A significant needle-mover to reduce emissions from the land transport sector is to go car-lite by encouraging the use of Walk-Cycle-Ride modes of transport. To further reduce emissions, we are taking further steps to green our public transport operations.
We hope to raise the mass public transport modal share during peak hour to 75 per cent by 2030.
Our rail lines and stations are built with environmental sustainability in mind. For example, the Circle Line and Downtown Line have been awarded
the BCA Green Mark GoldPLUS certification for their environmentally-friendly features. The Building and Construction Authority (BCA), in consultation with the Land Transport Authority (LTA), also introduced the BCA Green Mark for Transit Stations.
Canberra was the first station to be awarded the Green Mark for Transit Stations Platinum award, in 2019.
Since 2020, all new public bus purchases are cleaner energy buses, including electric or hybrid buses. We aim to gradually replace
all existing diesel buses with cleaner energy buses by 2040, so that the public can enjoy quieter commutes and cleaner air.
Electric vehicles generate half the carbon emissions of internal combustion engine vehicles. They also generate less ambient noise. To pave the way for greener vehicles, we will cease new diesel car and taxi registrations from 2025, and require all new
car and taxi registrations to be of cleaner-energy models from 2030. This includes hybrids, battery electric cars, and hydrogen fuel cell cars.
In addition, taxi and private-hire vehicle companies have pledged to make their fleets run on
cleaner energy by 2040. Some have gone even further; for example, SMRT’s Strides Taxi, with about 1,800 hybrid cars, has pledged to have a full electric car fleet by 2026.
