Abstract
Central to the Singapore's land transportation strategy is to develop an extensive rapid transit network to provide quality public transport services and maximize accessibility for commuters to key nodes of employment, housing, leisure and other social activities. This paper presents a study on the impact of the mass rapid transit (MRT) network on accessibility in Singapore using an integrated GIS tool. Four types of accessibility are assessed, including the accessibility to the central business district, to working population, and to industrial and commercial opportunities. It also analyzes the changes in accessibility brought about by the new MRT lines. The accessibility analyses conducted in this study show that the closer to the central area of Singapore and the East–West MRT line a location is, the higher accessibility it attains, and the new North–East MRT line has greatly improved accessibility of the northeastern areas, but has insignificant impact on accessibility of the northern, northwestern and eastern part of the country.
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