Lamppost-as-a-Platform: A Shelved Nationwide Sensor Trial
GovTech trialed fitting Singapore lampposts with shared video and environmental sensors, testing sites in Geylang and one-north from 2017, then Punggol Northshore from 2022. In November 2023 the government confirmed a citywide rollout of all 110,000 lampposts was not practical, and shelved the approach for cheaper mobile sensors.
🎓 Lesson
A shared sensor grid is infrastructure, and infrastructure ages: by the time GovTech had proven the lamppost model across two trial sites, sensors had become cheap and portable enough that mounting them permanently on every pole no longer beat deploying them where and when needed.
📖 Terms in this entry: Adaptive traffic signals · ANPR (automatic number-plate recognition) · CBTC (communications-based train control)
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Lamppost-as-a-Platform: A Shelved Nationwide Sensor Trial” — Singapore, Singapore. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/singapore-sensor-platform/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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