Yesterday's 1Joke : 29 October 2009

Saw this piece of news yesterday about our bad traffic conditions in the city. The focus was on the traffic management system. It reported that "DBKL (KL City Hall) had invested RM365mil in 2006 on the ITIS project to help ease the city’s traffic woes. ITIS is a transport information system designed to improve the planning and flow of the city’s traffic system to ensure better management." But I don't think they are doing anything!!



I am a daily user of LDP (Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong) and you can say that the notice that they put up on the electronic signboard is really not informative and useless. Sometimes, you are stuck in the jam and you can only see the black screen, as though they are advertising "Night without lights".

DBKL admitted that there's 56 out of 115 of those variable message signboards (what a canggih name), and that represents 50% of failure!! They dare to claim that ITIS has been useful and have served other purpose such as;



> Capture real-time traffic information for incident management and long-term transport planning, alleviate traffic congestion and delays during rush hour periods and emergency situations.
> Reduces accidents, their severity and impact on the highway, improves emergency assistance for motorists and commuters, reduces travel time and promotes a more uniform traffic flow and also reduces pollution as a result of less time spent stuck in traffic. >> Never happens on LDP, NKVE, Federal Highway and Sprint Highway
> Collects data and information and disseminates it via VMS, call centres, the Internet and SMS. >> Never heard they have done such a thing, and I am a user but I don't receive anything??

Just to share some stuck in the jam moments.





Then for the case that was reported previously about the Hari Raya rush, shouldn't ITIS be doing anything? This is yet another "First World Infrastructure Handled With Third World Mentality".