Taking the traffic ‘jam’ out of KL

By 2020, 10 million people will call Greater KL home, translating to one out of every three Malaysians living in KL and surrounding suburbs. As it is, traffic in some areas can only be described as gruelling. Tempers flare and drivers feel trapped, stewing in their cars. By the time we get to the office, we are already tired

EVERY morning my wife drops me off at the train station. I grab a hot drink, find a seat and settle down for a good read.

This pretty much was my daily routine for four years in the mid-90s when I worked at the Shell office near the Waterloo station. I chose to live in Cobham, a suburb about 40km from central London.