Clause 6

to plan, design, construct, manage and maintain roads in Singapore in accordance with this Act and the Street Works Act 1995;

to plan, design, construct, maintain and improve pedestrian walkways, bus stops or shelters, bus interchanges or terminals, taxi stands and other commuter facilities in accordance with this Act, the Street Works Act 1995 and any other written law;

to maintain, operate and improve road traffic signs or signals, traffic control equipment or lighting equipment associated with a road and other road traffic facilities for the purposes of traffic management and control;

to provide parking places for motor vehicles, to licence and regulate the use of parking places and to administer the Parking Places Act [Cap. 214];

to develop and implement road traffic management strategies and practices;

to provide registration and licensing procedures and systems for road transport in accordance with the Road Traffic Act [Cap. 276];

without prejudice to the Public Transport Council Act [Cap. 259B] to regulate the carriage of passengers on any road for hire or reward in accordance with the Road Traffic Act [Cap. 276];

to regulate the construction of motor vehicles and the conditions under which they may be used on roads in Singapore;

to determine load limits for any road, bridge or culvert and to establish guidelines or requirements for the issue of vehicle mass and dimension permits;

to promote better understanding of land transport policies and programmes, whether solely or jointly with other authorities or organisations;

to plan, design, construct, manage, operate and maintain the railway in accordance with this Act and the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995;

to approve and regulate the operation of the railway in accordance with this Act and the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995;

to co-ordinate land transport services, including developing or promoting the development of integrated ticket systems;

to conduct, or engage persons to conduct, research and demonstration projects in respect of land transport and associated matters, and to encourage, advise and otherwise assist (whether financially or otherwise) any such research or project;

to advise the Government in respect of the land transport system in Singapore, including, but not limited to —

its adequacy to meet national and community needs in an efficient, viable and safe manner;

changes considered advisable in the provision of finance for the control, construction, management or maintenance of the land transport system; and

changes considered advisable in the levying and collection of land transport taxation, including the granting or withdrawing of exemptions or partial exemptions from any form of land transport taxation;

to maintain contact with land transport organisations in Singapore and abroad, in order to obtain, collect and exchange information relating to land transport developments in Singapore and abroad, and to make such information available to bodies and persons with an interest in land transport in Singapore;

to represent Singapore internationally in respect of matters relating to land transport;

to act as agent of the Government and provide service in administering, assessing, collecting and enforcing payment of —

the special tax imposed under section 17 of the Customs Act [Cap. 70];

the surcharge imposed under the Parking Places (Surcharge) Act [Cap. 215];

the charge imposed pursuant to the Parking Places Act [Cap. 214] for the waiver of requirements imposed by or under that Act in relation to car parks;

the proposed sums of successful bids for particular index marks and registration numbers for any type or category of vehicle; and

all taxes, fees and charges collected by the Registrar of Vehicles under the Road Traffic Act [Cap. 276] or any rules made thereunder which are not specified in the Second Schedule;

to act as agent of the Government in vesting of land under the Street Works Act 1995;

to collect, compile and analyse information of a statistical nature relating to land transport or such other subject-matter necessary for the performance of the functions of the Authority, and to publish and disseminate the results of any such compilation and analysis or abstracts of those results;

to establish and maintain a Land Transport Revenue Account in accordance with the provisions of this Act;

to undertake any other activity considered necessary or desirable to achieve a safe and efficient land transport system that maximises national economic and social benefits; and

to perform such other functions as are conferred on the Authority by any other written law.