SINGAPORE, Jan. 13 -- Authorities said Singapore's Traffic Priority System has recorded more than 2,500 activations so far, cutting average emergency ambulance conveyance times by up to one minute and 57 seconds for each activation.

In a Facebook post today, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said the system was first introduced at selected junctions near Ng Teng Fong General Hospital in July 2024 and expanded last yearto seven other public hospitals.

Co-developed by the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Land Transport Authority and HTX, the system relies on a transponder installed in the ambulance that triggers nearby traffic lights, fast-tracking its movement through junctions near hospitals.

Normal traffic operations resume once the...