When and where is the worst time and place of Singapore's road congestion? The when is simple and occurs everywhere, during peak hours in morning and evening. Morning peak hours ranging from 8 to 9 am when everyone is going to work, while the evening peak hours ranging from 5 to 7 pm when everyone is off from work. In contrast, during 1 to 5 am is free traffic hours.
While the where question answered after doing a six months survey in 2010 by TomTom GPS, showing Clementi and Bukit Timah as the leading traffic in the morning with 2 and a half times longer (147 percent increase) during busy hours compared to non-traffic-hours. In the other hand, Tampines is the worst traffic during evening commute, followed by Bukit Timah, with 96 and 95 percent increase respectively. Below is the diagram of the morning and evening commute showing different level of congestion on Singapore roads provided by TomTom company.
While the where question answered after doing a six months survey in 2010 by TomTom GPS, showing Clementi and Bukit Timah as the leading traffic in the morning with 2 and a half times longer (147 percent increase) during busy hours compared to non-traffic-hours. In the other hand, Tampines is the worst traffic during evening commute, followed by Bukit Timah, with 96 and 95 percent increase respectively. Below is the diagram of the morning and evening commute showing different level of congestion on Singapore roads provided by TomTom company.
According to the diagrams, the most time difference up to more than 20 minutes which may sounds not too bad but still upsetting the daily commuters. Through this survey, TomTom's aim is to highlight the worst congested area as well as encouraging people to consider alternative routes and departure times.
However, even after knowing this daily traffic, some people still push their luck, going through the same route at the same time everyday. Cheryl Tay from Singapore Yahoo News interviewing Charles Ma who lives in Tampines and work at Lorong Chuan. He admitted that he always leave work at 7 pm and never drive home during non peak hours so he always caught in traffic jams. He said it takes him 30 minutes just to get out of the jam at Tampines.
It concludes the general idea of our problem, which basically is the exceeding amount of cars on several main roads during peak hours. It is definitely a troublesome and annoying experience, however a practical action must be taken in order to diminish the problem. Cheers! :)
References :
http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring/en/motoring_buzz/Motoring_News/Best_and_worst_travel_times_in_Singapore.html
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-autos/where-busiest-roads-singapore-005656369.html
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