Driving in Kuala Lumpur during rush hour, when people are going to office or going home, one cannot help noticing that the number of cars heading in one direction is matched by the number of cars heading in the opposite direction. People seem to live at one end of the city and work at the other end. The amount of petrol consumed and the number of hours wasted must be phenomenal. How does this come about? Is there a solution?
Improvement of public transportation could reduce the number of cars on the road but the new cars registered every year seem to cancel out the reduction. Restriction of cars from certain parts of the city by imposing a fee for entry during peak hours has been considered and abandoned. These solutions do not seem to work in Kuala Lumpur. Taking taxis is not a pleasant experience because taxis are often old and dirty and the drivers seem to be a grumpy and choosy lot. They avoid certain destinations at certain times of the day, which are usually the very destinations that you need to get to in a hurry.
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