Transport minister outlines Singapore’s stance on adopting new tech in transport


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 23 Oct 2019

A Volocopter unmanned air taxi transport during test flight at the 26th Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Singapore, Oct 22. — Reuters

SINGAPORE: Singapore will not rush to be the first in adopting "new-fangled technologies" for essential services like public transport, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said Oct 21.

The country's approach, he said, is to explore a wide range of technology platforms before selecting a few promising solutions, based on "hard-headed calculations".

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