MANY more bus commuters and drivers are now able to get to work and home on time since more electronic road pricing (ERP) gantries came up in the city centre and expressways, said Transport Minister Raymond Lim on Tuesday.
While he acknowledged that the ERP has affected the travel patterns of those who choose to go home later in order to avoid the evening ERP on the Central Expressway (CTE), for example, he said many others who were previously unable to get home early at all because of traffic jams can now to do so if they wish.
The Minister said after the gantry on the CTE before the Pan Island Expressway IE exit was implemented in November 2007, traffic volume between 6pm and 7pm fell by about 700 vehicles. But traffic speeds for the remaining 7,000 vehicles that continued to use CTE increased from 34kph to 50kph.
