Together with partners from industry and agencies, we embarked on innovative initiatives to promote a more sustainable Singapore.
Singapore’s urban logistics system works behind the scenes to ensure efficient and on-schedule delivery of goods to people and businesses.
In view of trends such as the growth of e-commerce, it is important that we continue to review and improve the way urban logistics is carried out in Singapore and leverage technology to pilot innovative delivery modes.
To this end, we partnered public and private stakeholders to launch a one-year trial to test the use of autonomous robots in providing on-demand grocery deliveries in Punggol, direct from the supermarket.
Infographic on the autonomous robots trial © Infocomm Media Development Authority
In line with Singapore’s vision for all vehicles to run on cleaner energy by 2040, we launched Singapore’s pilot tender for electric vehicle (EV) charging points at public car parks.
The pilot tender covered the installation and operation of over 600 EV charging points at more than 200 public car parks island-wide, including public housing estates, industrial estates, public parks and community centres. This will boost the existing number of charging points that are currently in operation and encourage more drivers to switch to EVs.
To further support this green initiative, we have mandated the provision of EV charging points at all Government Land Sales sites from June 2020.
Singaporeans can look forward to more EV charging points in the future
To ensure that we stayed resilient, adaptable and transparent, we continued to improve our online public services and inaugurated a learning community for staff.
To make planning and real estate information more accessible for industry professionals and the public, we enhanced three information e-services – URA SPACE, Real Estate Information System (REALIS) and our property market information webpage.
The improvements led to more intuitive data visualisations and greater convenience for users, with industry professionals providing positive feedback on the enhancements. This reflected our commitment to regularly refresh data and features of our information e-services to cater to the evolving needs of our stakeholders.
Example of the Residential Transaction Search results page on the REALIS platform
Consolidated site-specific planning data for easy retrieval of information
The URA Learning Circle is a platform that facilitates knowledge sharing and peer learning among our staff.
Since its launch in February 2020, these sessions have been conducted both in-person and online, with the latter as a default mode in line with working from home during the pandemic.
A myriad of topics has been featured — covering planning and research studies, sharing sessions by colleagues from other government agencies, as well as other subjects related to URA's work.
The URA Learning Circle adds to existing platforms, including the Design & Planning Exchange (DPX∆) and Urban Lab Speaker Series, that bring together public officers and practitioners from industry and academia, to strengthen planning capabilities and foster partnerships between the private and public sector.
These platforms adapted to a virtual sharing format, in line with the default mode of working from home during the pandemic. The informative webinars conducted over the past year have enabled the URA community to continue honing a vibrant culture of learning while working remotely.