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How is your experience with MCE?
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Not bad! At least no more long and winding road over MBS!!
Not a good thing if you want a casual scenic drive through the Marina Bay area.
Sinkies rush and rush from the cradle to the grave, from deadline to deadline, from location to location.
Slow down and relax.
Its quite a nice drive, not too crowded when went through it the first day it open.
Came out of the tunnel and saw a big container ship, right next to MCE, with view of the berth cranes.
Nice view, if you ask me.
The test would be from Monday to Friday, during morning and evening peak hours.
I guess, by then all drivers would be too irritated to take note of it.
Not looking so good now. :(
Motorists fume over slow traffic along newly-opened Marina Coastal Expressway
Traffic on the newly-opened Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) might have been fairly smooth on Sunday when it opened to the public, but it was a different story on Monday.
Travel was slow on several segments of the MCE and surrounding roads. Some motorists said they were stuck on the $4.3 billion expressway for nearly an hour, while some commuters were fuming over having to pay higher than usual taxi fares because they were stuck in jams linked to the expressway.
Common reasons cited for the slow traffic included unfamiliarity with how the MCE connects with other roads and expressways, as well as road signs that were not clear enough.
Some motorists noted that even though there were traffic wardens deployed to help direct people, this only slowed traffic more as motorists stopped to ask for directions.
http://www.straitstimes.com/breakin...traffic-along-newly-opened-marina-coastal-exp
Motorists fume over slow traffic along newly-opened Marina Coastal Expressway
Traffic on the newly-opened Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) might have been fairly smooth on Sunday when it opened to the public, but it was a different story on Monday.
Travel was slow on several segments of the MCE and surrounding roads. Some motorists said they were stuck on the $4.3 billion expressway for nearly an hour, while some commuters were fuming over having to pay higher than usual taxi fares because they were stuck in jams linked to the expressway.
Common reasons cited for the slow traffic included unfamiliarity with how the MCE connects with other roads and expressways, as well as road signs that were not clear enough.
Some motorists noted that even though there were traffic wardens deployed to help direct people, this only slowed traffic more as motorists stopped to ask for directions.
http://www.straitstimes.com/breakin...traffic-along-newly-opened-marina-coastal-exp
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Were there cats in the tunnel ?
So is MCE a White Elephant?
To think that now is school holidays + non-peak hour and still jam until like that
It ain't broke but PAP just must break it.
The MCE is just another inevitable side effect of land grab (expanding the CBD) in order to push forth towards Project 6.9 million.
There's absolutely no problem with the current setup of linking the AYE directly to the ECP.
If you're in Shenton Way, take a look. It's like a warzone now... construction sites and barricades almost everywhere.
There's absolutely no problem with the current setup of linking the AYE directly to the ECP.
If you're in Shenton Way, take a look. It's like a warzone now... construction sites and barricades almost everywhere.
PAP/LTA latest solution to MCE jam :
MCE opening: Avoid using the expressway if you are heading east during the evening peak
The newly-opened Marina Coastal Expressway's acronym may well stand for "Messy Confusing Expressway".
On the first work day since the $4.3 billion undersea highway opened on Sunday, motorists found themselves caught in traffic snarls of a scale uncommon in Singapore.
Tweets and Facebook posts flew fast and furious, with one taxi commuter complaining that she had to fork out $60 in fare because of the jam - for a journey that usually cost her $16.
When The Straits Times checked during lunch time Monday, traffic flow was smooth in the north-south stretch, where the MCE joins the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway.
But there were obvious problem areas where it joined the East Coast Parkway (ECP) and Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE).
Motorists on the ECP heading for the AYE have to negotiate a sharp left to enter the MCE. This caused many to apply their brakes or slow down, causing a minor queue to form there.
Traffic signs at the entrance may have contributed to the problem. A sign above one lane read "MCE to AYE", while the another in the adjacent lane read "MCE to Central Boulevard". This caused more weaving and braking.
Eastbound, traffic slowed to a trickle at the Fort Road exit. Most of the vehicles in the MCE in this section seem headed for the exit, which has only two lanes (out of the total five).
One lane leads directly to Fort Road, which had a queue stretching all the way into the tunnel. The other lane leads to Changi. Clearly inadequate in coping with the noon-time traffic volume, the exit caused a jam that spread to two other lanes of the MCE leading to the KPE.
Motorists heading for the ECP via the MCE after work this evening should brace themselves for a repeat of Monday morning's saga. They may want to find alternatives (such as the Pan-Island Expressway), or travel later.
MCE opening: Avoid using the expressway if you are heading east during the evening peak
The newly-opened Marina Coastal Expressway's acronym may well stand for "Messy Confusing Expressway".
On the first work day since the $4.3 billion undersea highway opened on Sunday, motorists found themselves caught in traffic snarls of a scale uncommon in Singapore.
Tweets and Facebook posts flew fast and furious, with one taxi commuter complaining that she had to fork out $60 in fare because of the jam - for a journey that usually cost her $16.
When The Straits Times checked during lunch time Monday, traffic flow was smooth in the north-south stretch, where the MCE joins the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway.
But there were obvious problem areas where it joined the East Coast Parkway (ECP) and Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE).
Motorists on the ECP heading for the AYE have to negotiate a sharp left to enter the MCE. This caused many to apply their brakes or slow down, causing a minor queue to form there.
Traffic signs at the entrance may have contributed to the problem. A sign above one lane read "MCE to AYE", while the another in the adjacent lane read "MCE to Central Boulevard". This caused more weaving and braking.
Eastbound, traffic slowed to a trickle at the Fort Road exit. Most of the vehicles in the MCE in this section seem headed for the exit, which has only two lanes (out of the total five).
One lane leads directly to Fort Road, which had a queue stretching all the way into the tunnel. The other lane leads to Changi. Clearly inadequate in coping with the noon-time traffic volume, the exit caused a jam that spread to two other lanes of the MCE leading to the KPE.
Motorists heading for the ECP via the MCE after work this evening should brace themselves for a repeat of Monday morning's saga. They may want to find alternatives (such as the Pan-Island Expressway), or travel later.
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