KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 -- Traffic congestion remains one of Klang Valley's most pressing challenges.

Aside from the daily frustration, studies have shown there is a severe financial cost to being stuck on the roads. Motorists in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor alone spent roughly RM6.8 billion per year on fuel while idling in traffic, according to experts, who calculated the cost based on the number of cars that go in and out of major areas in the capital city during peak hours.

Public outrage against the perennial traffic gridlocks has not gone unnoticed. Back in 2023, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's administration set up a Cabinet committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, tasked to find solutions to t...