Amidst in the present day’s launch of the Kuala Lumpur Native Plan (PTKL) 2040, described by prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim because the Kuala Lumpur Metropolis Corridor‘s (DBKL) most complete plan ever, mayor Maimunah Sharif has mentioned that the plan goals for 70% of town’s residents to be utilizing public transport by 2040, reviews Free Malaysia Immediately.
This might be a gargantuan soar from the present 25% as mentioned final month by deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who identified Tokyo’s 73%, Singapore’s 67% and Seoul’s 63%. In direction of KL’s aim, the mayor mentioned at a press briefing that DBKL might present incentives to extend inhabitants density round transit zones the place LRT or MRT stations are positioned.
“That is frequent in Japan, the place folks work, reside and mess around transit zones. This helps reduce congestion and steers us within the route of a low-carbon metropolis,” she mentioned.
PTKL 2040 incorporates 191 initiatives, together with zoning, which entails coordination with the framework of town’s rail methods, particularly MRT3, which is about to start development in 2027. The purpose is to create a transport community that permits the general public to go from place to position with a strolling distance below 400 metres. Themed ‘Metropolis for All’, PTKL 2040’s final aim is to form KL right into a extra humane, inclusive, equitable and greener metropolis.
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