Putting the best route forward


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 24 Sep 2006

Since the Government’s announcement of a RM10bil allocation to upgrade the Klang Valley transport system, various ‘experts’have offered unsolicited advice. But according to the man in charge, the final route will be well plotted, writes Suhaini Aznam. 

FOLLOWING the crow’s direct flight path, urban commuters have found that their fastest way into the city is by light rapid transit (LRT). Speeding over traffic snarls on the highway, a total of 320,000 commuters take the line daily, most of them professionals and students.  

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