Exclusive: Singapore's plans for predictive transport GovInsider

"What is actually driving our economy is the transport network," says Huang Shao Fei, Director of Innovation and Smart Mobility at Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA). Reliable transport is crucial for Singapore's success as a trade and logistics hub, while millions of commuters trust that it will get them to the office every morning. "If we get into a gridlock like what you see in Indonesia and Thailand, we are done for," Huang believes. "We will no longer be the transport hub." "That's why we have to take bold steps," Huang adds. Below, he tells GovInsider how the island state is exploring plans to predict train disruptions; make every vehicle a traffic sensor; and ways to use artificial intelligence to secure all this infrastructure.