Introduction
Singapore is an urbanised tropical city. Currently, it aims to achieve the status of City in Nature (complete with ‘curated’ wildlife). It has plenty of sunshine and greenery all year round. People from other parts of the world may find this island country ideal for daily cycling. But why are so few people in this city adopt a Cycling Lifestyle?

The Case for Converting to A Cycling City
For clarification, in this write-up, cycling refers to all kinds of devices (electric and non-electric) that aids in personal mobility such as bicycles, cargo-bikes, scooters, recumbents and Personal Mobility Devices. There are good reasons to encourage cycling in Singapore and make cycling widespread. Some of these reasons are:
1. Singapore is flat and small with an area of only 735.6m2. Its City Form is compact.
2. There is a limit to building more roads for more cars. It is better to use the land, a scarce resource, to accommodate more cyclists in combination with other public transport systems.
3. The population is aging.

Issues:
In all informal discussions with anybody in the country over past decades about the lack of a cycling culture, the issue that often crops up is the hot and humid weather. In other cultures, the hot and humid climate with lots of greenery is the ideal setting for cycling outdoor. I suspect there is another issue involved. In this submission, I would like to condense the probable issues for Singaporeans not to cycle as a lifestyle into 2 major issues:
A. Climatic consideration.
B. Culture of the people.