Depends on which area.

The first BRT line will be introduced is Sunway BRT. From KTM Setia Jaya to Kelana Jaya line extension station no.8 in USJ.

The second BRT line would be Federal Highway.

Initially, there was a plan to introduce MRT line from KL to Klang, but this was rule out due to cost.

Right now, the plan for KL-Klang corridor would be:

- Federal Highway BRT

- KTM Metro

Any road expansion must cater transit lane, because in reality, even if you add another lane, the congestion will remain the same for two reasons:

- Klang Valley vehicle sales is very high

- In just few years, congestion will remain the same or even worse

A case study is in Bandar Utama. The overhead bridge on top of highway near Damansara Toll Plaza. It was 2 lanes, then upgraded to 3 lanes. Yet congestion is still chronic. A 2 km section may take 20 minutes just to clear the path which means even lane expansion will not cater traffic growth as well as solving congestion

Government road planning is not known, though from what I gather, they are more interested in building bypass highways such as Damansara-Shah Alam Expresswawy, Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road, SKVE and so on.

On Federal Highway, some have suggested to build brand new Federal Highway on top of existing one, which I oppose.

I do suggest road improvement, but it must be planned to cater 20 years down the road, not just expand and end up clogged up in just 2 to 3 years, like what happened to most road projects in Malaysia, save for DUKE which is under-utilised

This post has been edited by Kampung2005: Jul 30 2012, 01:58 PM

will kampung be the 1st to board the BRT bus when intro in Sunway?

Hope so in 2014.

What I meant was more of a 2 way expansion.

LRT / BRT will reduce congestion. (It may lower the number of cars on the road)

Expansion / New highways will increase the capacity of the roads.

Both are options to reduce traffic congestion, and I believe that it will actually work without the need for COE tax like Singapore.

Its more of the government actually putting this kind of forethought into their planning rather than looking at having small wins to win the heart of the people for election.

At the end of the day, I believe best practices from cities which are well known for transport planning must be followed. This includes whether the solution can cater future traffic growth say 30 years down the road.

Just want to warn that lane expansion will not be able to cater traffic up to 10 years down the road if the propensity of driving car remains unabated. A clear data already suggests 3 million cars entering/exiting KL daily. Lane expansion on one highway won't cater extra 100,000 cars. However, even a simple monorail which occupies less space can easily accommodate 120,000 people (on 4 car KL Monorail).

So I believe we can follow Shanghai and Singapore. Both cities, while doing piecemeal upgrades on road, their investment on public transport is much higher and paramount.

Ironically, Penang future plan may include a combination of public transit improvement as well as highway improvement. But highway improvement will be piecemeal while greater emphasis to be planned on transit.

So I believe, whoever wins, most likely they will choose the more efficient method.

morons oppose dreaming car gonna be cheap one day and they all can buy bmw go to work adding to the jam. if u take bus u have no class

1. no Public transport near house..complain..
2. got one near house.. oso complaint.
3. implement 30 billion project songlap
4. implement low cost project like.. stupid.. ahahhahahahaha

there are few suggestion like to do elevated BRT lane at federal.. but cost is too high.. else it replicate KTM komuter route...

they try to take stadium shah alam parking space as a park and ride.. huge parking space under utilize.

KTM can be further improved

Many of the stations has 3 or 4 tracks.

Petaling has 3 platforms.

but malaysian mentality is to always hog and drive on a bus lane. first important is enforcement

In federal highway, will they take one lane from the current three or will they build another lane for BRT?

then after erection,cancell all these plans

Actual layout for federal highway BRT is not known (not yet released).

However, in The Star saturday news, SPAD said got people opposed to it.

This is BRT, different from normal bus lane

that means the road is separate from cars ??

I don't really like the idea of federal highway with only 2 lanes. However I hope they will go ahead with this. Best case scenario is they somehow manage to find space to add a new BRT lane.

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1 car 1 passenger..
1 motor 1 passenger

1 bus got 50 to 60 passengers