Written Reply by Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung to Parliamentary Question on New Public Education Efforts for Pedestrians, Cyclists and PMD Riders on Safe Riding/Use of Footpaths, Cycling Paths or Park Connectors and Their Effectiveness

Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Transport 

a.     in the past year, whether there has been any new public education efforts for pedestrians, cyclists and PMD riders on safe riding/use of footpaths, cycling paths or park connectors; and 

b.     if so, what are these efforts and their effectiveness.

Reply by Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung:

1.     Over the past year, LTA rolled out public education campaigns to educate users on the safe usage of footpaths and cycling paths.

2.     This complements existing efforts such as community and school engagements and the Safe Riding Programme, which educate active mobility users on safe riding practices, proper use of active mobility infrastructure, rules and code of conduct. Over 82,000 participants have attended the Safe Riding Programme since 2018.

3.     We will continue to carry out such public education efforts, with the support of our Active Mobility volunteers. These efforts have helped reduce the number of public path accidents between pedestrians and active mobility users, which fell by almost half over the past year.