In April 2008, LTA launched the Parking Guidance System (PGS) at the Marina Centre area to increase the motorists' ease of finding available parking facilities and to reduce unnecessary circulating traffic within that area.

The PGS promotes a more efficient use of existing parking facilities and reduces the amount of circulating traffic searching for available parking facilities in the vicinity.

There are eight electronic information panels positioned at key locations leading into the Marina Centre area. In August 2009, LTA had installed eleven PGS information panels along major roads leading to the Orchard area. Four PGS panels will also be extended to the HarbourFront area from 26 October 2009.

Apart from providing real-time available parking spaces information, the electronic information panels can also be used to provide traffic advisory information, when necessary, to motorists driving into the Marina Centre, Orchard and HarbourFront area.

The PGS comprises data collection systems at the various car parks, a central computer system for processing the information on available parking spaces and electronic information panels positioned at key locations for informing motorists of the number of available parking spaces at the various establishments.

The system collates information on parking lot availabilities from the establishments and displays them on the electronic information panels along the roads leading to the area. With the real-time information, motorists would be able to make an informed decision on which car park to use while driving into the area. This would reduce the incidence of vehicles circulating within the area looking for available parking spaces, and thus adding to the vehicular traffic.

Last Updated: 04 May 2010