 Traffic Jam Prone Spots on Penang Island
If you are new or are going to relocate here, you should find out about the traffic-jam-prone spots on Penang Island. These are the roads that will easily get congested. Avoid them during rush hour - 6:30 am to 8:30 am in the morning, 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the evening. Traffic jams are worst on Friday evening, and roads leading to the Penang Bridge are the most badly affected, as commuters leave the island for the weekend.
Within George Town, avoid going anywhere near large schools built in front of narrow major roads. The worst jams occur around these schools, caused by school buses and cars parked haphazardly while waiting for students. Schools to note include Penang Chinese Girls' High School and Convent Light Street.
Spots Prone to Traffic Jams on Penang Island
- Scotland Road, in front of Union High School
Cause: Traffic lights at the Scotland Road - York Road - Jalan Batu Gantong intersection. The purpose of the traffic light is to allow school buses to enter York Road from the Scotland Road.
- Flyover, in front of Penang State Mosque, from Scotland Road to Green Lane
Cause: Traffic merging at bottleneck at the end of the flyover.
- Gottlieb Road, in front of Penang Chinese Girls' High School
Cause: School buses and cars waiting in front of school to pick up students.
- Farquhar Street, in front of Convent Light Street
Cause: School buses and cars waiting in front of school to pick up students.
- Jalan Bukit Gambir, in front of USM Back Gate
Cause: Traffic light at in front of USM Back Gate not timed according to traffic volume.
- Lim Chong Eu Expressway, at Prangin Road Ghaut junction
Cause: Traffic light not timed according to low volume of traffic entering Prangin Road Ghaut from Weld Quay, causing higher volume from expressway to build up.
- Lim Chong Eu Expressway, in front of Batu Uban
Cause: Long-redundant pedestrian bridge creating a bottleneck where the six-lane expressway is reduced to four.
- Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, at Batu Uban traffic lights
Cause: Traffic lights interrupted smooth traffic flow on Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah.
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