Jaywalking has been identified as a common cause of fatal accidents involving elderly pedestrians, and it remains an area of concern, as revealed by the latest Traffic Police statistics.
Beleaguered rail operator SMRT has sacked staff members found to have falsified maintenance records pertaining to an anti-flooding system, and demoted others in the wake of unprecedented flooding incident last month.
The shuttle buses will follow the same fare structure as trains, and will be available every three to five minutes during peak periods, and every five to 10 minutes for non-peak periods.
The 2ha test centre also has a rain simulator and flood zone to test the navigation abilities of autonomous vehicles under different weather conditions.
From Dec 8 to Dec 31, 17 East-West Line (EWL) stations from Tiong Bahru to Tuas Link, and two North-South Line stations Bukit Batok and Bukit Gombak, will close earlier on Fridays and Saturdays.