Transportations & Getting Around

Updated: 2024-09-18.

As of 2024Q3, Grab is so cheap and so convenient it will likely be your primary mode of transport. But you may still want to live close to a MRT/LRT station just for you to have 2nd option to beat the jam in the city.

App hailing:

• Apps in use: Grab, Airasia Ride (inside Airasia super app), and InDrive.
• Grab no longer monopolise KL market, I found it considerably easier to get a ride with InDrive albeit with a higher fare proposed. HOWEVER, Grab and Airasia should still be safer than InDrive due to better compliance.
• Grab: If you can’t get any 4-seaters at late night, instead of calling 4-seater plus/premium, just call a 6-seaters.

Street hailing: Don’t even think about hailing a taxi off the street, KL taxis are daylight robbers and the raison d’etre of Grab.

The best train lines to live next to: MRT Kajang line and LRT Kelana Jaya line. These 2 pass through the most tourist attractions and business districts. They see substantially higher ridership than all other lines.

The good train lines: Other LRT & MRT lines like Putrajaya, Ampang, Sri Petaling lines. Their frequency is high and cabins are comfortable, but they don’t go through foreigners’ places of interest.

The bad train lines: KL Monorail, all KTM commuter lines. Their frequency is too low to be useful.