petrols and the costs of buying a car to be more expensive. This way, it will be harder to own a car and less people would want to buy cars.

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The provision of car parks in the city and housing estates can be sharply reduced overtime and car parking charges can also be increased.There can also the the increase in efficiency and reliability of public transport so that citizens would not find the need to get a car

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the government can educate the society on the disadvantages of having so many cars on the road. with lesser cars, the environment would drastically improve as well as the noise pollution in singapore. seeing these points, singaporeans would then understand how they can contribute in helping improve the environment as well as their society by going car-lite.

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The government can encourage more Singaporeans to go car-lite by telling them the reason why Singapore needs to become a car-lite society. With a current population of 5.8 million, Singapore’s population is expected to become 6.2 million by 2025. Due to the rising population, the transport needs will also need to increase. However, due to the limited land supply, increasing the amount of cars on the road, will cause a lot of traffic congestion. For instance, the government organised by the LTA

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The government can discourage car ownership by increasing the prices of car

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The government could buy a fixed number of electric cars and establish a system where a keycard would be given to Singaporean’s who would like to drive. The person would be charged a certain amount per kilometre of travel distance he or she covers.

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The government can use electric car sharing programme. This will encourage Singapore citizens to use public transport and reduce the needs to own private vehicles.

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The government can discourage the ownership of private-cars, by gradually increasing the cost and inconvenience to own a private-car. This can be done by reducing the capacity of carparks and increasing the cost of patrol. Meanwhile, other modes of transportation, such as public transportation and shared electric cars should be encouraged, made easily accessible and very affordable. This will help Singaporeans to reduce their over-reliance on private-cars to get to their destinations, reducing the number of cars on the road.

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the government can encourage singaporeans to go car-lite by talking about the benefits that achieving a car-lite society would bring, through various social media apps such as Facebook and Instagram. through these measures, a wider audience will be exposed to the benefits of going car-lite and hence, will be more accepting towards the idea of singapore attempting to go car-lite. the various benefits which are that it would reduce the impact of climate change and would also improve the overall health of singaporeans, leading to an increased productivity that would also help to increase the economy.

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the government can discourge the usage of cars by increasing the prices of the cars and petrol. this will discourage many citizens from buying cars, as if some citizens were to buy cars, it may put a financial strain on them.This in turn would make many citizens turn to other forms of transport like taking the bus or cycling,,which would make singapore car lite

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By making public transport seem like a better option for commuting than using their cars. A method the government can use is by building more transport hubs which increase the efficiency of public transport in Singapore encouraging more citizens to switch to public transport instead of using private transport

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The government can discourage Singaporeans to own a car by increasing the cost of owning a car.
For example, the government can increase the the price of petrol so that it will be more expensive to own a car in Singapore. This way, Singaporeans would find it difficult own a car and will eventually give up on the idea of owning a car.

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The government can encourage Singaporeans to go car lite by informing them about the negative effects that cars has to the environment, such as global warming

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By telling them the consequences of going car lite and increase COE so they they will be discouraged to buy cars as the cost would be steep

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The government can increase car prices and increase the cost of petrol.This discourages people to own a car as they would have to spend more money.

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government can discourage car ownerships by increasing car cost and taxes while at the same time improving other means of public transport like mrt and buses. In this way,

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Car parking charges could also be increased. New car owners could be required to furnish proof of a car parking lot, in the same way owners of heavy goods vehicles are required to produce a vehicle parking certificate. Even though these measures are unpopular and may not be favoured by the citizens, overtime ctiizens would eventually have to start accepting the policy

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Setting aside and creating more space for mass public transport and active mobility will make walking, cycling and riding more attractive. The government can build more footpaths or park connectors. The public will use car alternatives more frequently instead of driving. As a result, there will be less cars on the road.

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- Convenient mode of transport, especially to less well-known places inaccessible by public transport.
- Ferrying young children to school, spouse to work and elderly with mobility issues
- Suitable for people with a freelance job that requires travelling to meet clients

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Despite efforts to promote a car-lite Singapore, nearly two-thirds of young people polled in a Sunday Times survey aspire to own one. Less than a quarter know how to cycle and, among those who do, only a handful would cycleto work or school.

In a door-to-door survey commissioned by The Sunday Times and done by Nexus Link, 501 citizens and permanent residents who do not own a car, and aged from 18 to 35, were polled.

Nearly all did not see the car as a status symbol. Instead, most said a car was a convenient mode of transport.

A fifth said it allowed them to get to out-of-the-way places.

The third-most popular reason cited for wanting to own a car was family needs, such as ferrying elderly folk or young children.

Aspiring car owners, who tended to be young single males who live in private homes, and have a driving licence, expressed a wish to own a car within five years.

"There appears to be some urgency to fulfil the dream," said Nexus Link chief methodologist Jack Loo.

Still, new car driving licences issued have dipped about 5 per cent from 74,063 in 2011 to 70,458 last year, said the Traffic Police.

The survey findings come amid a push by the authorities to shift people from cars to public transport, cycling and walking.

Nearly 60 per cent of all respondents said they lived within 10 minutes' walk to a train station, and more than 90 per cent lived within 10 minutes' walk from a bus stop.

While accessibility to public transport does not seem to dissuade car ownership, inaccessibility brings on the desire for a car.

Slightly more than half of respondents said they would buy a car if a bus stop was not within a 10-minute walk from their home. Likewise, more than half said they would buy a car if a train station was not within a 10-minute walk from their home.

Nanyang Business School Adjunct Associate Professor Zafar Momin said Singapore would not be able to cater to such aspirations under present conditions.

"The privately-owned car population on the road could increase by 35 per cent to 50 per cent even if a quarter to a third of the young people who aspire to own a car ultimately purchased one," he said.

In the survey, only five people said they commuted to work by bike.

The most common reason cited by respondents for not considering the bicycle as the primary mode of transport was the view that bicycles were not suitable for long distances.

Other top reasons included safety concerns and difficulty in ferrying other family members.

Still, several of the respondents believed that better cycling infrastructure and facilities - the Government is building 700km of cycling paths by 2030 - could help people make the switch in future.

Those who did not aspire to own a car cited an accessible public transport system. Another reason was how cars were environmentally unfriendly.

Most did not see the high cost of cars as a problem.

Entrepreneur Zhan Hui, 29, said he does not plan to buy a car now as "public transport is so convenient. I'll take a cab if I am in a rush".

Another respondent, Ms Jessica Ho, 31, said safety was the main reason she chose four wheels over two. "Sometimes, I look at cyclists on the road, and it can be quite dangerous, the way they are overtaken by drivers," she said, adding that she prefers to use the car even for short trips to the supermarket.
SEE TOP OF THE NEWS Less need to have car if it's a 10min walk to public transport Cycling still seen as just a leisurely pursuit

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Desire to own cars still strong among the young: Sunday Times survey

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Despite efforts to promote a car-lite Singapore, nearly two-thirds of young people polled in a Sunday Times survey aspire to own one. Less than a quarter know how to cycle and, among those who do, only a handful would cycleto work or school.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Strategy #1: Public education or conducting talks on the benefits of a car-lite society

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Strategy #1: Public education or conducting talks on the benefits of a car-lite society

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How can talks be carried out to the general public? Do you think Singaporeans want to drive cars because they are unaware of the benefits of a car-lite society?

Benefits of a car-lite society:
- Less pollution
- More land space freed up
- Less traffic accidents
- Lower traffic congestion

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Strategy #2: Creating more footpaths and cycling lanes for Singaporeans

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Strategy #2: Creating more footpaths and cycling lanes for Singaporeans

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Do you cycle to school everyday? Why?

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Strategy #3: Make ride-sharing (e.g. grab, gojek) a form of public transportation

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Strategy #3: Make ride-sharing (e.g. grab, gojek) a form of public transportation

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Ride-sharing: an arrangement whereby several passengers share a ride to a similar destination, and the cost of the ride shared too.

Convenience was the top reason for having a strong desire for car ownership.

How can ride-sharing make public transport even more convenient?

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Incwease the road tax on cars so the owners will be scared to keep their cars and Singapore can go car-lite.

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🤬  this shhettt

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