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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 14 August 1987 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Headquarters | 510 Thomson Road, SLF Building #12-03, Singapore 298135 |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Transport |
| Website | Official website  |
| Agency ID | T08GB0044D |
The Public Transport Council (PTC) is an independent regulatory statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of the Government of Singapore established on 14 August 1987 by the Public Transport Council Act of 1987.
PTC regulates the public bus and rapid transit network in areas such as fares and service standards. Moreover, PTC is permitted to grant and alter bus service licences and provides advice to the Ministry of Transportation on matters such as licensee requirements and the imposition of sanctions against licensees who violate such requirements.
As announced by Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan, PTC will no longer be issuing penalties and fines despite multiple major breakdowns on the MRT system: "If you ask me, my preference is not to go back to this old system of penalties and fines because it created a very adversarial relationship between the regulator and the operator".[2] It is not known how the PTC is going to maintain service standards without imposing any penalties.
- ^ Lam, Lydia (19 June 2017). "Tan Kim Hong to be new chief executive of Public Transport Council from July 1". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "'Old system' of penalties and fines led to adversarial relationship between regulator and operator: Khaw". TODAYonline.