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Ministry of Transport
In Parliament

Written Reply to Parliamentary Questions on Impact of Move to Issue Additional COEs on Car-Lite Ambitions and on Switch to Distance-Based Road Charges

13 November 2024

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Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Transport 

a.    what is the anticipated impact of planned increase of 20,000 additional COEs on Singapore’s ‘car-lite’ ambitions; and

b.     whether the Ministry expects the plans to result in increased adoption of private car use for transport.

Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Transport what are the specific parameters which the Ministry will take into consideration in deciding when to start distance-based charges under the ERP 2.0 system in view of the additional 20,000 COEs to be injected into the vehicle population in Singapore. 

Reply by Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat:

1.     These questions have been addressed in the reply to Questions No 3 to 6 for oral answer at the 12 November 2024 Sitting (opens in new tab).