The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has launched a new mobile service that gives commuters and motorists even easier and more convenient access to land transport information to plan their journeys.

MyTransport.SG (www.mytransport.sg), which was unveiled on 16 March 2010, enables users to access a comprehensive range of transit and traffic information from a single mobile site using any Wi-fi or GPRS-enabled mobile device.

Users can access a comprehensive range of transit and traffic information from a single mobile site using any Wi-fi or GPRS-enabled mobile device.

Examples of services available on MyTransport.SG include:

• Journey Planner: Provides links to two journey planner providers in Singapore - Gothere.sg and Google Transit & Traffic.
  
  
• Bus Service: Provides search application on basic bus services by bus stop number, road, building, postal code or bus service number. Users can also view real-time bus arrival timings at over 200 selected bus stops.
  
  
• Taxi: Provides a list of taxi operators’ booking numbers and fare information.
  
  
• Traffic Smart: Provides traffic updates on traffic incidents such as accidents and vehicle breakdowns as well as ERP gantries location and rates.
  
  
• Parking Guide: Provides number of available parking lots and rates of major buildings in town such as in the Marina Centre, HarbourFront and Orchard areas.
  
  
• Traffic Camera: Delivers real-time, island-wide images of traffic conditions to users mobile phones.
  
  
• COE: Provides access to the latest COE bidding results.

To access these services, users can simply type in and bookmark mytransport.sg on their mobile phone to access the site. The applications are free, but standard data charges apply.

Location-based services are also available for mobile phones with location-sensing capability. For example, commuters will be able to use these devices to locate the nearest bus-stops and MRT or LRT stations.

Mr Yam Ah Mee, Chief Executive, Land Transport Authority (LTA) said, "LTA's vision is for a people-centre land transport system. The new mobile service is another step forward in delivering accurate, comprehensive transport information easily and quickly so that commuters have all the information they need and can choose between the different modes of transport, be it bus, train, taxi or to travel in different ways to reach their destination."

“The new service complements existing LTA initiatives and third-party travel information and planning tools to help commuters better manage their travel time, transfers, and make more informed transport decisions.” said Mrs Rosina Howe, the Group Director for Innovation & Infocomm Technology Group and Chief Innovation Officer.

These initiatives include One.Motoring for private transport information and services, PublicTransport@SG for public transit information and collaboration with Google to provide public transit and traffic information available on Google Maps.