A study on smart mobility in Kuala Lumpur

Abstract

Transportation in Malaysia started since the British colonial period and as of 2016, it can be said that the country's transport network is highly diversified having undergone years of development. At present, Malaysia's road network covers an extensive estimate of 230,000 km in 2015 with a national road development growth index of 2.29 from a mere 1.42 in 2010. Since the 10th Malaysia plan, Malaysia's network growth remained at an annual 10.9% growth bringing this to an astounding 68% overall growth as of 2015 and this focus is set to continue in the 11th Malaysia Plan from 2016–2020 leveraging new investments in road, rail and air services. According to statistics obtained from JPJ, the number of new vehicles registrations spiked from 25418 in 2012 to 40753 in the following year and as of 2016, there is an observable average of 8000 to 11000 new registrations per month. By the first quarter of 2016, the number of new registered motor vehicles in Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur obtained from Road Transport Department is reported at 31476 and the total number of vehicles in the state is 6,149,414. Due to the rapid surge in urban transport and the wide availability of mobile vehicles, it becomes necessary to develop a real time monitoring system that could effectively measure the traffic movement of vehicles. This is because vehicles tend to emit unnecessary greenhouse gases which may pollute the environment and affect the population health. In this project, we aim to conduct a first class survey which aims at studying traffic flow in KL areas and also identify the cause of traffic congestion through state of the art data analytic methods.