KL Traffic Hits All Time High

Aziff Azuddin, Independent Urban Mobility Researcher | Ir. Chin Kar Keong, Managing Director, Perunding Atur Trafik

25-May-22 18:00

Pause
Embed

DBKL has announced plans to conduct a detailed study on measures to reduce traffic congestion in Kuala Lumpur, following reports of congestion in the city being worse than pre-pandemic levels. First, we discuss the factors behind the increased congestion, and what the study should focus on. Then, we look at potential solutions and what we should be planning for.

Image source: Nik Radzi, Unsplash

Produced by: Alia Zefri, Jeremy Ng, Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories: travel, Cars/Motoring

Tags: traffic, kl, congestion, jam, city planning, dbkl, public transport,

Today’s Shows

11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Co-founders of NanoSkunkWorkX, Dr. Amani Salim and Iqbal Shamsul join us to share their incredible journey of building a deep tech company that manipulates atoms without a multi-million-dollar clean room.

12:00 PM

Just For Kicks

(REPEAT) Our pundits look ahead to Matchweek 8 of the English Premier League, including the big one - Liverpool vs Manchester United.

1:00 PM

A Bit of Culture

(REPEAT) Matt Armitage and Zan Azlee join Kam Raslan to talk about British India curry, five star ratings and children's sports day.

2:00 PM

Ringgit & Sense

(REPEAT) Thanneermalai Somasundaram, Managing Director of Thannees Tax Consulting Services discusses tax reliefs and goodies from Budget 2026.

2:30 PM

The Property Show

(REPEAT) Siva Shanker of Rahim & Co International explains Budget 2026’s measures for the property sector.

3:00 PM

Best of The Bigger Picture

(REPEAT) What's next for Myanmar's revolution and has Malaysia made a difference? Join Dashran as he speaks to Lilianne Fan, the Head of Secretariat of the Malaysian Advisory Group on Myanmar to find the answers.

4:00 PM

Best of Evening Edition

(REPEAT) We sit down with retired professor of occupational health Dr Krishna Gopal Rampal, who now owns the largest collection of Hindu temple art in Malaysia.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

This episode of The Life Scientific features a conversation with an astrophysicist called Brian Schmidt, discussing his achievements in the field.

PROGRAMMES