From March 15, 2019 onwards, a one-km stretch of Jalan Tuanku Abdual Rahman (Jalan TAR) from the Jalan Esfahan intersection to the Jalan Melayu intersection will be closed to all vehicles except buses.
Federal Territories minister Khalid bin Abdul Samad stated the closure would allow businesses and shoppers in the area to carry out their activities without having to deal with the constant traffic.
He added that buses were allowed as there are no alternative roads in the area with a suitable turning radius for them to pass through. Should the closure prove to be beneficial, the Ramadan bazaar along Jalan Masjid India, which is being relocated this year, may be allowed to operate from Jalan TAR.
The decision for the limited vehicle ban comes after Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) conducted an online survey posted on its Facebook page. “We received about 1,000 responses, out of which 57% agreed and 43% disagreed,” said Khalid.
“We intend to make the area starting from Sogo (the shopping complex) to Wisma Bandar to be free of vehicles,” he added, as reported by The Sun Daily and The Star.
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Haphazard parking along Jalan TAR esp during festive season and weekends gone for good…
This will cause massive jams. DBKL online survey cannot be used because DBKL is not that intelligent to tabulate data.
Those working in DBKL are all dead logs who have not updated themselves with continuous learning. All goyang kaki and lepak in office. How to trust people who tabulate data like this?
Wait and see. This move is going to cause massive jams in other arteries of KL
DBKL is the only town council with no educated town planners in their workforce.
You see, all over the world, all townships have town planners. Town Planners is a DEGREE, MASTERS and even DOCTORATE level at Universities to study. That is how important town planning is
But our DBKL is just full of SPM graduates only making decisions for town planning. Even high ranking officers also got no proper education in DBKL
Remember the bike lane? Few hundred million spent on it and all the money went down the drain!!!
Betul tu .membazir..menyemak ..ni contract utk kroni ke..saya tak pasti terlalu bnyk projek jln yg entah apa apa dilakukan..tak sampai setahun pecah .lpas tu…buat lagi…dh lah massive JEM ..buat lah tmpat letak motorsikal ke..ni motor parking pun tkde ..tahu tahu saman saman saman..Otak DBKL nink menyaman je
Betui.. Better for DBKL to come clean those undertable Rumawip and land deals approved under the purview of previous FT minister.
Wah,the 2 jokers who like to organise illegal rallies will have a field day…remember the 2 jokers with J and L initials from the failed regime?
DBKL announced 20 staff will be transferred for suspected wrong doing.Imagine how corrupt ,allegedly DBKL is?Hundreds more are shivering now,as the new mayor is doing something at last.Corrupted staff treat DBKL as a goldmine.
What to do? The new government people are incompetent to run the country, whatmore with suspicious qualifications. Simple things they can’t even do properly, whatmore run the country. They are no better than Maduro, and their disappointing performances has proven it.
I think DBKL should stick what they are good at, collecting duit kopi from all the stall owners and all the house owners who have done unapproved extensions.
car pooling idea also lingkup. Every plan DBKL do, always few months only. Then lingkup
too much of duit kopi
Should do the same for Bukit Bintang area, much more congested.
Jln TAR is to be car free, so too should BB.
Lol. The small roads parallel to Jalan TAR will be congested and dangerous as hell. Marvelous!
Correct. I much preferred they only ban kapchai,
Should ban bikes on the Federal highway. Until today, they cannot even enforce bikes using the federal highway lane despite the bike lane already opened.
Everyday got so many accidents on federal highway.
Simple like this also cannot enforce, apa lagi big things?
Agree with you 100%, at Federal highway or other same problem with bikes. They never follow the rules and the authority also very lame on this matter.
are you sure the bike lane already opened? Don’t just simply said without fact.
Until today all the kampung baru folks still never use helmet going on those back lanes
decision based on 1000 (how many % of warga kota) without pilot or run test. nanti ada kedai yg saman sebab orang tak ramai datang dah la. inagt senang ke shopping pastu bawak barang banyak2 naik bus dengan anak2 kecik lagi.
pakai TaxiGo dgn cALLme.
Our busses will be packed. Don’t forget majority in KL have about 5 to 6 kids each family. With abah and ibu, this is already 8 people.
Busses will be packed!
Change is pain. In the future, KL will be a no car city. Less people buying cars, automotive market shaked, investors runaway, new investors come, robots use in mass, robot takeover KL, Skynet, Eeee, cheeeeeu, boooom.
It’s all for your own good.
people already go somewhere else. bangi nilai offer less crowd area.
Yes u r absolutely right regardig this issue. Big problems are always ignored BUT small issues are always put into serious never-ending solutions of discussions.
Another half baked idea. Remember the bicycle lane?? How many really use it?
Bro Adnan said the government gonna closing roads in KL once a week for motorcycle racing with safety barriers and all. Like the car free day but only for Mat Moto to race at night.
This offer cheap economical thrills, is an entertainment for us. Govt can organise a fiesta, where food trucks selling food and other things, free petrol lucky draw and safe riding roadshow.
Stupid idea. U think close 1 road can solve traffic problem. U create more traffic on other road. Hence more traffic jam. Even u closed dataran merdeka road before merdeka day the traffic effect until sg besi. And everytime u close road in kl we are the one paying the price. Next time the mayor no need outrider. Then only he knows what problem he create
not the mayor… minister who think 1000 vote with the diff of 3% is significant enough.
Please inform the minister that it is illegal to buy any new cars like toyota, Proton , perodua , Honda and so on
Getting rid of illegal purchase of new cras like banning cigarettes smoking in restaurants will lessen traffic jams everywhere . Hence, in summary no needs to close any roads.
So buying any new cars try to make it illegal .
Survey on Facebook show
Support 60% says buying new cars is illegal and 10% unsure and 30% disagree.
So make it mandatory that buying any new cars is illegal then. Bill passed .
Manyak bagus wooo..lagi babut kasi tutup semua jalan masuk kolumpo
manyak babut itu idea..lagi babut kasi tutup semua jalan masuk kolumpo
How will the main wholesale market close to wisma bandar transfer the heavy goods in n out of their shops. Everyday millions of worth of Goods are carried on vehicles halt at TAR.what is the provision made for such vehicles which earn livelihood transporting goods. If the loading vehicle is not given access to TAR then what is the suitable n cost effective arrangement is planned for carrying the goods ?
Stupid dumb brainless idiots.
A minister decision based on online survey, asking facebookers, really? wow, seems very credible (huh). since they have set precedence, maybe next time the lawmaker can ask facebooker to pass a bill and state regulation as well, how nice.. isn’t it?
theres going to be a massive jam, from jtar to other parts of kl, maybe beyond, a chain reaction effect, parking will be be a night(day)mare; why not consider taking the pasar mlm n pasar ramadan and other pasar away, no more niaga kaki lima there, where ? well thats why we have professionals in the dbkl to think n plan, not to be fixed on masjid india n jln melayu only; impossible ? just look at what the bedouin had done to mekah
after change government still same nonsense
As i read news yesterday..
They make a lot money from rent out 200 stall from new pavement using one lane of road along TAR road, as they plan..
200x5k=1mill everymonth, these traffic congestion is only reason to make more money from road lane..simple
Solving traffic congestion is always lauded by the people. However, implementing the idea takes another level of sophistication. What is the alternative routes/logistic/mass people movers etc available? what are the risks of closing the route ie congestions in other arteries? Whether the solution will enhance the idea of no congestion or just wishful thinking?
investments have been made by public and private entities in Jalan TAR? who would be responsible to compensate them and for how long?
best is to do rigorous pilots ie close a day first and get real data on the implications then proceed to bigger number of days.
My take is that Jalan TAR is such a key route for logistics companies (drivers materials drop off and recuperate). It requires a new road system layout to ease-off the incoming and outgoing traffic.
Stupid idea. Only to rent the new planned small stalls along the close road. More money for cronies? These Shah Alam moron is only thingking to make his pocket money. Bodoh