Conclusion

The problem of this research report is ‘too many vehicles.’ This problem has became one of the main issues in Singapore today and will definitely get worse in the future. As a result, a major action has to be done in order to overcome the problem. After doing multiple primary and secondary researches both micro and macroly, this report contains a deep understanding and analysis that is necessary for solving the research problem.

In order to decrease the amount of vehicles in Singapore, brainstorming was done on different solutions and developed them into one final solution that would work best. This research report produced a final solution which is to create a new public transport that would not add more congestion to the roads and would become the most preferable transportation in Singapore.

The final solution is called the BMRT, which is derived from two existing public transportations in Singapore which are bus and MRT. The BMRT is a transportation that has the capacity and routing system of a bus and has the railtrack and speed like MRT. Therefore, BMRT would make a perfect public transport that is more convenient, safer, faster, and eco-friendly. In conclusion, by creating BMRT, people would not need to use their private cars to go to places because they could just take the BMRT instead.

A2 Presentation Board

Car Free Day will be held twice a year, and will car users must use other ways to travel for be a public holiday. This is held in order to example walking, skating, biking, and persuade people to use more public taking public transportation. We suggest transport than private cars. On this day, all people to use public transport especially cars will be banned in the country and all BMRT because it will be the best public transportation in Singapore. It is faster, it is safer, it is more convenient, and it is more eco-friendly than any other transportations. By holding this event, more people will use BMRT and less people will use their private cars. Therefore, it will reduce the amount of vehicles in Singapore which will result in the improvement of traffic flow, increase the productivity of Singapore’s economy, and improve the quality of lives.

Features of the Solution

Car Free Day Poster
Taking this day to introduce BMRT as well.

BMRT details

Where will the BMRT be Built?
 It would be built along the side road so it will not interfere other vehicles way
(the same as the routes of buses)

BMRT Station with its system

Exiting a BMRT

Entering a BMRT

How to Board a BMRT

How does the BMRT operate?

How does a BMRT operate? It operates by using an advanced computer system found on a MRT which is electrically powered by solar panels and have a numbering system like the one on buses today so one could go to  a more specific destination. On the BMRT station, it has a system which one could choose which BMRT one would like to board on. Once the number has been selected, a BMRT would arrive in less than a minute. Upon entering or alighting the BMRT, one would be asked to tap his Ez-link card. To stop at a station, one simply has to press the stop button. As for the BMRT, the lanes are branched out into two while nearing a station. It would go to the second lane (below lane) if it is supposed to stop there. If not, it will go directly to the next station.

Development

An approach of combining and improving ideas into an ideal solution is carried out in this step. The two ideas that are chosen are car free day and increasing the quality and quantity of public transportation. We chose these two ideas because they support each other and will work mutually. By not allowing people to use their private cars for a day, they are forced to use other transportations. By conducting a car free day, car users are encouraged to use public transport and more and more car users will realize that public transport is not bad.

PROs	CONs
No private cars on the road, no traffic	Not efficient
Eco-friendly	Tiring for car users
More comfortable public transport

How do we improve the quality of public transportation?

Improving the quality of a transport, nonetheless a public transport, could be very difficult. It would mean a period of time without them and people complaining about how they would go to work or anywhere they want.

With this reason, a new public transportation would be built though it would take a whole lot of time to get it done. Reasons of it is because public transportation nowadays are overcrowded, they run slow and fares are rising to an extend than never before. With these understanding, a hope of building a safe, eco-friendly, fast, convenient with cheap fare public transportation would be made. Also, a transport that could avoid traffic in any possible way.

Convenient: Most people would want something convenient. Meaning a transportation that is flexible to go around anywhere. For example, the bus

Fast: Time is important for everyone especially workers. People would want to travel faster what with the amount of time they could spend doing something productive. For example, MRT

Eco-Friendly: With the numbers of vehicles there are around the world, the amount of pollution garnered are even worse than decades ago. If the air around is unpolluted, one would unlikely to faint or feel anxious.

Cheap: These days, fare prices are risen.

Improving on buses or MRT system might be less complicated than building a new system. However, these transportations have different aspects towards their own. Buses, they are convenient but they are more likely to be caught in a traffic jam than MRT will. MRT on the other hand, travels fast but it is not as convenient as buses are. It could not go anywhere specific and if one was to alight from an MRT station, he/she would be bound to walk a few blocks to his destination.

Design of the BMRT ride

With these reasons, we want to build something that is a combination of the bus, MRT and cable car and came up with BMRT, which is as convenient as a bus and runs as fast as the MRT and does not take up much space as the cable car. Each BMRT would have the same capacity number (approx. 50) and dimension ( 1.1m x 3m x 2.5m) as buses have.

Layout Plan of the BMRT Ride

Sketches

Based on the researches and analyses that have been conducted, it can be said that many of the traffic congestion is due to the high demands of vehicles, which made productions go higher - making public transport deserted by society. Because of this reason, these five ideas were chosen as probable solutions to the matter ‘Too Many Vehicles’. The advantages and disadvantages of these solutions are also stated on each idea.

Pros and Cons of Every Idea

Top 5 Solutions

1. Design of a Vehicle

Comparison of Car Sizes

A design of a vehicle is really crucial whether in selling or marketing and also engineering. And it is believed that an average sized car takes up a lot of space on a road, moreover there are a lot of cars owned in an area. One could imagine how congested it would be. That is why a change on a car’s design is needed. That also means an alteration on the engines - changing it into an all-electric, rechargeable power system, system that avoids hitting other vehicles and could also navigate on its own.

PROs	CONs
Space efficient	Lack of space for movement
Improve air quality	Max carry up to 4 persons
Reduce accidents among cars
Stabil quantity of fossil fuel

2. Car Free Day

According to The Washington Post, the event "promotes improvement of mass transit, cycling and walking, and the development of communities where jobs are closer to home and where shopping is within walking distance". This is to make people realize their environment, of how hectic their lives have been.

One Day Without Gasoline

PROs	CONs
Eco-friendly	Tiring
No traffic around	Not time efficient
People are encouraged to walk and cycle more

3. Increase Public Transport Quality & Quantity

Public transports’ quality in some countries is not taken care in a maximal way. Perhaps because of the degrading in the quality is what makes people purchase a car for their personal use. And might as well be due to the wait time to catch a ride. Quality improvement like comfortable seats, improving engines, cutting down the fare price, etc should be considered.

Cycle of Public Transport

PROs	CONs
people will be encouraged to use public transport more	not as efficient as using private car
decrease in traffic	expensive (maintenance)
eco-friendly
more comfortable

4. Vehicle-Color-Based Day

There are a lot colors provided for a car’s design and the majority of them is either black or white/silver. By allowing only certain car colors on a certain day, it is expected to cause less traffic.

MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	WEEKENDS

Everyday Color-Based Chart

PROs	CONs
less traffic	Hard to organize
Colorful	Not efficient for car users