Mass movement
Mass movement The number of mass rapid transit (MRT) stations in Singapore has done away with the need to own a vehicle | |
PARTICULARS | PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION |
Percentage of Singapore population living within walking distance of MRT station | 30.0 |
Percentage of Singapore population living within 1 kilometre of the MRT line | 50.0 |
Percentage of all business and industrial areas located near MRT stations | 40.0 |
Percentage of passengers who walk to and from MRT stations | 65.0 |
Percentage of passengers who transfer to or from buses at MRT stations | 35.0 |
Source: Peter Newman and Jeffery Kenworthy, Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence, Island Press, California, US, 1999, p194 |
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