Smart light system to cover walkways, cycling paths, bus stops and more

System used in street lamps to be rolled out fully to commuter facilities by mid-2025

- Vanessa Paige Chelvan

The smart light system used in street lamps across Singapore will be installed along walkways, cycling paths and overhead bridges, and at bus stops and taxi stands by mid-2025.

For the past year, all street lamps in Singapore – more than 110,000 of them – have been remotely turned off and on in response to weather conditions and changing street-lighting needs throughout the day.

In September 2023, Singapore became the first country in the world to convert all its street lamps into smart ones under a remote control and monitoring system (RCMS).

The system has resulted in savings on energy use and labour to monitor faults and manually turn lights on and off. It has also enabled a more efficient and responsive maintenance regime, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said.

The RCMS will be expanded to cover 350km of covered walkways and 525km of cycling paths, as well as 560 pedestrian overhead bridges and 4,400 bus stops and taxi stands, LTA announced on Oct 2. The agency manages these public facilities.

At present, around 30 per cent of lights at such commuter facilities are equipped with RCMS technology. They were installed between March and August.