Huge Putra Mosque
In contrast to Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya is a vast, well-planned city that houses many government buildings. It’s exclusive function seems to serve as a grid full of federal department headquarters. The city is impressive to say the least, the huge Putra Mosque and the office of the Prime Minister rests around a 100m wide roundabout with parking on both sides. The buildings are so massive that parked cars look like part of the curb! Look at the photo on the left for a sense of scale.
Parking in front of the Prime Minister office
I visited the city on the Hari Raya weekend so the streets were empty. So empty that you could, in theory, run every single traffic light and end up just fine. I could drive along the 6-lane boulevards without seeing another vehicle for three or four blocks at a time. Speaking of blocks, the distances between buildings are huge, you really do need to drive in this town. All they need now is to figure out a way to put in public transport efficiently. I got to park right on the Prime Minister’s driveway without an issue.
A very wide boulevard
On-street parking wasn’t available in town because the only people that go there are probably all on government business and use the carparks in the buildings. So I just parked on the sidewalk, an empty sidewalk that was three-lanes wide in itself, I didn’t feel bad at all.
