The difficulty of rising site visitors congestion requires insurance policies which discourage the usage of non-public automobiles, alongside enhancements towards the general public transport ecosystem, stated specialists in accordance with The Star.
Most individuals, particularly these dwelling outdoors town centre, want driving as it’s extra handy in comparison with taking public transport the place switching transit strains is required, stated Malaysian Institute of Highway Security Analysis (Miros) chairman Wong Shaw Voon.
An instance cited by The Star is a commuter in Selangor who travels from Kota Damansara to SS15 in Subang Jaya, who will first must journey to the Muzium Negara MRT station, and alter strains on the KL Sentral LRT station.
“This doubles the journey time in comparison with driving. Public transport nonetheless has restricted strains. Extra enchancment is required if we would like extra folks to make use of public transport,” Wong stated, noting that the state of affairs might enhance with the upcoming MRT 3 (Circle Line) and LRT 3 (Bandar Utama – Klang line) rail tasks.
Citing information from the highway transport division (JPJ), new automobile registrations elevated from 530,057 models in 2021 to 832,347 models in 2023, in accordance with the report.
In the meantime, the dearth of first- and last-mile connectivity is the principle purpose folks want proudly owning automobiles, stated MDS Consultancy Group managing director Rosli Azad Khan, in accordance with The Star.
Transit alignments are sometimes positioned distant from residential areas, and seamless interconnectivity throughout totally different modes of public transport is a should if non-public automobile use is to be discouraged. Having extra interchange stations the place commuters can simply swap practice strains, together with a single fee platform and smaller feeder buses, in addition to permitting e-mobility automobiles on the trains might help, he stated.
“Digital ticketing techniques to allow a single fee platform throughout all modes of public transport equivalent to MyRapid and different cashless techniques can contribute to seamless journey. To shorten switch instances, smaller buses or minibuses can be utilized to ferry commuters from their housing areas to the transit stations,” Rosli stated.
“Automotive restriction measures, as an illustration larger toll charges for highways operating within the cities equivalent to Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Subang, Shah Alam and Klang, have to be in place. Parking areas within the cities needs to be restricted. Automobiles must also not be allowed to park on the highway,” Rosli added, calling for coverage modifications to limit non-public automobile utilization.
In keeping with Malaysia Highway and Transportation Security Affiliation president Nik Mohd Salim, site visitors situations are anticipated to worsen as extra improvement arises, however there are fewer plans to extend highway entry, The Star wrote.
“Housing areas ought to centre round public transport hubs,” Nik Mohd Salim stated, who urged the federal government to contemplate site visitors points of their metropolis planning, and that there must be higher entry to public transport from housing areas.
In the meantime, new transit strains know-how and higher funding in public transport have been confirmed to draw commuters, stated Malaysian Public Transport Customers Affiliation president Ajit Johl in accordance with the report.
“We are going to see a discount in site visitors jams supplied the federal government performs an energetic function within the continued promotion of the general public transportation system,” stated Ajit, who urged that town implements car-free days on weekdays.
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