COMMENT | The state gov't continues to brush off various concerns raised by citizens and civil society.
| Over the past three years, various concerns regarding the Penang Transport Master Plan have been raised.
According to data from Chow’s media statement, the three reclaimed islands is projected to have a population of 367,379 in the year 2030. Even the Kinrara-Damansara Expressway , which was said prior to its cancellation that it would be the most expensive highway in Malaysia, costs 67 percent lower on a per km basis.
For an absolute comparison, despite Kuala Lumpur having a larger population, the Sungai-Buloh Kajang MRT only managed to achieve an annual ridership of 22.25 million in its first year, 48 percent lower than the forecasted annual ridership for the Penang LRT. Transport studies have shown that a two-lane highway to a city centre typically adds around 10,000 additional vehicles a day to the surface streets, and around 80 percent of vehicular traffic in a city centre can be associated with drivers looking for a parking space.
While proponents of the PTMP will argue that I have neglected the potential benefits of the LRT in reducing traffic congestion, the next subsection will show that this benefit will be unlikely to materialise.There is irrefutable scientific evidence warning that an increase in the number of highways is strongly correlated to the increase in car modal share and dependence in a city.
Modelling results suggest that, despite the high capital expenditure incurred by the LRT, the public transport modal share is likely to be in the range of 10 percent in 2030, only a marginal increase from current levels of 3.2 percent.
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