Moving Ipoh forward


Slow journey: Thousands head to Ipoh on the weekends, adding to the traffic congestion in the city centre. — RONNIE CHIN/The Star

The Ipoh City Council (MBI) has drawn up several plans to improve its public transportation system with a view to reducing carbon emissions and traffic congestion in the city centre.

Ipoh mayor Datuk Rumaizi Baharin recently said that a private company had been contracted to study whether an Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) system would be better suited for the city, compared to the previously mooted Light Rail Transit (LRT) system.

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