Lam Ka Ying (FoE/ISE1), Ong Si Yan (FASS/ARS1), Png Hui Shan Moira (FoS/SCI1), Tan Xing Liang (FoE/MPE1), Thio Ming Siang Benjamin (FoE/ENG1)
Academic Advisor: N. Sivasothi | Student Fellow: Wong Ci Yi
The importance of transport in today’s society cannot be undermined: it supports a country’s social and economic well-being. Unfortunately, the focus of transport policies on meeting utilitarian needs such as accessibility and travel time has resulted in other issues, such as air pollution and inefficient use of resources, being neglected. Hence the focus of our project: How to encourage the NUS community to adopt more sustainable means of mobility? After consolidating information from interviews with OES and OCA, our project decided to focus on walkability in particular: it was an area we could explore by ourselves. As many respondents to our survey indicated that knowing shortcuts would motivate them to walk more often, our group chose to disseminate such information. In closing, while it may only be a few routes at present, others can add to our work, and hopefully use it to encourage the walkability of the NUS campus.
Keywords: Transport, Mobility and Air Quality, Walking in campus, Habits survey