Land Transport Authority

Land Transport Authority
Agency overview
Formed	1 September 1995
Preceding agencies	Registry of Vehicles; Mass Rapid Transit Corporation; Roads & Transportation Division of the Public Works Department; Land Transportation Division of the Ministry of Communications;
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	1 Hampshire Road Singapore 219428
Agency executives	Chan Heng Loon Alan, Chairman; Ngien Hoon Ping, Chief Executive;
Parent agency	Ministry of Transport
Website	www.lta.gov.sg

The Land Transport Authority (Abbreviation: LTA; Chinese: 陆路交通管理局 (shortform: 陆交局); Malay: Penguasa Pengangkutan Darat; Tamil: நிலப் போக்குவரத்து வாரியம்) of Singapore is a statutory board of the Ministry of Transport. It was founded in 1 September 1995, by merging four agencies, which are Registry of Vehicles, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Roads & Transportation Division of the Public Works Department of Singapore and Land Transport Division of the then-Ministry of Communications. LTA leads the development of land transport in Singapore.