Traffic/Parking Chaos in TTDI

TTDI,KL has now become a nightmare to use one's motor-vehicle in. When it first started TTDI was known as a model with wide roads and easy traffic-conditions. All that has since changed through poor-planning of DBKL(City Hall) and the almost non-existent enforcement of traffic and parking rules and regulations by the Police and DBKL personnel.

Do not for a moment imagine that reports and complaints lodged with DBKL and the Police will translate into an improved situation. How often do we see Police and DBKL vehicles patrolling the area ferrying personnel that are totally oblivious or unconcerned about the chaotic traffic and parking conditions.

Vehicles are parked indiscriminately and in inconsiderate fashion by the many road-users, forced by the inadequate num,ber of parking bays due to poor planning by DBKL and encouraged by DBKL's and the Police's almost total lack of concern in fulfilling their duties and enforcing the law.

Double-parking in the commercial areas with the drivers of the vehicles concerned away from their vehicles is now a norm and one frequently hears the blaring of car horns of trapped vehicles. Traffic moving in such areas has to be slow and the drivers careful as they weave through these narrow areas. And when they negotiate corners or arrive at road junctions, they have to contend with vehicles parked thereat that obscure their vision of other vehicles.

Vehicles are now parked at road junctions and on road pavements and pedestrian walkways. All these smack of poor planning by DBKL. And as though it is not enough that the exisitng infrastructure is grossly inadequate to cater to the volume of traffic, City Hall continues to grant planning approval to more highrise buildings in the already congested area of TTDI,KL.

One is forced to ask: Are the staff in DBKL all plain dumb? Can they not see the existing daily traffic and parking chaos?

Why do they choose to ignore the ongoing chaotic situation despite numerous complaints from the public? Do they think that we the public pay their salaries and allowances for them to do nothing and merely sit in their seats ?

And to make matters worse, they do nothing about the ever-increasing number of illegal stalls many of which operate out of parking lots thereby further reducing the number of parking lots for road-users. There are chendol and rojak stalls, durian-sellers, goreng pisang stalls, burger stalls, yong tau foo stalls, soya drinks stalls, fruit stalls and stalls selling the likes of mee, kway teow and rice all operating illegally in the commercial areas, including occupying parking bays meant for motor-vehicles. Many have been operating in the same spot for years.

Many road signs and traffic signs in TTDI have been almost totally plastered over with posters and stickers advertising the telephone numbers of Alongs. Why are these parasites of society allowed to do so with impunity? Why are these posters/stickers allowed to remain? In many instances the road-name has been all but obliterated. We are entitled to know why no action is taken.

DBKL and Police officers patrol and pass by these areas often and take no action. We the residents of TTDI,KL are entitled to ask and know why. There have been eyewitness reports that some of these illegal stallholders pay monthly or weekly retainers to continue operating in these places.

These public officials unashamedly receive their monthly salaries whilst ignoring their duties.

We are entitled to demand that a stop is put to this situation immediately.