Problems in Kuala Lumpur

Although Kuala Lumpur is one of the major cities in Southeast Asia, it has several problems to be solved. There are 2 main problems in Kuala Lumpur; the first is the number of the vehicles. Cars is everywhere in Kuala Lumpur, just like Motorcycle in Indonesia. And obviously it causes traffic jam. If I drive a car during the rush hour, I just simply get stuck. The government had tried to decrease the traffic jam. In average, there will always be new road every month in KL. In the same time, the number of vehicle is also increase. So it’s just the same like before. Public transportation as the alternative is just quite good. The punctuality of the commuter train is sometimes very bad, a lot of technical problems, and of course a lot of commuter during the rush hour.

The second problem is the vacant area. It is hard to find the vacant area in KL, that’s why most of the government office moves to Putra Jaya and there are a lot apartment and condominium in KL because there isn’t any area to build a terrace house. And according to demand law, the price of an area in KL is very expensive.

Integrating ICT on those 2 problems might decrease the problem in Kuala Lumpur. For the first problem, beside the road expansion and routine maintenance for the Commuter train, CCTV and computerized traffic management system should be also established. And for the area problem, the area on the suburb should be used effectively and manage through a city management system where provides the whole information about the area on the city. So the used of the area will be effective.