Improve the MRT’s ‘last mile’ service

Good crowd: A large number of commuters waiting to board the LRT at the Masjid Jamek station during rush hour in Kuala Lumpur. — POLA SINGH

I USE public transport regularly. I have seen the volume of commuters grow. Look at this photo I took on March 21 at the Masjid Jamek LRT station in Kuala Lumpur during the morning rush hour. I was pleasantly surprised to see such a huge crowd waiting to board the train.

“Wow,” I said to myself, wearing the “transport economist” hat. The government’s efforts to encourage greater use of public transport seem to be working. This encouraging scenario is every transport economist’s dream!