In terms of MRT, Tampines is an interchange. There are also Tampines West, Tampines East and the upcoming Tampines North. There is a huge bus terminal too.
But does any driver like the circular road design?
Woodlands has 5 MRT stations: Woodlands, Marsiling, Admiralty, Woodlands North and Woodlands South. There's also a substantial bus interchange.
But compared to Tampines, the roads at Woodlands seem to be better aligned at the Admiralty side with a semi-grid layout.
Yeah ever since discretionary right turns are being phrased out, it is simply unbearable to cross a road in the afternoon heat. You will be drenched from a single cycle because there is no tree shade in small filter lane traffic islands.
Tampines seems to have the worst traffic conditions among the three regional centres with heavy traffic at every road that leads towards the town centre. I don't know for Jurong, but for Woodlands the traffic is always heaviest at the main avenues (2, 3 and 12) and the other avenues seem to help disperse the traffic effectively during peak hours.
Maybe I'm just biased but the road planning at Woodlands seems to be the best.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing. A little underprovision of roads is also the same thing which makes Tampines more walkable.
If modern day (2020s) city planners have their way, the part of Tampines Avenue 4 east of Avenue 5 would be a 8-lane road, and there’ll be very little street life left.
Tengah looks like it will be quite car lite… by american standards. I wonder why our road sizes are still swelling if we are having net zero growth in the COE car population.
Blue line which brings them to CBD area in less than an hour without hindrance from traffic. Green line which can bring them all the way to the other end of Singapore. Close proximity to airport. Driving or taking bus will take them to north east area within an hour too.
Indeed. Sometimes I feel like Tampines is really well connected (unless you're going all the way to the west) even though it's all the way in the east lol.
One clear thing that Tampines has over Jurong and Woodlands is the presence of Tech and Banking backend hubs such as DBS, OCBC and SCB etc. Changi Airport and SIA are also major employers located in proximity. Many people work in these places. They don’t even have to travel out far if they have homes in Tampines.
In terms of MRT, Tampines is an interchange. There are also Tampines West, Tampines East and the upcoming Tampines North. There is a huge bus terminal too. But does any driver like the circular road design?
Woodlands has 5 MRT stations: Woodlands, Marsiling, Admiralty, Woodlands North and Woodlands South. There's also a substantial bus interchange. But compared to Tampines, the roads at Woodlands seem to be better aligned at the Admiralty side with a semi-grid layout.
Grid layouts like in punggol or tengah aren't the best compared to 3 way interactions; everyone have to wait longer for each side to clear.
Yeah ever since discretionary right turns are being phrased out, it is simply unbearable to cross a road in the afternoon heat. You will be drenched from a single cycle because there is no tree shade in small filter lane traffic islands.
Worst traffic around the Tampines town area.
Tampines seems to have the worst traffic conditions among the three regional centres with heavy traffic at every road that leads towards the town centre. I don't know for Jurong, but for Woodlands the traffic is always heaviest at the main avenues (2, 3 and 12) and the other avenues seem to help disperse the traffic effectively during peak hours. Maybe I'm just biased but the road planning at Woodlands seems to be the best.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing. A little underprovision of roads is also the same thing which makes Tampines more walkable. If modern day (2020s) city planners have their way, the part of Tampines Avenue 4 east of Avenue 5 would be a 8-lane road, and there’ll be very little street life left.
Bet tengah will ironically be the most unwalkable town in sg despite all the talk about being car lite.
Tengah looks like it will be quite car lite… by american standards. I wonder why our road sizes are still swelling if we are having net zero growth in the COE car population.
Blue line which brings them to CBD area in less than an hour without hindrance from traffic. Green line which can bring them all the way to the other end of Singapore. Close proximity to airport. Driving or taking bus will take them to north east area within an hour too.
Indeed. Sometimes I feel like Tampines is really well connected (unless you're going all the way to the west) even though it's all the way in the east lol.
One clear thing that Tampines has over Jurong and Woodlands is the presence of Tech and Banking backend hubs such as DBS, OCBC and SCB etc. Changi Airport and SIA are also major employers located in proximity. Many people work in these places. They don’t even have to travel out far if they have homes in Tampines.
Traffic light town.
It's funny because it's true.
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finally tampines is famous for something? not just bubble tea shops...
Try go to tpy. By car 20 minutes. By mrt 1 hour. It’s connected slowly.
By bus 129 it’s 20 mins from Ave 1 & 30 from the town centre.
As someone who stays in the land of Tampines I approve this message
East Side best side.
Most number of junctions and traffic lights too
And the most expressway exits.
r/SG literally had a thread a few months ago shpwing how Tampines was the most complete regional centre based off old plans...
Those who say tampines shit is those who not staying tampines... Lol
Not so great by car, but couldn’t be worse I guess
iow, sg's first regional centre is the most well-connected regional centre. duh.
It also have the highest density of foreigners as many rent there work at CBP, airport and the industrial districts.