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Singapore Built a “Car-Lite” Town (and it’s full of cars)

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References & Further Reading

Tengah, Singapore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengah,_Singapore

Tengah Air Base

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengah_Air_Base

Housing & Development Board - Tengah

https://www.hdb.gov.sg/about-us/our-towns-and-estates/tengah

Tengah Town Design Guide

https://www.hdb.gov.sg/-/media/about-us/our-role/plan-and-design-towns/town-design-guides/Tengah-Town-Design-Guide.pdf

Jurong Region Line

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurong_Region_Line

Towers in the park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towers_in_the_park

Toa Payoh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toa_Payoh

Hawker centre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_centre

Tampines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampines

Ang Mo Kio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_Mo_Kio

Punggol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punggol

Downtown Core Singapore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Core,_Singapore

Marina One

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_One

Marina Bay Sands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Bay_Sands

This video is original content filmed on location by Not Just Bikes, with some footage licensed from Getty Images.

No generative AI or AI voices were used in the making of this video.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:13 Tengah

5:36 Towers in the Park

7:54 Toa Payoh

12:53 Tampines

14:28 Ang Mo Kio

15:56 Punggol

18:20 Downtown

20:43 Marina Bay

23:13 Concluding thoughts

24:03 Day Pass & Nebula

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