Project 3 KL traffic congestion(rail transit contribution and its flaw)

Rail transit--contribute to KL solving congestion

The rail transit indeed encourage a number of people choose public transport but not private vehicle. Release pressure of road and expressway.

KTMB

Source:http://infinitityzone.blogspot.com/2011/07/ktmb-traffic-congestion-solution-in.html

KTMB has been privatized in 1992, the main hub of KTMB located in KL Sentral. KTMB has been created and improved for KL road congestion. It provide service of 70,000 to 80,000 passengers and go through 45 stations daily. According to the diagram of KL Integrated Transit Network Average Daily Commuters, the annual increasing ratio of passenger is 12%.

Issues and Problems

KL has enough rail transit system but lack of planning and management.

--Station location not suitable

--Capacity problem with population booming.The number of coach can not satisfy passenger volume today

--Train delay, not according to schedule