Transportation

Hassle-free air travel

Although everyone in Southeast Asia can fly these days due to the proliferation of low-cost airlines, the experience is not necessarily pleasant with long queues and constantly having to present travel documents to different parties.Airports are struggling to cope with growing passenger numbers who are also becoming more demanding. This makes them good testbeds for smart technology.In Southeast Asia, Singapore’s Changi Airport is leading the charge in innovation.

8 April 2019
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Grab monopoly causing passenger discomfort

Ever since Grab bought over Uber’s Southeast Asia-based business last March, social media has been abuzz with complaints against the ride-hailing giant. Complaints about Grab are mostly related to sudden hikes in fare prices after a deal which saw US-based Uber Technologies sell its Southeast Asia business for a 27.5 percent stake in Grab.

26 March 2019
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The future of aviation in Southeast Asia

Air travel across Southeast Asia is growing by around 10 percent a year, with Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines all experiencing double-digit expansion rates according to research firm Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA).This is due to rising consumer affluence thanks to a growing middle class in the region as well as continuous efforts to liberalise air traffic regulations.

6 March 2019
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Singapore regulates its Personal Mobility Devices

Two Singaporean start-ups were charged in court last month for providing Personal Mobility Device-sharing (PMD-sharing) services at public places – the latest in a string of reports surrounding regulatory controls for PMDs in the city-state. Both Neuron Mobility and Telepod were charged under the Parking Places Act, which does not currently allow companies to offer PMDs for hire at public places without a licence or an exemption approved by the Minister for Transport.Singapore’s Land

4 March 2019
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Vietnam’s high-speed rail project revived

Vietnam’s proposed North-South High-Speed Railway (HSR) is expected to improve transport quality for nearly half of the country’s population.The country’s Ministry of Transportation presented a pre-feasibility study for the project to Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc earlier this month, and the report created with the support of a foreign consultancy team found that north-south transport routes currently benefit 49 percent of the nation and serve a population which accounts for 61 pe

28 February 2019
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A sustainable transportation policy for ASEAN

Southeast Asia’s roads are home to over 20 million cars. This number is expected to rise to 62 million by 2040 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). At the same time, new high-speed rail systems are being built all over the region, resulting in the recent infrastructure boom.The growth of the transportation sector is a welcome sign as it indicates that the region is catching up economically with the rest of the world.

28 December 2018
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Are electric vehicles the future of ASEAN transportation?

The first image that usually springs to mind when someone mentions any Southeast Asian capital is congested roads filled with honking cars and motorcycles. Congested roads have become synonymous with Southeast Asia, and that is not going to change anytime soon.According to the latest data, vehicle sales in Southeast Asia is set to outpace all other regions in the world.

4 October 2018
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A sustainable transportation policy for ASEAN

Southeast Asia’s roads are home to over 20 million cars. This number is expected to rise to 62 million by 2040 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). At the same time, new high-speed rail systems are being built all over the region, resulting in the recent infrastructure boom. The growth of the transportation sector is a welcome sign as it indicates that the region is catching up economically with the rest of the world.

2 October 2018
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Vietnam plays catch up with high speed rail

Vietnam must be feeling high-speed-rail (HSR) envy as its neighbours move ahead with their respective HSR projects, propelled by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The irony is, Vietnam had already planned for HSR ahead of everyone else, back in 2007. Having shelved the initial project in 2010, the government there is now looking into reviving it.

2 September 2018
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Singapore train collision injures 25 people

A Singapore train collided with a stationary one, injuring 25 people and dealing another blow to a network that has faced public criticism in recent years for frequent breakdowns.The accident, only the second rail collision in three decades, occurred near Joo Koon station in the western part of the city state Wednesday morning.

15 November 2017
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Singapore to freeze number of cars on its roads

Singapore, one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a vehicle, has announced it will freeze the number of private cars on its roads from next year but vowed to expand public transport.The growth cap for all passenger cars and motorcycles will be cut from 0.25 percent a year to zero with effect from February, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said.The affluent city-state of 5.6 million people already imposes a quota on the number of vehicles sold and the number on its roads, and h

24 October 2017
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