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Preparations for Aidilfitri: SmartLane System Reactivated and Road Improvements Underway

Ahead of the upcoming Aidilfitri festival season, the Ministry of Works has announced the reactivation of the SmartLane system on major highways, including the North-South Highway (PLUS). Datuk Seri Hasnol Zam Zam, the Secretary General of the Ministry, highlighted improvements made to the system based on feedback received during its previous activation, particularly during the Chinese New Year celebrations, as reported by Sinar Harian.

During the previous implementation, road users provided valuable feedback on the effectiveness of the SmartLane system, which led to adjustments to enhance its efficiency. Hasnol expressed gratitude for this feedback and emphasised the ministry’s commitment to continually refining the system to ensure road safety and smoother traffic flow.

In response to previous criticisms regarding a lack of notification about SmartLane activation locations, Hasnol urged relevant concession companies to communicate clearly with road users regarding the activation dates and the number of SmartLane locations on each highway. This measure aims to minimise confusion and ensure that road users understand the purpose of the SmartLane, preventing misunderstandings during its operation.

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PLUS Malaysia Bersedia Menyambut Tahun Baru Cina dengan Empat Strategi Utama

PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) sedang bersiap sedia untuk kenaikan jangkaan trafik di lebuh raya mereka semasa sambutan Tahun Baru Cina yang akan datang. Bagi memastikan perjalanan yang lancar dan selesa bagi pengguna lebuh raya, PLUS telah menggariskan empat strategi utama yang memberi tumpuan kepada keselesaan pengguna, pengurusan trafik, pengagihan trafik, dan komunikasi yang cekap.

Keselesaan Pengguna Lebuh Raya

Ketua Pegawai Operasi PLUS, Datuk Ir Zakaria Ahmad Zabidi, menekankan keutamaan menguruskan kesesakan di plaza tol dan lebuh raya utama untuk meningkatkan keselesaan pengguna. Untuk mencapai matlamat ini, PLUS akan menyediakan 450 kakitangan PLUSRonda untuk perondaan lebuh raya, menempatkan 1,500 staf di plaza tol, dan memastikan semua lorong tol beroperasi. Tambahan pula, kakitangan penyelenggaraan akan memastikan kebersihan di rehatan, dengan kemudahan tambahan seperti tandas dan kawasan letak kenderaan sementara disediakan di lokasi tertentu.

Pengurusan Trafik & Pengurusan Kejadian

PLUS komited terhadap pengurusan trafik yang cekap dan penanganan kejadian semasa musim perayaan. Penutupan lorong akan diminimumkan dari 5 hingga 16 Februari 2024, kecuali untuk kecemasan dan kerja-kerja penting. SmartLane akan digunakan untuk meningkatkan kapasiti lorong, manakala larangan kenderaan berat dilaksanakan pada tarikh tertentu bertujuan untuk memudahkan aliran trafik yang lebih lancar.

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PLUS Malaysia’s Strategies for Managing Traffic Surge During CNY

PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) is gearing up for the anticipated surge in traffic on its highways during the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration. To ensure a smooth and comfortable journey for highway users, PLUS has outlined four key strategies focusing on user comfort, traffic management, traffic distribution, and efficient communication.

Highway Users’ Comfort

PLUS Chief Operating Officer, Datuk Ir Zakaria Ahmad Zabidi, emphasised the priority of managing congestion at toll plazas and the mainline to enhance user comfort. To achieve this, PLUS will deploy 450 PLUSRonda personnel for highway patrol, station 1,500 staff at toll plazas, and ensure all toll lanes are operational. Additionally, maintenance staff will ensure cleanliness at rest areas, with extra facilities such as toilets and temporary parking areas provided at selected locations.

Traffic & Efficient Incident Management

PLUS is committed to efficient traffic management and incident handling during the festive season. Lane closures will be minimised from 5th to 16th February 2024, except for emergencies and critical works. The SmartLane will be utilised to increase lane capacity, while a heavy vehicle ban enforced on specific dates aims to facilitate smoother traffic flow.

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Hyundai Launches Ioniq 6 Lite And Plus Variants In Malaysia

Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has broadened its offerings in Malaysia with two new variants, the Ioniq 6 Lite and Ioniq 6 Plus, joining the previously launched Max RWD and Max AWD variants introduced in July. This expansion provides more options for Malaysian customers interested in the Ioniq 6 range.

The new Lite and Plus variants of the Ioniq 6 are single-motor rear-wheel drive (RWD) vehicles. Their 53 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery feeds a 111 kW motor that produces the same 350Nm torque figure as the Max RWD, sprinting both Lite and Plus variants to 100km/h from a standstill in just 8.8 seconds.

Range is 429km on the stringent WLTP cycle, and thanks to the 800-volt architecture shared with the Max variants, the Ioniq 6 Lite and Plus can also charge from 10% to 80% in 18 minutes, given the maximum of 350 kW DC. In fact, when plugged in to less powerful chargers, the Lite and Plus have shorter charging times than the Max variants – 10% to 80% takes 58 minutes at 50 kW DC while 0% to 100% takes 5.5 hours at 11 kW AC.

The Lite and Plus variants share much of the Max variants’ equipment, including seven airbags (including a front-centre airbag), Lane Keeping Assist, Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist, Smart Cruise Control with Stop & Go, Vehicle-to-Load (V2L), two seamlessly connected 12.3-inch screens, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity, 64-colour ambient lighting, wireless phone charging and a power tailgate.

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PLUS Anticipates 1.9 Million Vehicles On Highway During Elections

PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) is expanding its highway operations to handle the 1.9 million vehicles per day on the peak days on the North-South Expressway (NSE) between 11 August and 12 August in order to make it more comfortable for Malaysians travelling back to their hometowns or polling places in conjunction with the State Elections (PRN) .

PLUS is expanding its services at toll plazas and rest and service areas (R&R) to handle the increase in traffic on its highway.

PLUS will also temporarily halt all lane-closing highway maintenance, improvements, and construction projects from August 11 through August 13, with the exception of urgent repair work and accident clearance.

Additionally, PLUS makes sure that all public amenities, including lavatories, suraus, gas stations at R&Rs and lay-bys, are open twenty-four hours a day. Additionally, drivers are encouraged to stop every two hours for a break to avoid micro-sleeping whilst driving.

PLUS To Hold Public Pilot Test Of ‘SmartLane’ On USJ-Seafield Route

To smoothen the movement of traffic on the USJ-Seafield route, especially during peak hours on the Central Link North-South Expressway(ELITE), PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) will hold a public pilot test of ‘SmartLane’ on the route involved starting tomorrow – June 1, 2023.

The test will be carried out in collaboration with the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM), the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) and the Road Transport Department (JPJ).

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PLUS To Activate SmartLanes This Weekend For Extra Highway Capacity

During the major festive seasons, traffic volumes on the highways increase tremendously as millions of vehicles travel around the country. On other days of the year, traffic flow is generally smooth (unless there’s an accident or roadworks) and motorists can travel safely and speedily between destinations.

This weekend, PLUS Malaysia anticipates another wave of high traffic volume on its highways from Saturday till Monday (April 29 to May 1) as it is the end of the school holidays and there is also a national holiday (Labour Day) on Monday.

In view of this greater volume of traffic, the SmartLane concept will be activated along certain sections of the North-South Expressway. When activated, vehicles are permitted to use the Emergency Lane for specified periods so that there is additional lane capacity to ease the congestion.

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Keep Barriers Open On RFID Lanes To Ease Congestion At Toll Plazas During Hari Raya?

The Works Ministry is determined to have the Multi Lane Free Flow System (MLFF) on major highways from 2025. It believes that by not making vehicles slow down and almost stop – and wait for the barrier to rise – at toll plazas, the problem of congestion will be eased. Perhaps that might work although if we go by the example of the Subang toll plaza which was removed some years back, there is still congestion along that stretch of the Federal Highway.

Anyway, to have MLFF means that there will be no barrier (and no toll plaza too). The barrier has been necessary all this while because, surprisingly, there is no law which makes it an offence not to pay toll. It is treated like a ‘business matter’ and the toll concessionaire has to go after the vehicle owner who does not pay the required toll. Obviously, it will be very challenging to do so, and likely to require a lot of manpower and time tracking down toll-evaders.

For this reason, all toll plazas had had a barrier since the first tolled highway was opened along the Slim River Highway in the 1960s. It’s to protect the interests of toll concessionaires though why toll evasion was never made an offence is unknown.

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Seven Months Partial Lane Closure For NKVE

The New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) will have a seven-month partial lane closure starting on March 30 from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

This is to accommodate upgrading works of a new railway bridge by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) between the Shah Alam and Subang exchange.

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More RFID Lanes At Toll Plazas Along North-South Expressway

Good news for those who use Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags to pay toll. Additional lanes lanes have now been created and are open at various toll plazas along the North-South Expressway (NSE). The work carried out by PLUS, the concessionaire, was completed earlier than planned (mid-April).

In total, there 12 additional RFID lanes which are at the Penang Bridge, Setia Alam, Subang, Jalan Duta, Putra Mahkota, Kajang, Kubang Semang, Sungai Besi, Shah Alam, Sungai Buloh, and Rawang Selatan toll plazas.

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Preparations for Aidilfitri: SmartLane System Reactivated and Road Improvements Underway

PLUS Malaysia Bersedia Menyambut Tahun Baru Cina dengan Empat Strategi Utama

PLUS Malaysia’s Strategies for Managing Traffic Surge During CNY

Hyundai Launches Ioniq 6 Lite And Plus Variants In Malaysia

PLUS Anticipates 1.9 Million Vehicles On Highway During Elections

PLUS To Hold Public Pilot Test Of ‘SmartLane’ On USJ-Seafield Route

PLUS To Activate SmartLanes This Weekend For Extra Highway Capacity

Keep Barriers Open On RFID Lanes To Ease Congestion At Toll Plazas During Hari Raya?

Seven Months Partial Lane Closure For NKVE

More RFID Lanes At Toll Plazas Along North-South Expressway

Preparations for Aidilfitri: SmartLane System Reactivated and Road Improvements Underway

PLUS Malaysia Bersedia Menyambut Tahun Baru Cina dengan Empat Strategi Utama

PLUS Malaysia’s Strategies for Managing Traffic Surge During CNY

Hyundai Launches Ioniq 6 Lite And Plus Variants In Malaysia

PLUS Anticipates 1.9 Million Vehicles On Highway During Elections

PLUS To Hold Public Pilot Test Of ‘SmartLane’ On USJ-Seafield Route

PLUS To Activate SmartLanes This Weekend For Extra Highway Capacity

Keep Barriers Open On RFID Lanes To Ease Congestion At Toll Plazas During Hari Raya?

Seven Months Partial Lane Closure For NKVE

More RFID Lanes At Toll Plazas Along North-South Expressway

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