{"id":74377,"date":"2026-08-05T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=74377"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:31:00","slug":"facial-recognition-gantries-being-tested-at-punggol-coast-mrt-station-no-plans-to-expand-trial-for-now-lta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=74377","title":{"rendered":"Facial recognition gantries being tested at Punggol Coast MRT station, no plans to expand trial for now: LTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two priority-use gantries at the station had screens installed on top, CNA observed. These are wider fare gates meant for passengers travelling with strollers or bulky items, and those on personal mobility aids.<\/p>\n<p>A light blue &#8220;facial recognition detection zone&#8221; with footprint markings was marked out in front of each gantry, guiding users to step inside before instructions on the screens prompt them to look at the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Station staff said the setup was installed about a week before CNA&#8217;s visit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/mrt-punggol-facial-recognition-lta-trial-6298531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two priority-use gantries at the station had screens installed on top, CNA observed. These are wider fare gates meant for passengers travelling with strollers or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}