Calvin79 2nd Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 SINGAPORE: National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said he has asked the Housing and Development Board (HDB) to study the use of high-rise mechanised parking systems for older HDB estates. In his latest blog entry, Mr Khaw said former MP Ang Mong Seng has strongly recommended such systems after returning from a trip to China where he went to study the mechanised systems. Mr Khaw said the HDB has been tasked to evaluate the different technologies available, work through implementation issues such as waiting time for car retrieval, breakdowns and public acceptance. Mr Khaw said the problem of car park shortages was mostly felt in older HDB flats which were built under old car park provision norms. For example, for estates with four-room flats, 560 car park lots were planned per 1,000 flats. Mr Khaw said the equivalent norm now was 710 car park lots per 1,000 flats. He said with the new norms, new HDB flats will come with adequate car parks. But the problem was with older HDB estates. Of the 1,800 HDB car parks island-wide, about 220 faced what he termed "localised shortages". Mr Khaw said HDB is building more car parks wherever it can find land to do so. It has added 3,400 lots in the last two years and will add another 1,600 lots next year at a cost of S$66 million. Mr Khaw said Singapore has 900,000 HDB flats and 557,000 car park lots. -CNA/ac http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1173017/1/.html Since he knows the problem, can he ask the parking attendant to stop summon? even though i can get it waived off everytime, but still i need to send an email each time... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mllcg 3rd Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 why dont singapore wanna use the japanese lift parking system? saves alot of space as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assaxefour 1st Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 won't be cheap. $200 per month? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean6576 4th Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 This is bad news, HDB parking is gonna raise price again. Remember the last time when people complain not enough parking due to lots taken up by night parking coupon users? They double the night parking price island wide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 just need to increase COE so than less people own car, solve the parking problem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin79 2nd Gear December 23, 2011 Author Share December 23, 2011 just need to increase COE so than less people own car, solve the parking problem hahaha ya lo... seems like everything will point back towards increase.... but just where it will be... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cars08 1st Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 Get the carpark attendants to offer free valet parking...then they can park the carpark to the max and can be there to drive vehicles that are blocking outgoing vehicles... Cheaper...forget abt mechanised system....high maintenance... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiadaw 6th Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 Waiting for the "If you can't afford, don't drive..." comments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unidentified 1st Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 (edited) 1600 lots at 66 MILLIONS!!the ultimate carrot head HDB. now we know where some of the monies went to other than their fat bonus and million dollars wages. Edited December 23, 2011 by Unidentified Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtay 1st Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 i wonder what type of parking they are looking at. This type: or this type: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mllcg 3rd Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 i wonder what type of parking they are looking at. This type: or this type: both are good... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 why dont singapore wanna use the japanese lift parking system? saves alot of space as well Exactly. The Jap or Taiwanese have been using it for ages.... we are far far behind What a world-class country miw has given us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 The problem is a result of oversight by the town/estate planners. The number veh in sgp is predictable coz of COE's quota. Why then HDB failed to plan and build sufficient carparks for the known/predictable number of cars needing parking spaces? It seems they rather do catch-up instead of forward-looking? SINGAPORE: National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said he has asked the Housing and Development Board (HDB) to study the use of high-rise mechanised parking systems for older HDB estates. In his latest blog entry, Mr Khaw said former MP Ang Mong Seng has strongly recommended such systems after returning from a trip to China where he went to study the mechanised systems. Mr Khaw said the HDB has been tasked to evaluate the different technologies available, work through implementation issues such as waiting time for car retrieval, breakdowns and public acceptance. Mr Khaw said the problem of car park shortages was mostly felt in older HDB flats which were built under old car park provision norms. For example, for estates with four-room flats, 560 car park lots were planned per 1,000 flats. Mr Khaw said the equivalent norm now was 710 car park lots per 1,000 flats. He said with the new norms, new HDB flats will come with adequate car parks. But the problem was with older HDB estates. Of the 1,800 HDB car parks island-wide, about 220 faced what he termed "localised shortages". Mr Khaw said HDB is building more car parks wherever it can find land to do so. It has added 3,400 lots in the last two years and will add another 1,600 lots next year at a cost of S$66 million. Mr Khaw said Singapore has 900,000 HDB flats and 557,000 car park lots. -CNA/ac http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1173017/1/.html Since he knows the problem, can he ask the parking attendant to stop summon? even though i can get it waived off everytime, but still i need to send an email each time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthrevan Supercharged December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 Exactly. The Jap or Taiwanese have been using it for ages.... we are far far behind What a world-class country miw has given us i shudder to think that given sinkies lack of maintenance..how often will the mechanized carpark fail? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scb11980 1st Gear December 24, 2011 Share December 24, 2011 just need to increase COE so than less people own car, solve the parking problem the basic problem is our public transport system infrastructure is close to be categorizes as S H I T the operators are here just to maximize profit i was shock to learn that in many places there are no parallel services such as MRT and buses hence the mayhem of recent train chaos when the MRT came to stand still if our public system improve significantly there will be shift from private cars to public transport no doubt about that anybody want to bet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scb11980 1st Gear December 24, 2011 Share December 24, 2011 mechanized carpark cannot work in Singapore the high temperature and high humidity the inconvenience high cost i live in many cities with mechanized carpark, you need a civilized group of car-owners when the curry saga happens to be the tip of the iceberg ........................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old-driver 5th Gear December 24, 2011 Share December 24, 2011 Mechanical? Ha... everybody will be screaming in the mornings! Why is my car taking so long to come out??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evillusion Supersonic December 24, 2011 Share December 24, 2011 where did this cow pull the numbers 750/1000 from? this top pple ask those at the bottom to be pro active but they themselves are just horsing arnd and gets million for it! :angry: :angry: ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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