Pedestrian streets in Singapore: Introduction Pedestrianisation as a measure of transport planning Methodology Singapore: The study context Pedestrian streets Raffles Place Change Alley Bugis Junction Little India Clarke Quay/Boat Quay Pedestrian streets in residential areas Explaining Singapore's pedestrian streets Conclusion References

Abstract

Abstract. A fair amount of literature pertaining to pedestrian streets has been produced but for the most part it is on the American and European developments. There has been surprisingly little published research on pedestrian street development in Asia. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to examine pedestrian streets in Asia, using the city-state of Singapore as a case study. Since the mid-1980s, pedestrian streets have been adopted as a policy in the conservation and planning of Singapore's city centre. The resulting pedestrian streets came in many forms, from a single pedestrian-only street to a whole precinct of several streets.