A residents' petition for traffic calming at the 71-72 Marine Drive raised zebra crossing. For submission to Mr Goh Pei Ming MP, MP-BH TC, relevant authorities.
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This crossing sits at the gateway between fast arterial traffic and our internal estate roads, what traffic engineers call a transition zone. Three factors stack against pedestrians:
Excerpts from select petition signatories, in their own words.
I see many young children and students crossing the road from my unit and some drivers don't see or stop in time for them. It's a dangerous crossing.
I too have experienced drivers not stopping for me at the zebra crossing multiple times. Accidents waiting to happen here. Something needs to be done.
I dont know how many times have I crossed the road only to have a car suddenly turn in at high speed.
Have encountered multiple occasions where vehicles failed to slow down or stop at the zebra crossing. Many cars even drive cross the zebra crossing while pedestrians are crossing mid-way.
Cars occasionally just speed past without braking and I have 2-3 near misses lately, where the driver fail to brake even when I have started crossing.
Most of the drivers actually step on after the left turn especially so when the pedestrian about to cross. In term, it's pedestrians giving way to vehicles.
Glad that something is being done to protect the safety of residents and pedestrians in the area. I've personally almost been run over by entitled and inconsiderate drivers who have no regard for anyone but themselves.
The boys witness a car just moving past the gantry and continue driving even though we were almost crossing. Elderly driver who didn't care even though I was shouting at him.
Marine Parade's internal roads are comprehensively protected: dozens of speed humps, raised crossings, and gateway treatments. The map below marks them. The 71-72 crossing, circled in red, is the one location where vehicles enter the estate at the highest speed, with none of these measures in place.
These measures aren't yet in place at the crossing:
A short tour of measures already in use across Marine Parade and Singapore: speed humps before the crossing, STOP markings on the approach, advance signage to prepare drivers.
149 fatalities. A 64.8% jump in speeding violations year-on-year. Over 100,000 speeding cases caught in 2024 alone. The Traffic Police describe it as "an attitudinal issue and lack of regard for speed compliance among motorists." Where driver behaviour can't change overnight, physical infrastructure provides immediate protection.
All four measures below are standard LTA SDRE (Standard Details of Road Elements) infrastructure already deployed across the estate and throughout Singapore.
It takes less than a minute to support safer roads for us all.
The more residents who sign, the stronger the case.
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Date of signing is recorded automatically. Submissions go directly to a private Google Sheet for compilation into the petition appendix. Email is used for bot check, petition submission and only necessary milestone updates.
