From 2020, motorists will start being able to access real-time traffic information when the
Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) begins operating following the implementation of the multi-lane free flow (MLFF) system at toll plazas, The Sun Daily reports.
Works minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof told the publication that the system, which will be deployed in stages, will provide highway users with information such as estimated destination arrival times and traffic congestion alerts on highways, expressways and artery roads.
The system will be able to provide motorists with alternative routes or detours during peak periods. “Users will be promptly informed from the traffic broadcasting system about the situation on toll roads and other routes. ITS will include communication between vehicle and vehicle and also with pedestrians,” he explained.
“It can also inform the authorities to respond to hazards and road crashes quickly. This includes ‘intelligent speed adaptation’ for all road users to apply safe speed limits in view of the danger ahead,” he said, adding that in developed countries, the ITS provides hazard warning and traffic information to the public via mobile phone apps as well as through in-vehicle devices.
Fadillah said that the ITS will be developed in stages after the implementation of the non-barrier MLFF system on highways and expressways nationwide in 2018 – the system will utilise a RFID gateless gantry toll concept. He said that Malaysia is serious about exploring the ITS system because of its many benefits to road users.
“A national blueprint on ITS will be ready by the end of 2016. From there, we will identify which system to adopt. Our challenge will be funding and finding suitable and affordable technology that is sustainable,” he stated. He did not rule out public-private partnerships to develop the system, the report added.
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The rakyat welcome positive and beneficial technology implementations, however please fix the dumb issue where we cant make traffic accident police report at any police station we wish (convenient). Eg: My wife had car accident at gleneagles hospital kl and we made report at nearby ampang police traffic, but were told to go to police station in jln bandar, kl, becoz the accident location is kl address. Isnt the computers of the police (government agencies) are all linked up??? This is the BIGGEST JOKE especially the government wants to do all kind of “smart” projects. I ll stop now as thinking of this joke i wanna pengsan.
We already use one. It’s called waze
it is already here.. it is called waze and it is free for users…
toll plazas are so ugly it look uglier than warong’s roof. way to go.
toll plazas so ugly and obsolete it looks even uglier than warong’s roof and my grandma’s way better. way to go.
Please spend money on upgrading SmartTag and Touch N Go… it had been almost 20 years and still we are using the same technologies… and even worst we still need an toll operator to help us when its stucked / hang…. SmartTag should change its name to SmartLag !
I dont get it., 2020 br nk ada? I oredi use waze n sometimes Google Map Navigation. Y Government waste money for this kind of system? Gmap navigation n waze oredi good enuf.