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Singapore To Increase Road Capacity By Tracking All Vehicles With GPS
Monday November 4, 2024. 09:55 PM , from Slashdot
But the island's government doesn't just control inflow into urban areas through toll-like charging -- it also aggressively controls the total number of cars operating within its borders. Singapore requires vehicle owners to bid for a set number of Certificates of Entitlement -- costly operating permits valid for only ten years. The result is an increase of around SG$100,000 ($75,500) every ten years, depending on that year's COE price, on top of a car's usual price. The high total price disincentivizes mass car ownership, which helps the government manage traffic and emissions. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/04/193242/singapore-to-increase-road-capacity-by-tracking-all-...
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