Why is Toa Payoh shaped like a circle? | Singapore Explained

Ever wondered why Toa Payoh has a circular design?
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[@user-jy5ch4mu8b]

ok but seriously I love the toa payoh design. If im not wrong it was adapted from a system made before the building of toa payoh and this circular system was adapted from it.

[@SuperValue350]

There should be an LRT line straddling that circular-like road. Yishun as well.

[@AirbusA350Aussie]

mothership uses city skylines video

[@hongpigeon2950]

Yishun also shape a Circle

[@dotcypher]

And nobody talk about circuit rd which really like grand prix circuit.

[@Derlei]

Toa payoh now is prime real estate. Buying BTO is Toa Payoh is gonna cost a bomb

[@spinvalve]

Swamp in standard malay is paya. Payoh sounds like some ang mo Brit tia salah and wrote it down wrongly using his angmo ji. Like Paya Lebar is zhun Malay, which means Wide Swamp. So next time you tell your friends can meet up at Wide Swamp MRT - is not wrong

[@farhan-5705]

Same as Kallang. Was called Kilang cuz there's a giant power plant there last time

[@spinvalve]

@@farhan-5705 wow TIL

[@danialroslan1531]

​​​@@farhan-5705 Wrong. The area was named Kallang way before the Brits came. It was named after the group of Orang Lauts. Seletar was another group of Orang Laut

[@lzh4950]

I bet future generations will wonder why Paya Lebar Air Base & iPark are so far away from Paya Lebar Qtr/MRT/Sq

[@ilonnoilon99]

Wow they played cities skyline for simulation

[@Fals3Agent]

grid layout is a mistake. we don't need fast flowing traffic in between our schools, houses, and shops. also it literally encourages people to drive or worse speed through which we also don't want

[@yukko_parra]

a grid structure can improve ease of navigation for pedestrians, and streets can be reshaped to have the ring structure for motor traffic (so no noise in the town center) though a circular town is really cool sounding and really unique.

[@lzh4950]

They can make buses faster though

[@millatha-82]

seconded

[@tilelate9718]

Toa Payoh is my favourite Bionicle's character

[@purplerabbit638]

She's so cute lol

[@ibrahimbm1742]

There is a village town located in central Bintan Island (Indonesia) called Toapaya.

[@tomasboba8327]

who did that pig snore at @0:31?

[@whato2051]

your mother

[@Adriancfl]

Cities skylines!

[@nicklee7002]

Grid is the best way however not seen in your actual situation; maybe good for cyclist who has no rules and can travel in any direction.

[@yukko_parra]

ayaya come on man, no need to talk bad about cyclist all day.

[@guantisengkun4342]

No wonder Toapayo a lot of Chinese

[@fadd6895]

Why Singapore is not a Democracy ?

[@TRINHHUULOI-z3f]

There is a village town located in central Bintan Island (Indonesia) called Toapaya.