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50 years of transportation in Singapore : achievements and challenges / editor Fwa Tien Fang.
Lippincott Library HE274.A2 A13 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- World Scientific series on Singapore's 50 years of nation-building
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transportation--Singapore.
- Transportation.
- Transportation--Singapore--History.
- History.
- Singapore.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 559 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Fifty years of transportation in Singapore
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This unique volume presents the achievements of the land, sea and air transport industry of Singapore in the last 50 years after Singapore gained its independence in 1965. It provides a comprehensive overview of Singapore's progress in transportation from a typical third world system in the 1960s to one that is currently in the top league globally in all aspects of passenger and freight transportation. Singapore's successes in land transport planning, urban traffic management, and public transport systems provide valuable experience for major cities worldwide. The emergence of the Singapore Port as the most efficient container port in the world is another success story that inspires both established and up-and-coming port operators alike. The ambitious goal of Singapore to develop itself into a maritime knowledge hub of the future is a bold and exciting undertaking catching worldwide attention. In air transport, Singapore is well known for its efficiency as a major regional hub. This book examines in detail the important milestones and background developments that have led to the highly advanced state of transportation systems in the land, sea and air transport of Singapore today. Each chapter is written by professionals who are themselves part of the success stories presented. The chapter authors are specially invited to provide a professional account of the topics of their expertise. The authors have been able to draw on extensive amounts of published and unpublished documents and reports to present a comprehensive picture for the subject of interest in each chapter. As a whole, the book offers a hollistic and informative professional reference book on the major happenings and achievements of Singapore in the transportation sector. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Overview of Singapore's land transport development 1965-2015 / Lew Yii Der and Choi Chik Cheong
- Chapter 2. An evolving public transport eco-system / Looi Teik Soon and Choi Chik Cheong
- Chapter 3. Travel demand management / Poon Joe Fai
- Chapter 4. Expressways and traffic management / A.P. Gopinath Menon
- Chapter 5. Road safety / Ho Seng Tim and Chin Kian Keon
- Chapter 6. Singapore: the future of logistic hubs / Giulia Pedrielli, Chew Ek Peng, Lee Loo Hay and Chelsea White
- Chapter 7. Development of the Port of Singapore: a historical review / Giulia Pedrielli, Lee Loo Hay, Chew Ek Peng and Tan Kok Choon
- Chapter 8. Development of Singapore's global air transport hub / Chia Lin Sien and Karmjit Singh.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789814651592
- 9814651591
- 9789814667456
- 9814667455
- OCLC:
- 945485167
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