6km of new cycling paths completed in CBD

SINGAPORE – There are now another 6km of cycling paths in the Central Business District, linking popular areas like the Marina Barrage with transport nodes and workplaces, the Land Transport Authority said on Sunday morning.

“Here in the Central Business District and heritage district, there is great potential to make walking and cycling the preferred way to get around. This is not just about improving infrastructure and connectivity, which is important in its own right, but also improving the urban landscape and enhancing identity,” said Mr Iswaran.

There are 4,800 public bicycle parking spaces around the area, said LTA, including 120 new ones added by removing 12 street carpark spaces. This follows a trial in late 2019 where LTA converted two roadside car parking spaces in Jiak Chuan Road in Chinatown into bicycle parking spaces. LTA hopes to encourage this through its Active Commute Grant, which funds up to 80 per cent of the construction costs for such facilities, up to a maximum of $80,000 per development.

So does it mean if it run parallel to the roads will we still see cyclists on the roads then? With additional cycling paths, shouldn't the only users of roads with no restrictions have some limitations?

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