Public Transportation within Singapore

Public transport in Singapore covers a variety of transport modes such as bus, rail and taxi. This is a result of great emphasis by the Government of Singapore in order to promote its use over private transport. About 5.308 million trips[4] are made on a daily basis on the public transport system and at least half of its population utilizes it daily.

The public transport system is the most important means of transportation to work and to school for Singaporeans. About 52.4% of Singaporean residents (excluding foreigners) go to work using public transport according to the Singapore Census of Population 2000,[5] with 41.6% using private transport and the remaining 6.1% not requiring any form of transport. Amongst school-going residents, 41.5% of them goes to school by public transport, 24.9% by private transport, and a further 30.1% do not require any form of transport at all.

A slight dip has been noted in the number of Singaporeans and permanent residents using public transport compared to 1990, which had 55.0% and 46.3% of them going to work and to school respectively. The government aims to reverse this trend such that the total average number of commuters on public transport rises above 75% of all trips made.
[edit] Buses
Main article: Bus transport in Singapore

SBS Transit[6]

Routes: 242
Fleet: More than 2,700
Daily trips: 2.34 million passenger trips

SMRT Corporation[7]

Routes: 78 (48 trunk, 30 feeder)
Fleet: 900
Daily Trips: about 787,066 passenger trips[8]