Electric Vehicle Training for Bus Captains

35 Ms Yeo Wan Ling asked the Acting Minister for Transport in light of LTA being on track to replace 50% of our public bus fleet with electric buses by 2030, whether LTA will regulate the electric vehicle training curriculum for bus captains and mandate a compulsory minimum number of training hours.

Mr Jeffrey Siow: In addition to the existing training provided by bus operators, the Land Transport Authority will require all bus captains to go through a new course on operating electric buses safely and confidently. The course is being developed by the Singapore Bus Academy and NTUC LearningHub, with input from the National Transport Workers' Union and bus operators, and will be launched later this year.