Site visitors congestion in Kuala Lumpur, particularly within the metropolis centre, stays a long-standing problem, however the authorities says it’s dedicated to resolve the matter and is partaking in discussions with stakeholders to hunt methods to deal with the issue.

In accordance with minister in prime minister’s division (Federal Territories), Dr Zaliha Mustafa, options are being checked out by the police and the Kuala Lumpur metropolis corridor (DBKL). Moreover, a Cupboard committee on site visitors congestion has additionally submitted a number of solutions concerning the problem, Bernama stories.

With about 1.3 million to 1.5 million autos recorded coming into town every day, she stated the problem might be alleviated if extra folks selected to journey through public transport.

“We discover that site visitors congestion happens at peak durations from 6am and in the course of the rush hour residence, and we all know the sources of site visitors congestion right here often contain motorists who commute to work and for different enterprise, so I encourage the general public to make use of public transport to scale back site visitors congestion,” she stated.

The extent of site visitors woes motorists face in KL is measurable. Final yr, a TomTom Site visitors Index report indicated that in 2022, KL drivers spent 159 hours on the highway throughout rush-hour site visitors within the metropolis centre, 75 hours of which was as a consequence of congestion. It estimated drivers spent RM1,023 on gas (RM221 as a consequence of congestion) and emitted 833 kg of CO2 (180 kg as a consequence of congestion).

In Might 2022, DBKL stated it was conducting an in depth research on find out how to cut back site visitors congestion in KL. The council stated that spotlight could be paid to sure elements together with site visitors mild coordination and parking administration techniques, which have disrupted site visitors circulation.

One answer is to impose automobile congestion fees, however that’s nonetheless a great distance from changing into a actuality, because it has been said that congestion fees for KL will solely be thought of after the MRT3’s completion in 2030, with the payment construction for autos coming into town to solely be checked out when the general public transport community system was absolutely accomplished

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