localbest
12-05-2015, 11:11 PM
Would like to start a new thread to provide detail information for the benefit of spore samsters who have their own transport to help them find their way to the cheong places in Johor bahru.
Having own transport like car, van, motorcycles, scooter, etc can help explore more places than taking public transport and walking by foot in the shortest possible time.
Any information or questions/queries pertaining to how to go to a certain joint are welcome to post here. :D
Having stayed in JB for many years, have witnessed the transformation of the road system in JB town and outskirt areas. :p
Sometimes GPS or goggle map information may not be up to date as the city of Johor Bahru is constantly undergoing a major change and improvement in its infrastructure. :)
The following are some examples:
1) Changed to one way street from two way roads like Jalan Tun Abdul Razak (between city square and JB sentral building) due to the increase in vehicle traffic flow as the newly constructed komtar building and city square have attracted many visitors to its shopping mall.
2) More trunk roads expanded to ease the traffic jam like having increase of 2 or 3 more lanes. Example : Some part of Jalan Tebrau and Jalan skudai.
3) More road interchanges have been built to link up the highway and trunk road as well as to allow vehicle to U-turn. Example: seri-alam interchange, taman perling interchange, taman tasek interchange at end of jalan tun Abdul razak, Ledang height interchange near 2nd link, etc
4) More flyovers have been built over the recent years to eliminate the need to wait at the traffic light and provide continuous travel end up reduce travelling time from point A to B. The most recent flyover constructed which was opened to traffic was near kampong melayu majidee area along jalan tebrau. Another important flyover is at the intersection between pasir gudang highway and jalan pandan where the ex-Carrefour is
5) More road bridges are constructed to cater to the increase in traffic during peak period. Example is the newly constructed bridge that link Taman Bayu Puteri to Permas Jaya.
Before that the Permas Jaya bridge only has 2 lanes, one lane for each direction with no centre divider. It often cause congestion even during off peak period. However, when the other new Permas Jaya bridge is ready with 2 new lanes, both bridges now have 2 lanes in each directions.
6) More highways been built to link up the townships directly eliminating the need to travel one big round. JB has been very successful in this. For the past 2-3 years period only, the following newly constructed highways are already in operation:
a) EDL highway link the CIQ directly to the North South highway at pandan with many exit along the highway leading to permas jaya, taman sentosa, taman pelangi, etc. It also help to ease the heavy traffic at Jalan Tebrau.
b) JB east coast highway link permas jaya town to the east of JB like taman megaria, taman rinting without the need to travel to pasir gudang highway.
c) Senai-Desaru expressway that link senai airport at the west to taman gaya at the north and then to desaru at the east. Last time I remember driving from JB town to Desaru takes me 2 hours plus to reach because during that time there were only those small, rundown and indirect road linking to desaru. But with the newly constructed Senai-Desaru expressway, only take me half an hour to reach there, super fast and direct, thumbs up JB !
d) The improvement to Taman Perling interchange provide direct link for travelling between Jalan skudai both directions, pasir gudang highway and perling road which reduce the hassle to look for U-turn.
e) One of the most important expressway is Jalan sungei danga - kota iskandar expressway. Before this highway was constructed, travelling from JB town to Bukit Indah area becomes very tedious and long as it needs to go to taman perling first before heading down to bukit indah.
After the Jalan sungei danga - kota iskandar expressway has been built, it provided a direct link from JB town via jalan tun abdul razak directly to Bukit Indah, saving all the hassle and time travelling to there.
Having own transport like car, van, motorcycles, scooter, etc can help explore more places than taking public transport and walking by foot in the shortest possible time.
Any information or questions/queries pertaining to how to go to a certain joint are welcome to post here. :D
Having stayed in JB for many years, have witnessed the transformation of the road system in JB town and outskirt areas. :p
Sometimes GPS or goggle map information may not be up to date as the city of Johor Bahru is constantly undergoing a major change and improvement in its infrastructure. :)
The following are some examples:
1) Changed to one way street from two way roads like Jalan Tun Abdul Razak (between city square and JB sentral building) due to the increase in vehicle traffic flow as the newly constructed komtar building and city square have attracted many visitors to its shopping mall.
2) More trunk roads expanded to ease the traffic jam like having increase of 2 or 3 more lanes. Example : Some part of Jalan Tebrau and Jalan skudai.
3) More road interchanges have been built to link up the highway and trunk road as well as to allow vehicle to U-turn. Example: seri-alam interchange, taman perling interchange, taman tasek interchange at end of jalan tun Abdul razak, Ledang height interchange near 2nd link, etc
4) More flyovers have been built over the recent years to eliminate the need to wait at the traffic light and provide continuous travel end up reduce travelling time from point A to B. The most recent flyover constructed which was opened to traffic was near kampong melayu majidee area along jalan tebrau. Another important flyover is at the intersection between pasir gudang highway and jalan pandan where the ex-Carrefour is
5) More road bridges are constructed to cater to the increase in traffic during peak period. Example is the newly constructed bridge that link Taman Bayu Puteri to Permas Jaya.
Before that the Permas Jaya bridge only has 2 lanes, one lane for each direction with no centre divider. It often cause congestion even during off peak period. However, when the other new Permas Jaya bridge is ready with 2 new lanes, both bridges now have 2 lanes in each directions.
6) More highways been built to link up the townships directly eliminating the need to travel one big round. JB has been very successful in this. For the past 2-3 years period only, the following newly constructed highways are already in operation:
a) EDL highway link the CIQ directly to the North South highway at pandan with many exit along the highway leading to permas jaya, taman sentosa, taman pelangi, etc. It also help to ease the heavy traffic at Jalan Tebrau.
b) JB east coast highway link permas jaya town to the east of JB like taman megaria, taman rinting without the need to travel to pasir gudang highway.
c) Senai-Desaru expressway that link senai airport at the west to taman gaya at the north and then to desaru at the east. Last time I remember driving from JB town to Desaru takes me 2 hours plus to reach because during that time there were only those small, rundown and indirect road linking to desaru. But with the newly constructed Senai-Desaru expressway, only take me half an hour to reach there, super fast and direct, thumbs up JB !
d) The improvement to Taman Perling interchange provide direct link for travelling between Jalan skudai both directions, pasir gudang highway and perling road which reduce the hassle to look for U-turn.
e) One of the most important expressway is Jalan sungei danga - kota iskandar expressway. Before this highway was constructed, travelling from JB town to Bukit Indah area becomes very tedious and long as it needs to go to taman perling first before heading down to bukit indah.
After the Jalan sungei danga - kota iskandar expressway has been built, it provided a direct link from JB town via jalan tun abdul razak directly to Bukit Indah, saving all the hassle and time travelling to there.