EV Training for Bus Captains

Written Reply to Parliamentary Question 

Ms Yeo Wan Ling asked the Acting Minister for Transport in light of LTA being on track to replace 50 percent of our public bus fleet with electric buses by 2030, whether LTA will regulate the electric vehicle training curriculum for bus captains and mandate a compulsory minimum number of training hours.

Reply by Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow: 

1.          In addition to the existing training provided by bus operators, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will require all bus captains to go through a new 21 course on operating electric buses safely and confidently. The course is being developed by the Singapore Bus Academy and NTUC LearningHub, with input from the National Transport Workers’ Union and bus operators, and will be launched later this year.