No, it's to own a car for personal use. Singapore is a city state, emphasis on the city part. The article also says it only takes 60 minutes to drive end to end so the need for a car is probably minimal. The fee they are referring to here was created to reduce the amount of cars on the roads to help with traffic. Singapore has a pretty robust public transit system so for most people it probably isn't a deal breaker. I'm glad to see a country taking action to limit car dependance.
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someguy3@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Is this also commercial use?
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
No, it's to own a car for personal use. Singapore is a city state, emphasis on the city part. The article also says it only takes 60 minutes to drive end to end so the need for a car is probably minimal. The fee they are referring to here was created to reduce the amount of cars on the roads to help with traffic. Singapore has a pretty robust public transit system so for most people it probably isn't a deal breaker. I'm glad to see a country taking action to limit car dependance.
YerbaYerba@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Wikipedia mentions the fee for commercial vehicles is slightly less at 75k. Even motorcycles are subject to the fee and quota.
lntl@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
nyc should do this
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
People should stop dreaming about "a house & a car as sign of success", and i am happy it's gets that way at least somewhere