Have An ERP Express Lane

Source : TODAY, Thursday, August 30, 2007

Letter from ALDERLINE WONG

WITH regard to the letter, “Are ERP hikes the only way?”(Aug 27), here are more ways to reduce traffic congestion:

As the Central Expressway (CTE) is a key route for many living in the north, why not have an express lane for those who need speed and do not mind paying more? It requires only minor technical adjustments to charge the use of lane 1 at $5, and that for lanes 2 and 3 at, say, $1.

Let those who can afford to pay, choose to do so. Many cannot choose not to use the CTE.

And why not encourage more buses, even the private ones, to ply the CTE during the peak hours?

Rather than pay $3.50, the Electronic Road Pricing toll of travelling from Ang Mo Kio to Shenton Way, taking a bus may be more cost-effective.