Road classification in Singapore

Map Editors Community Singapore
1

This is the classification with examples for Malaysia but same should apply for Singapore as well. Would be nice if someone is “localizing” it with Singapore roads:

  1. Freeways

Those are highways that are connecting cities and span sometimes across whole Malaysia (like NSE), they all have an Exxxx to start with. Color coding on Google Maps is a darker Orange color

E1 North-South Expressway (NSE Northern Route)

E1 New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE)

E2 North-South Expressway (NSE Southern Route)

E3 Second Link Expressway (LINKEDUA)

E6 North-South Expressway Central Link (NSECL/ELITE)

E8 East Coast Expressway (ECE/LPT)

E8 Karak Expressway

E20 Maju Expressway (MEX)

E21 Kajang-Seremban Highway (KASEH/LEKAS)

E33 Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE)

E36 Penang Bridge

E38 SMART

  1. Major Highways

All the remaining expressways with an Exxxx coding in front of their name (like DUKE), usually have 3+ lanes, minimal stops. Color coding on Google Maps is a Grey/Green color

E5 Shah Alam Expressway (SAE/KESAS)

E7 Cheras - Kajang Expressway (CKE)

E9 Sungai Besi Expressway (SBE/BESRAYA)

E9 Shamelin Expressway

E10 New Pantai Expressway (NPE)

E11 Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP)

E12 Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH)

E13 Kemuning-Shah Alam Highway

E14 JB Eastern Dispersal Link

E15 Butterworth-Kulim Expressway (BKE)

E17 Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR)

E18 Kajang Dispersial Link Expressway (SILK)

E19 Ipoh-Lumut Expressway

E23 Sprint Expressway

E25 Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Selangor Expressway (LATAR)

E26 South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE)

E29 Seremban-Port Dickson Highway (SPDH)

E30 New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB)

E35 Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE)

E37 East-West Link Expressway (Salak Expressway)

  1. Minor Highways

All the remaining highways like MRR2. All highways classified as Federal Routes (JKR), labeled with only numbers from 1 till currently 3374, and State Routes, labeled with a state-code prefix (same as state car registration letters) followed by route number. Examples are:

26 KLIA Expressway

28 Jalan Lingkaran Tengah 2 (MRR2)

(Perak state route) A151 Jalan Sultan Abdullah

(Selangor State Route) B27 Jalan Rawang-Bestari Jaya

  1. Primary roads

All the roads not named in 1-3 and still color orange in Google Maps. Examples are:

Jalan Kuching in Kuala Lumpur

  1. Ramps

All highway exits and entrances should be labeled as ramps

  1. Street

all other regular streets

  1. Service Roads

These are streets that are typically adjacent to a freeway (or major highway). Also called Frontage roads in some states. These could be access roads to the highway itself, but have the property of a regular or primary street.

  1. Private Roads

A road that is not open to the public. You can drive on it, physically, but there may be legal (and physical) restrictions or it is a privately maintained road on private land.

Please follow these guidelines on all accounts, as otherwise your work needs to be corrected again and will create doublework. Don’t use CAPITAL LETTER ONLY, besides being regarded as rude this is also not in line with GPS tools naming conventions and Google Maps.

Please do use the above name only, no other than these official names. If you have other names (eg known only known to locals) use the alternative names field in Waze edit. If you are not sure about changing the name of a road, it is best to ask in the Waze forum or here in the Facebook group.

Lastly, do check Google Maps a lot for how to write a road segment, if it’s eg a normal street or primary street instead (Orange color).

Thanks for your cooperation,

Andreas

Country Manager for Malaysia and Singapore

2

Here’s my take on Localising this topic:

Besides local conventions, most of the official information will be derived from the Singapore Government’s LTA (Land Transport Authority) SLA (Singapore Land Authority) and URA (Urban Redevelopment Authority) for common designation and naming.

The best resource for Singapore is the Singapore Government’s Offical Online Map: http://www.onemap.sg

1) Freeways
I don’t believe we have these in Singapore, seeing that inter-state freeways cannot exist if Singapore only has ONE state.

2) Major Highways (a.k.a. Expressways in Singapore)

Basically all the expressways in Singapore; Note that the standard LOCAL abbreviations are used exclusively, including the official (direction) suffix that appears on maps and signboards. This either indicates the major location in that direction, or simply the name of the connecting expressway.

So if you’re looking at the East Coast Parkway coming from the Airport, it should look like this: ECP (City), and the Central Expressway heading north is CTE (AYE)

Existing Expressways in Singapore:
Ayer Rajah Expressway - AYE
Bukit Timah Expressway - BKE
Central Expressway - CTE
East Coast Parkway - ECP
Kranji Expressway - KJE
Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway - KPE
Pan-Island Expressway - PIE
Seletar Expressway - SLE
Tampines Expressway - TPE

Future:
Marina Coastal Expressway - MCE
North South Expressway - NSE

Ramps
All highway exits and entrances should be labeled as ramps, including Minor highways, especially where elevation changes move traffic onto a carriageway above another road

3) Minor Highways
All the remaining “highways”.
Examples: West Coast Highway, Nicoll Highway, Bartley Rd East/Viaduct, Upper Serangoon Rd

4) Primary Street
These are the thoroughfares that provide the fastest routes around the country, within the CBD, Housing Estates despite having stoplights/traffic lights.
Examples:
The “main roads” that run through a city (Shenton Way, Orchard Rd)
The roads that run around Major Housing Estates or through them (Yishun Ring Rd, Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, 5 and 6 , Toa Payoh Lor 1, Bedok North Rd)
Roads that lead from the City to the major Suburbs (Serangoon Rd, Holland Rd, Commonwealth Ave) and often between Suburbs (Braddell Rd. Thomson Rd, Paya Lebar Rd)

A simple rule of thumb – It’s a Primary Street if it has at least 3 lanes in each direction.

5) Street
All other regular streets.
Do remember to follow the naming conventions where possible
See this for referencehttp://www.waze.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_label_and_name_roads_(United_Kingdom)#Abbreviations
Using local abbreviations us also acceptable
(examples: Jln = Jalan, Lor = Lorong)

6) Service Roads
These are supposed to be used for streets typically adjacent to a highway, known as laybys for most other countries. The few locations this might exist are probably the service roads along ECP.
However, I noticed that several editors have used them where they should have been labeled as Private Roads…

7) Parking Lot Roads*
To be used on all roads leading from named streets into a Car Park and within the Car park itself (the main car park lanes/segments).
The proper use of parking lot roads can also help to avoid automated traffic jam reports as well as Map Problems related to Wazers driving in unmapped parking lots. Draw in the drivable portions of the parking lot that are near streets and other roadways. This will prevent the Waze routing server from assuming you must be on the main road when in fact you are stopped in the parking lot stopped.

8) Private Roads*
A road that is not typically open to the public.
You can drive on it, physically, but there may be legal (and physical) restrictions or it is a privately maintained road on private land.
Examples:
a) Gated communities with controlled access (Condominiums, Private Estates)
b) Schools and Universities
c) Military Camps / Restricted Areas
d) Property/Businesses with controlled access (gates / guard)

* Private and Parking Lot Roads incur a transition penalty.
This transition penalty helps to keep Waze from incorrectly routing Wazers through a private/car park area as a shortcut.

General Tips:

  1. Please follow these guidelines.
    If you do it wrong, your work needs to be corrected and will create doublework.
  2. Don’t use CAPITAL LETTER ONLY. It is rude; it is not in line with GPS naming conventions and Google Maps (and OneMap.sg), and it also adds to doublework.
  3. When in doubt, check http://www.OneMap.sg or Google Maps