agreed. when i live in shanghai 11 year ago, there are only 2 lines. shanghai mrt planned in 1986 and line 1 start 1995 and line 2 start 2000. initially not many ppl took mrt as it cant reach many places. but now sh mrt will have total 20 lines (2 undercon, 6 planned, current =12 lines), u can see more n more ppl took mrt to travel (coz very good connections). sh prop booming many years ago becos many know mrt will locate nearby their area n they can go anywhere in the city with mrt. most of the stations are within walking distance in the centre city, if not u can take short distance bus to mrt. (max 3 stops).
note: sh is world number 1 in term of distance (total 1000km).
they took them 10 yrs to begin 2 lines (from plan to operation), and they open 10 more lines at one go abt 7 years ago (before olympic 2008, sh expo 2010)
many executives do not want to own a car n use all $ to buy house instead. so their current apartment costs is equal to KL condo price + car costs (price + maintenance)
i think kl will be the same in future (maybe 15-20 yrs later??), ref to sh from line 1 in 1995 to 12 lines in 2007 (total 12 years)
1. prop in kl city (within mrt radius) will up, the closer to the city centre (with more mrt lines choices) the higher the increases. good to buy klcc prop now??
2. ppl will travel with mrt, some only use car in weekend (eg japan, hk, singapore etc) for leisure. majority dun own car. (bad for proton? maybe proton oni for outside kl market, 2 -3 tier cities)
kl may not need so many lines as population cant compare with sh (20mil now but sh city centre are is much bigger than kl city centre). i think 5-6 lines can cover the whole kl.
Bro..... I hope we can acheive it like china. But unlikely. Look at our G ....... only talk n cant perform. A good country especially city need a very low crime rate to be successful. Relatively kl has higher crime rate but the G deny it. U cant compare us with sh. Simply bcoz we r at different league. Lower rate . Dont compare apple with pineapple. China had more than 5000 yrs of culture n evolution. Bolehland more about own pocket. Mrt long way to go with plenty of controversial along its development. Dont put too much hope ........ look at klia 2 .