New transport rules to be implemented in SG by mid-2026

On 12 January 2026, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) introduced the Land Transport and Related Matters Bill for first reading in Parliament, which proposes legislative amendments to the Active Mobility Act 2017, the Small Motorised Vehicles (Safety) Act 2020, the Road Traffic Act 1961 and Related Acts, and the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995.

The new legislative provisions are intended to empower the LTA to improve path, active mobility device, and vehicle safety, as well as to transition to the ERP 2.0 system. The bill will also allow the relevant authorities to implement enhanced penalties to strengthen deterrence and improve vehicle and road safety, and is expected to commence from mid-2026.

This bill will amend the Active Mobility Act (AMA), Road Traffic Act, and Small Motorised Vehicles (Safety) Act to address concerns on the misuse of personal mobility aids (PMAs) by seemingly able-bodied individuals, as well as speeding and the use of overly large devices, which may compromise the safety of other path users, especially seniors and young children.

These amendments include the requirement for an individual to be granted a valid Certificate of Medical Need to drive or ride a mobility scooter on public paths, reduction of the speed limit for PMAs on public paths from 10km/h to 6km/h, mandatory registration for all mobility scooters, as well as making it an offence to keep e-scooters that do not meet the UL2272 fire safety standards.

From mid-2026, Singapore's road traffic laws will see changes to bring about the implementation of the ERP 2.0 system and higher fines for illegal modifications

With regards to the transition to the ERP 2.0 system, the bill will also amend the Road Traffic Act to make it mandatory for Singapore-registered motor vehicles to be installed with an OBU in order to travel on public roads and decriminalise missed ERP payments and treat it as an administrative matter. What this means is that those with outstanding payments will no longer face a traffic offence, they will instead be unable to transact with LTA on services such as road tax renewal until said charges have been settled.

This also includes the increase in penalties for the illegal alteration of motor vehicles as well as permitting such alterations, with such persons facing fines of up to $20,000 and/or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years. For any other cases, first time offenders can be fined up to $40,000, with both aforementioned penalties doubled for repeat offenders.

As for those who keep or use unregistered/deregistered vehicles, these amendments will now mean that offenders can face fines of up to $20,000 and/or jail of up to 24 months for the first offence, with penalties doubled for repeat offenders.