Larkin Terminal traders get help
Rizalman Hammim

THE Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry has taken steps to "adopt" the traders at the Larkin public transport terminal as part of an effort to help them improve their business and overcome any problems faced.

http://www.nst.com.my/JohorBuzz/Tuesday/Stories/2311026/insidepix1?display=small
INSIDE VIEW: Traders at Larkin Terminal complain of high charges imposed by the management company.

Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said the move by the ministry was the first, entailing the formation of a committee comprising traders and ministry officials.

"Previously, whenever the ministry was mentioned, people would immediately associate us with enforcement or price control.

"We also have a duty to help improve businesses, especially for the small traders."


He said this after a dialogue with the Larkin Terminal Traders' Association recently.

The traders had voiced their dissatisfaction over several issues during the dialogue, especially on the high rent and parking charges imposed by the management of the terminal, Damansara Assets Sdn Bhd.

Among other grouses heard included the unsatisfactory business environment at the terminal.

Shahrir asked for the setting up of a committee, made up of representatives from the ministry's Johor branch, the traders and the management company, to discuss the problems and recommend solutions.

"The committee will have two weeks to meet and come up with suggestions, after which they will present them to me for further action," said Shahrir.

"If other government agencies are needed in the meetings, then we will invite them too."

Shahrir said he chose to introduce the initiative to help traders in Johor Baru because he was also the member of parliament for the area.

"This will be a test and if it is successful, we will introduce it to other areas as well."

I think Pasar Seni of PUTRA LRT station need upgrade since it was one of the hot spot tourist destination..Petaling street/China town! Me and my fren in June 2008 said KL got skytrain before BKK but lack of maintenance...

Nazrey that is not the only station that needs some upgrading!!10 years in operation the managment thinks there is no need for a simple coat of paint,Upgrading of the lighting system and once and for all make sure the damm ticketing machines works!!

Nazrey that is not the only station that needs some upgrading!!10 years in operation the managment thinks there is no need for a simple coat of paint,Upgrading of the lighting system and once and for all make sure the damm ticketing machines works!!

You are right ...I won't beleive if i won't see by myself!!

the world famous Puduraya Station :nuts::nuts:

http://pbasister.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/puduraya_in_the_afternoon_kuala_lumpur_february_2007.jpg

http://www.malaysiasite.nl/images/foto1.jpg

Can't believe Pudu STAR LRT station still worst for 10 years in operation! and can't imagine walking link to the bus terminal, Just a nightmare for me for a while :puke:

I agree walking from the puduraya bus station to the STAR LRT station is a nightmare.Many drug addicts/dodgy characters will attempt to talk to you into buying crap or lure you to a dark corner.One of my friend was approached by a gang inside the STAR LRT station and forced to give them his wallet.

I'd really love to see our PM and former PM walk this route.

^^

Not to mention, rusty steel floors, which feels like it's giving away...

Terminal Putra Gombak

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Terminal_PUTRA_station_(Gombak)_(Kelana_Jaya_Line)_(exterior),_Kuala_Lumpur.jpg/800px-Terminal_PUTRA_station_(Gombak)_(Kelana_Jaya_Line)_(exterior),_Kuala_Lumpur.jpg

New bus station for Jelapang
Wednesday August 6, 2008
By IVAN LOH
TheStar

A NEW RM30mil bus terminal with environmentally-friendly landscaping is being planned for Bandar Meru Raya in Jelapang, Ipoh, after years of delay.

State Education, Local Govern-ment, Housing and Public Transport Committee chairman Nga Kor Ming said the project would be completely different from the one proposed earlier.

The terminal, he said, located on a 4.8ha plot next to the Jelapang North-South Expressway (PLUS) toll, will have a garden and surrounded by trees instead of a concrete fencing.

He said the greenery surrounding would make the terminal more pleasant.

Nga said they were in the final stages of negotiating with a consortium of bus operators on the proposed terminal.

“The consortium will fund the entire project,” he said.

If all goes well, the project will start at the end of the year. It will take two years to build the terminal.

Nga also said the consortium would also have to replace the aging city buses with 300 new vehicles, which were estimated to cost some RM180 million, to complement the terminal.

“With the new terminal, buses and new routes within the Kinta Valley, we hope to encourage more people to use public transport.”

He said the whole purpose of having a terminal next to the toll plaza was to enable express buses from Penang or Kuala Lumpur have quick access to Ipoh instead of having to enter the city and get caught in traffic jams.

Perak Omnibus Operators Association president Yeoh Choo Hoon, during its annual dinner on Friday, thanked the state government to let the operators plan, build and manage their own terminal.

Melaka Sentral
One of the main landmarks greeting your presence in Melaka.

Melaka Sentral is the largest public transportation terminal in Melaka city, Melaka, Malaysia. It is located between Lebuh AMJ (Jalan Tun Abdul Razak) and Jalan Panglima Awang.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/42/114126080_24235a86cc_o.jpg

The 1st air-cond bus terminal in Malaysia?

by ethan

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/ethandillon/melaka%20sentral/Picture017.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/ethandillon/melaka%20sentral/Picture005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/ethandillon/melaka%20sentral/Picture018.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/ethandillon/melaka%20sentral/Picture021.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/ethandillon/melaka%20sentral/Picture016.jpg

KL SENTRAL MELAKA SENTRAL PENANG SENTRAL PJ SENTRAL and wats next???

KUCHING SENTRAL
by Cheng of catscity.com

http://www.catscity.com.my/uploads/newbb/1211_47a2d1331d0eb.jpg

Kuching Sentral

JWDG_4pb5zA

I like Melaka Sentral.Sort of like KLIA coz they got a small garden in the middle.

Puts Puduraya and Hentian Duta in KL to shame.

Kuching– a focal point for travelers
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Borneo Post

IT’S a mini KL Central of sorts. Once in operation, in about 24 months from now, the RM60 million project would be the first of its kind not only in Kuching but the whole of Sarawak.

It would be tranformed into a single, consolidated transportation hub that would immensely improve conveyance service for thousands of commuters in and around Kuching daily.

With its implementation, traffic congestions would be alleviated while passenger safety enhanced, jobs created and economic growth stimulated.

Such a user-friendly facility is no pipe dream but a vision of the State government that is steadily taking shape.

Aptly named Kuching Sentral, it would be the only fully-integrated regional transportation terminal in the State capital and, for that matter, Sarawak.

Strategically located at the Mile 61/2 junction of Penrissen Road and Airport Road, this new public transport artery, for which earthwork started last December, is only about three minutes’ drive from Kuching International Airport and 20 minutes from Kuching City.

Because it is located away from the city, traffic gridlocks can be avoided. Indeed, it is a timely initiative to significantly improve traffic flow in and around the city. Roads in the area are being widened into dual-carriageways complete with traffic lights.

A transportation hub or transport interchange is where traffic is exchanged across several modes which may include railway, tramway, metro or rapid transit, bus, coach, automobile, truck, airplane, spacecraft, ship, ferry, pedestrian, or any other kind of transport.

The term is used both for passenger and freight transfers. Some hubs also allow transport to be exchanged between the same kind of transport modes.

The completion of Kuching Sentral two years from now will, therefore, provide a focal point for travellers, integrating different modes of transportation such as stage buses, taxis, hired vans as well as sea and river crafts.

Daily express buses to and from regional centres like Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu, Mukah, Bintulu and Miri as well those from Pontianak, Indonesia and Sungai Tujuh, Brunei, will be operating from the terminal.

Right from the point of arrival, it will be convenient for commuters with city buses providing a seamless link to any destination within Kuching city and regional buses linking them to major destinations throughout Sarawak. Alternatively, commuters can choose other transport options like taxis and hired vans.

Built with 11 bays for car rentals, 42 for regional buses, and an additional 67 for city buses, Kuching Sentral will be big enough to support a high passenger traffic at any given time, at the same time, serving as a regional transportation hub capable of not only accommodating high traffic volume but also meeting the needs of shoppers with a modern complex free from parking problems.

Like most transportation hubs in major cities of the world, the design of Kuching Sentral incorporates a shopping centre that promises modernity, convenience and comfort not only to travellers but also shoppers.

Poised to be a retail and transportation hub in the State capital, this seven-acre three-storey bus terminal cum shopping complex will set a new standard in the way people travel and shop.

Cafes and restaurants will be provided, and additional facilities like luggage storage, premium rest rooms, Wi Fi, ATM machines and prayer rooms, among others, have been planned to ensure a comfortable transit.

Commuters alighting at this facility will also be greeted with a pleasant and welcoming ambiance — a 25,000 sq ft supermarket, and a 21,000 sq ft departmental store together with restaurants, fashion boutiques, beauty and healthcare centres, gift shops, pharmacies and many more.

A total of 152 retail units, and over 30 specialty kiosks will be available … in addition to more than 380 open and basement parking bays equipped with CCTVs and guarded at strategic zones.

The fully integrated transport terminal is part of the State government’s vision and effort to improve bus services in the city. With an estimated capacity of 12,000 daily passengers, it represents a giant leap forward vis-à-vis the betterment of public transport in the city.

Setting a new milestone in the State’s public transport system, Kuching Sentral bears the signature foreign architectural influence. The new interchange will replace the existing bus station and play an important part in the regeneration of the town centre.

Spearheading the development is Permodalan Amanah Saham Sarawak (Assar) Sdn Bhd, a company incorporated to enhance the performance of the State’s unit trust fund, Assar.

The model of the Assar-owned Kuching Sentral was unveiled by Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud on Jan 31.

Among those present at the ceremony were Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu, Housing Minister Dato Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg, Land Development Minister Dato Sri Dr James Masing, Assistant Minister of Environment Dr Abang Abdul Rauf Abang Zen and Assar chairman Tan Sri Bujang Nor.

KL SENTRAL MELAKA SENTRAL PENANG SENTRAL PJ SENTRAL and wats next???

Ha.....more and more "SENTRAL"s.......

Senawang Sentral
http://www.mrcb.com.my/english/coreactivities/kv.html#senawang

Klang Sentral
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/10/central/17058990&sec=central

Then you got Kuantan Sentral (if the KL-Kuantan HSR ever to be realised), JB Sentral.....

Madness, especially even some commercial area with don't have much purpose for transport hub got that word....

Welcome to Malaysia where words like "Walk" are used in every city's broad pedestrian walkways ( Bintang Walk started this which is cool at first too :D )

In the Klang Valley we've got tons of Damansaras while Penang had got all the Bayans.

Terminal sementara selesa

Oleh WAN NAJIB WAN DAUD


http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2008/0808/Utusan_Malaysia/Utara/wu_01.1.jpg
TERMINAL Pengangkutan Sementara Penang Sentral akan digunakan untuk kemudahan orang ramai sehingga kerja-kerja pembinaan hab pengangkutan Penang Sentral siap dibangunkan kelak. - Gambar SAZALI CHE DIN

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



BUTTERWORTH 7 Ogos - Terminal Pengangkutan Sementara Penang Sentral yang dirasmikan oleh Menteri Kewangan Kedua, Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop 20 Julai lalu merupakan rentetan daripada salah satu inisiatif kerajaan Pusat untuk menjadikan Pulau Pinang sebagai gerbang pengangkutan di bawah Wilayah Ekonomi Koridor Utara (NCER).

Walaupun hanya bersifat sementara, pembangunan Penang Sentral sudah cukup untuk membuktikan komitmen kerajaan Pusat bagi menyediakan kemudahan yang selesa kepada sistem pengangkutan bersepadu.

Dibangunkan oleh Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd. (MRCB) dengan kerjasama Pelaburan Hartanah Bumiputera Bhd. (PHBB), terminal sementara itu menelan kos RM5 juta melibatkan pembinaan bangunan satu tingkat di atas tanah hampir satu hektar dan diuruskan oleh anak syarikat milik penuh MRCB, Semasa Sentral Sdn. Bhd.

Ia turut menyediakan 33 ruang kaunter tiket, 28 platform bas, 46 petak teksi, surau lelaki dan wanita, tandas awam, eskalator untuk pejalan kaki menaiki feri, kaunter polis serta kemudahan-kemudahan asas untuk keselesaan pengguna.

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif PHBB, Kamarul Ariffin Othman berkata, memandangkan kedudukannya bersebelahan dengan terminal feri, ia mampu memberi keselesaan kepada 4,500 pengguna dalam sehari atau purata 80,000 pengguna pengangkutan awam sebulan.

"Terminal sementara mencatatkan sejarah pembinaannya kerana projek pertama diberikan kelulusan Perakuan Siap dan Pematuhan (CCC) oleh Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai (MPSP)," katanya di sini baru-baru ini.

Projek Penang Sentral dibangunkan dengan nilai pembangunan kasarnya (GDV) RM2 bilion berjalan mengikut jadual dan mengikut kaedah pantas dan disasarkan siap sepenuhnya tahun 2015.

Pembangunan Penang Sentral dijangka bermula suku pertama tahun depan dengan fasa pertama menelan kos RM300 juta manakala fasa berikutnya akan berjalan berdasarkan jadual projek.

Ia disasarkan untuk mengukuhkan Pulau Pinang sebagai hab NCER dan dibina di kawasan seluas 12.8 hektar, berdekatan terminal feri Sultan Abdul Halim di Butterworth.

Menurut Kamarul Ariffin, terminal itu akan diuruskan oleh anak syarikat milik penuh MRCB, Semasa Sentral Sdn. Bhd., dan menawarkan perkhidmatan seperti pengurusan lalu lintas yang melibatkan laluan bas henti-henti dan bas ekspres, teksi, khidmat pelanggan, operasi dan penyenggaraan bangunan.

Memandangkan kedudukan terminal yang strategik, Kamarul Ariffin berkata, ia boleh dijadikan pintu masuk utama ke Pulau Pinang kerana adanya perkhidmatan pengangkutan awam lain seperti feri dan kereta api.

Setakat ini katanya, terminal sementara mempunyai 49 syarikat bas yang berdaftar dan akan beroperasi di situ bagi mengambil dan menurun penumpang untuk ke destinasi di seluruh negara.

Namun katanya, pihaknya menjangkakan pertambahan bilangan pengendali bas terutamanya menjelang musim perayaan nanti.

Bagaimanapun, pengendali bas awam RapidPenang Sdn. Bhd., telah menjadikan terminal itu sebagai hab operasi mereka di Seberang Perai dan beroperasi selepas ia dirasmikan.

so what hapend 2 dis???

klang sentral (http://www.titijaya.com.my/index.php?p=lp-detail&fid=365&cat=79)

http://www.altruism.com.my/atweb/site/titijaya/uploads/projects/images/Klang%20logo%20Final%20(O)%20copy-small.jpg

A BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) Agreement for the local bus and taxi terminal as well as the express bus terminal was signed in January 2007. Piling for the former has been completed, and the local terminal is expected to be ready by end-2007 whilst the express bus terminal will follow soon after.

This, coupled with the soon-to-be-announced well-known operators for the hypermarket and fast-food drive-thru, make Klang Sentral the ultimate business/investment choice along the North Klang Growth Corridor.

There are 3-storey shops/offices available for sale, both en-bloc as well as by strata from only RM130,000 with a down-payment from as low as RM3,888.


http://www.altruism.com.my/atweb/site/titijaya/uploads/projects/images/Klang%20Sentral-combined%20pics.jpg

And what about this!!

Permai Central Transpot Hub

http://www.equine.com.my/images/sh_permaiCentral01.jpg

http://www.equine.com.my/images/sh_permaiCentral02.jpg

http://www.equine.com.my/images/sh_permaiCentral03.jpg

http://www.equine.com.my/images/sh_permaiCentral04.jpg

http://www.equine.com.my/images/sh_permaiCentral05.jpg

whn r dey guin 2 open dis station???

http://a292.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/66/l_9961a21f4ef640b7680794d74889893b.jpg

http://a826.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/103/l_e7a3780309870fb242ed1d184d747879.jpg

http://a789.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/88/l_dded1d7d42d17cb191077a4e27f45bc4.jpg

Kuching Sentral

JWDG_4pb5zA

Plan to transform city’s bus service
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
The Borneo Post

IF our city is to see a thorough revamp of its public transport system, an efficient bus service is definitely a top priority although this goes beyond just shopping for new buses.

There are new routes to consider, old ones to re-place, bus lanes to allocate, terminals to build … and many more. Presently, there are more than 150 city buses plying some 50 routes.

The Kuching City Bus Services Sdn Bhd (KCBS) has come up with a plan to transform the current moribund system into what hopefully will be a sustainable operation.

Giving a rundown on the proposed plan, KCBS chief administrative officer, William Chan, said the first thing was to sort out the routes and then divide the operation into two sections: suburban feeder service and inner city circle linkage service.

Under this system, the buses will no longer be given numbers like now. The routes will be incorporated into three separate lines and distinguished by colours — yellow, blue and red.

“If you see a yellow bus, then it goes along the yellow line route and the bus stops will also be painted yellow so that people can easily identify route they are taking,” Chan explained.

When the plan is implemented, the Kuching Sentral project — an RM60 million integrated public transportation hub — should already be operational as the city’s only regional transportation terminal-cum-shopping centre.

Other modes of transport like ‘kereta sewa’ and suburban feeder buses will use the hub for passengers to change to the inner city circle linkage service.

Chan said this would save travelling time and fare.

“For instance, the present service along the Kuching-Serian route entails a turn-around journey of 200 minutes at a frequency of 30 minutes for RM5. With the hub, the time will be reduced to a 120-minute turn-around, shortening the frequency to 20 minutes at a fare of RM3.50 … perhaps with the same number of buses.”

He pointed out the KCBS understood the need for ‘kereta sewa’ because they serviced the routes to housing estates.

“So phase II will be organising kereta sewa to link up the buses via an easy payment system under the FlexiDay Pass. Ultimately, there will be a 24/7 (24 hours — seven days) on-call door-to-door service.”

The KCBS is presently negotiating with ketera sawa operators on this.

According to Chan, the main concern now is the non-subsidy for diesel.

“We hope to incorporate kereta sawa into our system and ask for subsidy for them later,” he said.

The KCBS is also keen to work with cabbies, especially their radio-call service, and taking steps to start negotiations soon.

Phase III focuses on improving traffic flow and will feature a new mass transit point for students, hence removing the need for parents to drive to city to send or pick up their schooling children.

Here, public school buses will provide service from residential areas to the interchange, and from there, the inner city circle linkage service will provide free rides between schools and the interchange.

“We’ll do whatever we can to provide security for the children such as using ID tags fashioned in the best possible way … like a bracelet. As soon as the child boards the bus, a computer will capture the tag and we’ll know the child is on board.

“For a certain fee, we can provide a report via SMS or the internet to inform parents that their children have boarded the bus. We can also install a video cam in the bus,” Chan explained.

KCBS also envisages modern public transport infrastructure like bus lanes and tube-like bus stops in the city and the use of bicycles, tricycles and airport limo service for tourists.

“We need a transport policy, an integrated one, and also a main body to coordinate all these. It’s time to give back to society,” he said.

Meanwhile, to improve our public transport, it helps to look at countries with efficient systems.

Dr Andrew Aeria from the Unimas faculty of Social Sciences cited Singapore as an example.

He said public transport was meant to serve the public and not for private gain, and the bus service in Singapore did not make profit but ran at a loss.

“The real focus is providing a transport service in the interest of the public. So more often than not, a public transport system is subsidised from public funds,” he added.

Indeed, Singapore’s public transport system is to be emulated given that it has been tried and tested.

Most people who have been to the island republic will definitely give its public transport the thumbs-up. Comfortable modern buses there provide up-to-the-minute service, not forgetting the MRT system running below the bustling city state.

Public transport in Singapore has advanced so much that commuters there no longer need to pay with money to get around. All they need to do is zap their citylink travel cards on mini-scanners before boarding the MRT and the buses.

While some have argued that this is only possible in Singapore because of its smaller land area, Aeria begs to differ.

“Look at Curitiba in Brazil. Although a third world city in the middle of the country, it has probably the best public transport system in the world along with an extremely high standard of living.

“Kuching city is small. In fact, all the cities in Malaysia are small by world standard — even Kuala Lumpur — so do not equate the problems of public transport in Malaysia with the size of the whole country. Instead, look at localised cities. Why talk about the whole country when we can’t even run a decent public transport in a small town. Get that right first,” he suggested.

He also said Kuching should consider having the tram system since the city is quite flat and such a system would be very convenient for commuters.

According to Aeria, Brisbane in Australia is another example of a city with a good public transport.

During a trip there, all he needed to do to get to the airport was to take a river ferry that by-passes the whole city, get off at a certain point, press a button at a taxi-stop and a cabby would show up within a few minutes to take him to the airport for just five Aussie dollars.

Aeria said taxis (like Kuching’s) were not considered public transport because they were privately licensed vehicles offering a transport service.

“If you talk about taxis, they are a privately run system but you need to regulate them … find a system for them to earn a living.”

However, he was quick to add that there was still a demand for taxis, especially by those who wanted privacy when travelling, and because of the on-call service provided.

The most common complaints about taxis are that some do not use metre fares and tend to take passengers for a ride, and that there are very few of them doing the round, he noted.

Lesson from Curitiba

Bus company stakeholders could perhaps learn from Curitiba, a city of three million with one of the best urban plannings in the world and an internationally renowned transport system, introduced by its former mayor, Jamie Lerner, an architect, over 30 years ago. Unlike those from other Latin American cities at the time, Curitiba’s planners decided to address the process of transportation as an integrative approach to assist in the city’s development.

The planners recognised that a proper transport system could serve as the backbone for the city’s growth in the future.

Curitiba decided to use buses for its public transport because they were the most cost-effective.

Under the Research and Urban Planning Institute of Curitiba, a mass transport system was developed and today, it covers eight neighbourhood cities and transports 1.9 million passengers daily with an 89 percent approval rating.

To accommodate the growing population over the past 30 years, the system has grown to utilise varying types of bus services within the metropolitan areas and surrounding municipalities.

The Integrated Transport Network now operating 1,902 buses is connected by the tube stations and terminals and also incorporates an express bus system serving as a surface subway for the city of Curitiba.

In line with this, the city has also paid due attention to preserving and caring for its green areas, boasting 54 square metres of green space per inhabitant.

All this was due to the approval of Curitiba’s Master Plan in 1966 where guidelines were set to restructure the city’s radial configuration into a linear model of urban expansion.

The city’s urban planners realise that transportation land use and road systems can be utlised as integrative tools of development in compliance with approved guidelines.

the world famous Puduraya Station :nuts::nuts:

http://pbasister.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/puduraya_in_the_afternoon_kuala_lumpur_february_2007.jpg

http://www.malaysiasite.nl/images/foto1.jpg

i remembered going to this Puduraya bus terminal... really looked like a "warzone", chaotic, and in a mess (everything just adds up together with no sense of order at all)...:nuts: when i was entering from the LRT station i was besieged by a "number" of ticket touts shouting "Melaka, Melaka..." and "JB, JB..." :nuts: luckily i've previously bought the bus ticket from a Transnasional ticket vendor just when I got down from the LRT station so I can just walk pass by those touts easily... somehow the bus station seems "out of place" when compared to the grandness of Kuala Lumpur International Airport and KL Sentral...

and the traffic in front of this bus terminal is just...:nuts: somehow it's a good thing i came to this bus terminal using the LRT...^-^"

anyways i really like the Melaka Sentral bus terminal. it's really neat (got off the intercity bus and just follow the sign into the local bus stand) and so organised compared to Puduraya... and those horrible touts are not around as well...:okay:

^^

Part of the operation in Puduraya will be shifted to the new Bandar Tasik Selatan integrated transport terminal, when it is completed.....that's for southern route...

Plan to transform city’s bus service
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
The Borneo Post

The Kuching City Bus Services Sdn Bhd (KCBS) has come up with a plan to transform the current moribund system into what hopefully will be a sustainable operation.

Giving a rundown on the proposed plan, KCBS chief administrative officer, William Chan, said the first thing was to sort out the routes and then divide the operation into two sections: suburban feeder service and inner city circle linkage service.

Under this system, the buses will no longer be given numbers like now. The routes will be incorporated into three separate lines and distinguished by colours — yellow, blue and red.

“If you see a yellow bus, then it goes along the yellow line route and the bus stops will also be painted yellow so that people can easily identify route they are taking,” Chan explained.

He pointed out the KCBS understood the need for ‘kereta sewa’ because they serviced the routes to housing estates.

“So phase II will be organising kereta sewa to link up the buses via an easy payment system under the FlexiDay Pass. Ultimately, there will be a 24/7 (24 hours — seven days) on-call door-to-door service.”

The KCBS is presently negotiating with ketera sawa operators on this.


KCBS also envisages modern public transport infrastructure like bus lanes and tube-like bus stops in the city and the use of bicycles, tricycles and airport limo service for tourists.

“We need a transport policy, an integrated one, and also a main body to coordinate all these. It’s time to give back to society,” he said.

Meanwhile, to improve our public transport, it helps to look at countries with efficient systems.

Dr Andrew Aeria from the Unimas faculty of Social Sciences cited Singapore as an example.

He said public transport was meant to serve the public and not for private gain, and the bus service in Singapore did not make profit but ran at a loss.

“The real focus is providing a transport service in the interest of the public. So more often than not, a public transport system is subsidised from public funds,” he added.

“Look at Curitiba in Brazil. Although a third world city in the middle of the country, it has probably the best public transport system in the world along with an extremely high standard of living.

“Kuching city is small. In fact, all the cities in Malaysia are small by world standard — even Kuala Lumpur — so do not equate the problems of public transport in Malaysia with the size of the whole country. Instead, look at localised cities. Why talk about the whole country when we can’t even run a decent public transport in a small town. Get that right first,” he suggested.

He also said Kuching should consider having the tram system since the city is quite flat and such a system would be very convenient for commuters.

According to Aeria, Brisbane in Australia is another example of a city with a good public transport.

Lesson from Curitiba

Bus company stakeholders could perhaps learn from Curitiba, a city of three million with one of the best urban plannings in the world and an internationally renowned transport system, introduced by its former mayor, Jamie Lerner, an architect, over 30 years ago. Unlike those from other Latin American cities at the time, Curitiba’s planners decided to address the process of transportation as an integrative approach to assist in the city’s development.

The planners recognised that a proper transport system could serve as the backbone for the city’s growth in the future.

Curitiba decided to use buses for its public transport because they were the most cost-effective.

Under the Research and Urban Planning Institute of Curitiba, a mass transport system was developed and today, it covers eight neighbourhood cities and transports 1.9 million passengers daily with an 89 percent approval rating.

To accommodate the growing population over the past 30 years, the system has grown to utilise varying types of bus services within the metropolitan areas and surrounding municipalities.

The Integrated Transport Network now operating 1,902 buses is connected by the tube stations and terminals and also incorporates an express bus system serving as a surface subway for the city of Curitiba.

In line with this, the city has also paid due attention to preserving and caring for its green areas, boasting 54 square metres of green space per inhabitant.

All this was due to the approval of Curitiba’s Master Plan in 1966 where guidelines were set to restructure the city’s radial configuration into a linear model of urban expansion.

The city’s urban planners realise that transportation land use and road systems can be utlised as integrative tools of development in compliance with approved guidelines.
Wow, these guys have some serious plans here. Great ideas and they are thinking it through very well.

But can they make it work? That is the question and the challenge!

Cheers, m

Plan for rail station modified


SEVERAL modifications are being made to the original plan to build a new railway station for Kuala Kangsar at Kampung Simpang Tiga, a traditional Malay village located at the fringe of the royal town.

Manong assemblyman Datuk Ram-ly Zahari said the construction of KTM Bhd’s workers’ quarters would be relocated to the existing railway station at Jalan Sultan Idris, about 5km from the new railway station.

“The new railway station’s par-king lots will also be relocated away from Kg Simpang Tiga, enabling us to spare more houses (from demolition),” he told reporters during the Kuala Kangsar parliamentary constituency 51st Merdeka celebration recently.

Ramly, who is also Perak Umno secretary, said originally 35 houses in Kg Simpang Tiga would be demolished but developer Gamuda MMC later agreed to demolish only half the number.


Merdeka mood:Ramly(wearing blue cap),flanked by Rafidah and Kuala Kangsar district officer Datuk Mohd Gazali Jalal, and Bukit Chandan assemblyman Datuk Wan Khairil Anuar Wan Ahmad (second righ,back row),posing with merdeka award recipients.

“Land owners will also be adequately compensated and paid the commercial rate even though their land is officially designated as agriculture land,” said Ramly.

Kuala Kangsar MP Tan Sri Rafi- dah Aziz, who earlier handed over wheelchairs and cash aid to fire victims in Wai Thong Garden, said villagers affected by the railway project should adopt a “give and take” attitude.

“We have to make some sacrifices for the sake of development,” said Rafidah who is also Umno Wanita chief.

Rafidah said there was a need for a new railway station as the existing one was located at a sharp bend in Jalan Sultan Idris, rendering it unsuitable for fast-moving trains to make a stop.

At the event, Rafidah also handed Merdeka awards comprising a cash prize of RM500 and certificate each to nine recipients who excelled in various fields.

Stesen bas, teksi memalukan

http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2008/0826/Utusan_Malaysia/Utara/wu_03.1.jpg
Keadaan stesen bas yang terbiar dan tidak pernah beroperasi di Pekan Baru Kupang, Baling, Kedah.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



BALING 25 Ogos - Orang ramai kesal dengan keadaan di stesen bas dan teksi di Pekan Baru Kupang, dekat sini yang kini terbiar dan menjadi tempat kegiatan negatif sejak 17 tahun lalu.

Paling memalukan, stesen bas dan teksi itu tidak pernah digunakan selepas dibina pada 1991 walaupun pembinaan bangunan tersebut menelan perbelanjaan ratusan ribu ringgit.

Tinjauan Utusan Malaysia mendapati stesen tersebut kini terbiar dan menjadi sarang penagih gam dan tempat maksiat manakala bangunannya telah rosak sehingga peralatannya menjadi sasaran pencuri.

Berpuluh-puluh tin gam bertaburan di dalam parit manakala dinding kaunter bas telah pecah manakala siling bumbung stesen berkenaan telah rosak akibat dipecahkan manakala beberapa batang besi turut dicuri.

Gerai di kawasan berkenaan pernah disewa oleh beberapa peniaga tetapi terpaksa gulung tikar selepas stesen teksi dan bas berkenaan gagal berfungsi.

Seorang peniaga, Azhar Musa, 44, berkata, pihak yang berkenaan tidak mempedulikan langsung bangunan itu sehingga membiarkannya menjadi kawasan penagih gam dan pencuri besi.

"Kami kesal kerana pihak berkenaan tidak bersungguh-sungguh malah terus membiarkan bangunan tersebut terbiar sehingga berlakunya gejala negatif seperti menghidu gam," katanya.

Azhar berkata, dia beberapa kali telah memaklumkan mengenai kegiatan tersebut kepada pihak berkenaan tetapi tidak mendapat jawapan.

Seorang penduduk, Norhisham Ahmad, 40, juga sedih kerana bangunan yang menelan perbelanjaan tinggi kini terbiar seolah-olah dibina untuk hiasan dan menggalakkan berlakunya gejala buruk.

"Sepatutnya pihak berkenaan memulih semula bangunan tersebut dan bukannya membiarkan untuk dijadikan hiasan," katanya kesal.

Seorang pemilik bengkel membaiki motosikal, Zainol Ahmad, 46, turut kecewa kerana stesen bas dan teksi itu tidak pernah beroperasi.

"Bangunan ini hanya menjadi sarang penagih dadah dan mereka tidak bermoral," ujarnya yang pernah terserempak dengan beberapa pelajar sekolah rendah yang menjadikan stesen bas tersebut sebagai tempat merokok.

Tambahnya, pada waktu malam kawasan sekitar yang agak gelap menjadi pilihan pasangan untuk melakukan maksiat.

i remembered going to this Puduraya bus terminal... really looked like a "warzone", chaotic, and in a mess (everything just adds up together with no sense of order at all)...:nuts: when i was entering from the LRT station i was besieged by a "number" of ticket touts shouting "Melaka, Melaka..." and "JB, JB..." :nuts: luckily i've previously bought the bus ticket from a Transnasional ticket vendor just when I got down from the LRT station so I can just walk pass by those touts easily... somehow the bus station seems "out of place" when compared to the grandness of Kuala Lumpur International Airport and KL Sentral...

and the traffic in front of this bus terminal is just...:nuts: somehow it's a good thing i came to this bus terminal using the LRT...^-^


yeah, i 100% agree with your statement. it's like a scar in the handsome face of Kuala Lumpur :D

Park at your own risk
By GEETHA KRISHNAN


THE high cost of petrol, accompanied by the rising inflation, has led many people to opt for public transport like the KTM Komuter and LRT.

Many of them park their vehicles at the open car parks at the light rail transit and train stations and then board the train to work.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/8/28/central/Faez.jpg[/img[
Old car stolen: Mohd Faez who parked his 1985 Toyota LE at the Ampang LRT station holding up the police report lodged over the theft.

This seems to be a very viable and convenient option, but one big problem has arisen from the arrangement — vehicle thefts.

There has been an increase in car and motorcycle thefts at the light rail transit and train stations during the last few months.

Thefts of old cars and cannibalisation of the vehicles for spare parts are occurring at an alarming rate at a few LRT stations and the people have been warned to be cautious when parking in these areas.

Since January, five cars have been reported stolen from the public car park at the Ampang LRT station. There were reports of attempts to steal motorcycles too.

The passenger volume on the LRT has increased with the rising cost of living, prompting more commuters to leave their vehicles at public car parks for the daily commute.

This translates to limited parking spaces for the LRT workers who are forced to park in desolate areas.

RapidKL worker Ab Razak Mahmud’s 25-year-old Datsun 120Y was stolen in February.

“I have been parking in the car park since 1996 and only had a third-party insurance coverage. Now I am saddled with a new car loan,” he said.

Mohd Faez Md Zain’s Toyota LE 1985 model was stolen in January.

The latest car theft there occurred on Aug 5.

Khalil Mohd Piei was fortunate that his nine-year-old Proton Putra was recovered by the police after it was stolen from the car park in June. But the repairs cost him RM6,000.

[img]http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/8/28/central/Zaid.jpg
Botched attempt: Mohd Zaid Talib demonstrating how thieves kicked his motorcycle handle to dislodge the lock

Meanwhile, an attempt was made to steal Zaid Talib’s new motorcycle.

“When I got to my bike after work, I realised the keyhole had been tampered with and the handle had been kicked to dislodge the lock,” he said.

Rosli Arshad’s car sustained damage when the side window was smashed by thieves to retrieve a bag filled with sporting goods.

“Unfortunately, the heavy downpour caused water to seep in and damage the seats. I didn’t lose my valuables but the repair bill was high,” he said.

According to a newspaper vendor in the area who only identified herself as Fathima, she had spotted a few suspicious-looking individuals lurking near the vehicles.

“They usually disappear when I start to observe them but I am only here a few hours daily. They might be studying my routine too,” she said.

The LRT workers and the public are lamenting the serious lack of security in the car park.

Suggestions have been made to convert an abandoned warehouse in the area to a multi-level car park but unresolved ownership issues are throwing a damper on the proposal.

Ampang OCPD ACP Abdul Jalil Hassan told StarMetro that in the first two weeks of this month, two cars and six motorcycles were reported stolen.

“I advise motorists and motorcyclists not to park in back lanes and areas far from public view because vehicle thefts are on the rise. If there is no choice, invest in steering locks and central locking systems,” he said.

Jalil said the police department was beefing up its patrol unit with eight motorcycles for easy access into narrow paths and back lanes.

Sentul OCPD ACP Zakaria Pagan said most car thefts occurred at the Wangsa Maju LRT station.

“From January to August, we have had 17 cases at the station and most occurred between 6am and noon,” he said.

Zakaria said the police had taken note of the trend by increasing patrols during the hours.

“We also have to look at whether the parking lots were guarded and I sincerely ask that car owners increase the safety measures in their vehicles,” Zakaria said.

According to a parking attendant at the Sentul Timur LRT station, there were hardly any case of car thefts for the past one year, except for one incident during the March 8 general election.

“I’ve been working here for about a year and I always keep an eye out for suspicious characters lingering near the cars,” Hamidah Sapii said.

She said the theft occurred when she was busy handling customers on another side of the parking lot.

“These people were very daring to commit the crime at 9am when I had my back turned for a few minutes,” she said.

Hamidah said she knew the owners of the vehicles and that it made it easier to identify strangers at the parking lots.

“I have all the emergency numbers needed should anything happen while I’m on watch,” she said.

For those who park their cars around the area, their concerns are also about cars being broken into.

“My cousin’s car was broken into two months ago at the Sentul LRT. We pay RM3 for the parking space.

“What’s the point of paying if you can’t leave with peace of mind,” Devan Nair, 25, said.

Till press time, RapidKL had yet to comment on the incidents.

i remembered going to this Puduraya bus terminal... really looked like a "warzone", chaotic, and in a mess (everything just adds up together with no sense of order at all)...:nuts: when i was entering from the LRT station i was besieged by a "number" of ticket touts shouting "Melaka, Melaka..." and "JB, JB..." :nuts: luckily i've previously bought the bus ticket from a Transnasional ticket vendor just when I got down from the LRT station so I can just walk pass by those touts easily... somehow the bus station seems "out of place" when compared to the grandness of Kuala Lumpur International Airport and KL Sentral...

and the traffic in front of this bus terminal is just...:nuts: somehow it's a good thing i came to this bus terminal using the LRT...^-^"

anyways i really like the Melaka Sentral bus terminal. it's really neat (got off the intercity bus and just follow the sign into the local bus stand) and so organised compared to Puduraya... and those horrible touts are not around as well...:okay:

My mom always warn me even if you pass that place keep your hand son your wallet always :lol:

Kuching Sentral

JWDG_4pb5zA

Progress

Kuching Sentral by Quiroz, catscity.com.my

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/373/quiroz2st2.jpg
By yohanes1 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yohanes1), shot with W810i (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=W810i&make=Sony+Ericsson) at 2008-09-03

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/9190/quirozzh3.jpg
By yohanes1 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yohanes1), shot with W810i (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=W810i&make=Sony+Ericsson) at 2008-09-03

Terminal 2 remains a poser
Thursday September 4, 2008
Story and photo by SARBAN SINGH

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/4/central/m_pg06terminal2.jpg

Vacant: The facade of the unoccupied multimillion ringgit
Terminal 2 express bus station cum complex in Seremban.

NO ONE in Seremban seems to have a clue when the multi-million ringgit Terminal 2 express bus cum shopping centre at Era Square will begin operations.

The delay has left businessmen and traders, who paid between RM700,000 and RM1mil to buy multi-storey shoplots at the square and the developers of the project Era Baru Sdn Bhd, in a lurch.

The traders, particularly those renting the units, have become so disillusioned that many are contemplating relocating.

They claimed that before work on Terminal 2 began in 2004, the developer had allegedly told the buyers that the new express bus station would be relocated to Era Square from its present location at Terminal 1.

Restaurant operator Ganesh Krishnan, 48, who currently pays more than RM5,000 to rent two floors said the developer had even taken an advertisement in newspapers saying that 10,000 people would frequent the station when it was fully operational.

“This is not fair. The developer had told us that the terminal was supposed to have opened last November and this was then deferred to April this year and since then, we have been given many other dates but there is no sign of it opening yet,” he said.

Ganesh said since Terminal 2 has not begun operations, people only patronise the area during weekends.

Professional tailor Desmond Loi, 48, who had been operating at Terminal 2 for 20 months now said he bought his shoplot thinking the express bus companies would operate from Terminal 2.

Chew Kok Kwan, 42, who paid a RM1,800 deposit for a 8ft by 11ft mini-kiosk inside Terminal 2 last year, is still waiting for his keys.

Chew said if the developer had failed to meet the stipulated building conditions, then the Seremban Municipal Council (MPS) should direct it to correct these.

When asked, MPS president Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Latiff said the project was a private sector initiative and the state government had nothing to do with it.

“The property buyers should forward their queries to the developer and not us.

“Since we own the Terminal 1 bus terminal, why should we move the express bus operations to Terminal 2?”.

Abdul Halim said his priority was to ensure the 160 petty traders at Terminal 1 were not affected.

He said if MPS agreed to move the express bus operations to Terminal 2, the traders would surely have to close shop.

“I don’t understand why 18 traders currently doing business at Terminal 2 sent us a petition in June asking when it was supposed to begin operations.

“They did not even have the courtesy to come and see me to convey their problems but chose to send a petition. If they need help, they should come and see me and not send petitions,” he said.

Asked if the developer had written to MPS asking for the express bus services to be moved to Terminal 2, Abdul Halim said they did.

“They wanted all express bus operators, except for the Seremban-Kuala Lumpur route to be moved there.

“This I think is excessive, we can’t do that as it would only lead to us losing money managing Terminal 1,” he said.

:“If we move the express bus operators, the petty traders will say that the state government is irresponsible. Also, we cannot expect commuters to be dropped off at Terminal 2 and then take another bus or taxi to get to Terminal 1 located half a kilometre away,” he said.

:Abdul Halim said that the matter is still open to discussion.

:The developer has declined to comment.

SPNB bina terminal pengangkutan utara
04/09/2008 6:31pm
Utusan

KUALA LUMPUR 4 Sept. – Bas dan teksi dari utara Semenanjung tidak perlu lagi masuk ke pusat bandar bagi mengambil dan menurunkan penumpang apabila terminal pengangkutan bersepadu (ITT) antara bandar siap pada 2014.

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB), Shaipudin Shah Harun berkata, pihaknya kini dalam proses mengenal pasti lokasi yang sesuai bagi membina terminal itu yang berkemungkinan besar terletak di Damansara atau Sungai Buloh.

``Kami masih dalam proses mengenal pasti lokasi sesuai yang berdekatan dengan stesen transit aliran ringan (LRT).

``Setelah mengenal pasti lokasi, kami akan membuka tender kepada mana-mana pemaju dan melaksanakan langkah mengambil tanah dan proses ini akan mengambil masa antara tiga bulan hingga setahun," katanya.

Beliau bercakap pada sidang akhbar bersama SPNB dan Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn. Bhd. (RapidKL) mengenai Bajet 2009 di sini hari ini.- Utusan.

SPNB Identifying Suitable Site For Integrated Transport Terminal
September 04, 2008 19:11 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 (Bernama) -- Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB), which owns the assets of two light rail transit lines (LRT), LRT-STAR and LRT-PUTRA, is now determining a suitable and strategic location to build an integrated inter-city transport terminal for the north of the peninsular from the federal capital.

Its Chief Executive Officer, Shaipudin Shah Harun, said the location would most likely be in Damansara or Sungai Buloh where it would be connected to another new LRT station and expected the terminal to be up and running by 2014.

The completed terminal would be able to cater to 130 taxis and 100 buses, he told a press conference here Thursday.

He also said the new LRT line from Kota Damansara to Cheras, measuring 42km, would be upgraded to a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system because of high population density.

"We estimate more than 500,000 commuters a day in that area and an MRT system is more suitable compared to the LRT because it can accomodate more users at a time, but the system needs to be studied thoroughly first," he said.

-- BERNAMA

SPNB Identifying Suitable Site For Integrated Transport Terminal
September 04, 2008 19:11 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 (Bernama) -- Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB), which owns the assets of two light rail transit lines (LRT), LRT-STAR and LRT-PUTRA, is now determining a suitable and strategic location to build an integrated inter-city transport terminal for the north of the peninsular from the federal capital.

Its Chief Executive Officer, Shaipudin Shah Harun, said the location would most likely be in Damansara or Sungai Buloh where it would be connected to another new LRT station and expected the terminal to be up and running by 2014.

The completed terminal would be able to cater to 130 taxis and 100 buses, he told a press conference here Thursday.

He also said the new LRT line from Kota Damansara to Cheras, measuring 42km, would be upgraded to a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system because of high population density.

"We estimate more than 500,000 commuters a day in that area and an MRT system is more suitable compared to the LRT because it can accomodate more users at a time, but the system needs to be studied thoroughly first," he said.

-- BERNAMAwell, this is interesting, isnt it. I think this location for "ITT north" is a good one, but there would still be a need for the 4 inner city terminals (Jalan Duta, Putra, Jalan Ipoh and Pasar Rakyat) as well...

Imagine, KL with so many bus terminals and bus hubs...

Integrated Transport Terminal (ITT)

ITT BTS (south)
ITT Gombak (east?)
ITT Sg. Buloh (north)

Inner City Transport Terminal (ICTT)
ICTT Jalan Ipoh
ICTT Jalan Duta
ICTT Putra
ICTT Pasar Rakyat
ICTT Plaza Rakyat (I can only hope)

plus

KL Sentral

Cheers, m

Good work indeed!

Ankara Intercity Bus Terminal -- 3rd Biggest of Europe.

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/6983/915844kx3.jpg

Ankara Intercity Bus Terminal -- 3rd Biggest of Europe.

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/6983/915844kx3.jpgIt looks like an airport, except the transport is on the inside of the loop. :nuts:

What a massive structure. :banana: :nuts:

Cheers, m

Could you see Bus Station Pekeliling ..!

http://www.rsfc.com.my/Photos/klscene05.jpg

Hi all,

You guys have put up some impressive photos here on transit terminals. Just thought of putting this up and see if you guys would have some interesting ideas to offer (especially after seeing the photos that you guys have put up).

I am currently doing some research of global best practices of transit terminals. It could be within Malaysia or other places around the world. Just wonder have any of you been to bus terminals (that are currently in operation) that in your opinion has good design features. The facilities that I am searching are more of a terminus point rather than a heavy transfer point. Also, it is for public transit buses, not highway coaches.

The criteria would include its efficiency in utilizing the space, surrounding land use, the number of passengers it served, complimentary features, etc. It would be much appreciated if you can provide the photographs and the address(es) of the terminals.

Thanks
Chris

Could you see Bus Station Pekeliling ..!

http://www.rsfc.com.my/Photos/klscene05.jpgI can see the PUTRA bus terminal at the bottom of the picture.

Cheers, m

Upgrades for bus terminal

EFFORTS are being made to ensure the Larkin bus terminal is comfortable for both passengers and traders, said state Local Government, Housing, Arts, Culture and Heritage Committee chairman Datuk Ahmad Zahri Jamil.

In replying to Adam Sumiru (BN-Tanjung Putri), Ahmad Zahri said Damansara Assets Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Johor Corporation, was embarking on a project to add more business premises and a mosque, Masjid An-Nur, at the bus terminal.

"The terminal is undergoing an expansion project to provide bigger space and better comfort for passengers and traders," said Ahmad Zahri.

He added that an additional two lots for long-distance taxis had been provided at the ground floor, together with 16 sheltered parking lots and 21 open parking for taxis.


He also said there were plans to upgrade the bus terminal into a business complex.

news on bus stop in kl

Dua syarikat iklan ‘berebut’ pondok bas

http://www.hmetro.com.my/Friday/Setempat/20080919101010/mainpix


PETALING JAYA: Sebuah syarikat pengiklan mendakwa kerugian lebih RM450,000 apabila beberapa pondok menunggu bas dan teksi miliknya di sekitar ibu kota baru-baru ini, dirobohkan syarikat pesaing yang mendakwa mendapat kontrak membina pondok menunggu bas dan teksi di kawasan sama.

Lebih merumitkan keadaan, pihak yang merobohkan pondok berkenaan mendakwa memiliki kebenaran daripada Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan untuk membina pondok menunggu bas dan teksi di kawasan itu.

Antara lokasi pondok menunggu bas dan teksi yang dirobohkan ialah di Jalan Ampang iaitu di depan Wisma MCA, Bank of China dan Jalan Sultan Ismail di hadapan SME Bank serta bekas bangunan MAS.

Pengurus Besar Parisign Media Sdn Bhd, Raymond Lai, berkata kontrak syarikatnya akan tamat pada 2010 dan mempertikaikan bagaimana kelulusan boleh diberikan kepada pihak lain untuk membina pondok menunggu bas dan teksi di kawasan sama.

Menurutnya, kira-kira jam 12 tengah hari pada hari kejadian, dia dimaklumkan mengenai ‘kehilangan’ itu oleh orang awam dan pelanggannya sebelum bergegas ke lokasi kejadian.

“Kami mengalami kerugian melebihi RM450,000 disebabkan kehilangan empat pondok menunggu bas dan teksi itu.

“Lebih mengecewakan, kami dipersalahkan orang ramai dan pelanggan kerana dikatakan merobohkan pondok menunggu itu sesuka hati. Sejak pagi, kami menerima ratusan panggilan daripada orang awam dan pelanggan yang menyalahkan kami.

“Kami turut dihubungi Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) bagi mendapatkan penjelasan mengenai kejadian itu. Selepas dimaklumkan, DBKL terkejut dan kesal dengan tindakan tidak bertanggungjawab itu,” katanya ketika ditemui di sini, baru-baru ini.

Menurutnya, hasil pemantauan di lokasi berkenaan mendapati pihak terbabit turut meninggalkan wayar yang masih bersambung dengan kabel elektrik sesuka hati yang boleh membahayakan keselamatan orang ramai.

“Kami membalut wayar elektrik berkenaan bagi mengelakkan kejadian tidak diingini. Malah, kami turut membina semula dua pondok menunggu bas dan teksi bagi menggantikan hentian yang dicuri.

“Pondok yang sudah digantikan adalah di SME Bank di Jalan Sultan Ismail dan Bank of China di Jalan Ampang manakala bakinya akan dilakukan kemudian,” katanya.

Lai berkata, hasil pemantauan pihaknya menahan tiga lelaki warga tempatan bersama peralatan memotong dan sebuah lori yang leka merobohkan pondok menunggu bas di hadapan bekas bangunan MAS di Jalan Sultan Ismail, kira-kira jam 10 malam, Rabu lalu.

“Lebih mengejutkan apabila lelaki terbabit mendakwa menerima arahan daripada syarikat pesaing yang turut menyediakan perkhidmatan sama.

“Saya yang tidak mempercayai dakwaan itu segera menghubungi pegawai syarikat berkenaan bagi mendapatkan penjelasan lanjut dan seorang pegawai syarikat yang dimiliki warga asing itu mengakui mengeluarkan arahan berkenaan sebelum mendakwa mendapat kebenaran daripada Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan.

“Kami terpaksa menghubungi polis bagi menyelesaikan masalah berkenaan. Saya hairan bagaimana mereka boleh mendapat kelulusan daripada kementerian itu sedangkan kontrak kami hanya akan tamat pada 2010.

“Malah, tindakan meroboh sebelum melarikan pondok menunggu bas dan teksi berkenaan menyusahkan orang ramai. Syarikat berkenaan seolah menjadikan negara ini tidak mempunyai undang-undang,” katanya.

Katanya, dia membuat laporan di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Dang Wangi.

Mystery of the missing bus stop shelters solved
By PRIYA MENON


THE four bus stop shelters that were reported missing in Kuala Lumpur were actually being replaced by the new concession owners, the Ritz Outdoor Worlwide (M) Sdn Bhd.

“We just want to clear the situation with the media and the people on the missing bus stop shelters,” said Ritz executive chairman Abdul Manan Md Nasir.

Manan said according to their concession, they were given the right to replace the old shelters with their own.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/19/central/p4busstop.jpg
No more: A file picture showing a missing bus stop shelter in front of the SME Bank in Jalan Sultan Ismail.

Ritz was given the concession on Oct 2, last year and a detailed study was conducted on the best type of shelter for Kuala Lumpur. Beginning this year, six prototypes were installed around Kuala Lumpur.

Manan said after reading articles in the newspaper about the missing bus stop shelters, they lodged a report at the Dang Wangi police station to tell their side of the story.

“We were shocked to see the articles.

The new bus stops and taxi stands are colour-coded so that the bus drivers, tourists and Malaysians can recognise them.

The modern bus stop shelters with proper roof tops to absorb heat and with good seating will be placed in the urban and sub-urban areas as well.

“Regardless of whether the place has commercial value or not, we want to provide community value,” he said.

Usually. the concessionaire will lease the advertising space to generate revenue. However, Ritz has decided to provide side panels where advertisements can be placed. They are also using a special rough surface to prevent any stickers or banners being pasted there.

“This is a long-term project. Our bus stops can last up to 15 years and we maintain it every week so returns can only be seen after seven years,” Manan added.

He said they had thus far placed 37 shelters and would put up another 310 by the end of the year.

The smaller shelters cost RM30,000 to RM35,000 while the larger ones cost RM70,000. The Ritz has a 15-year contract to build 910 stops within three years.

^^sounds like crony company who got favors from corrupt FT Ministry.

Getting tough on bus touts at Puduraya
Stories by BAVANI M and and PRIYA MENON


A LOUD clap echoed through Terminal 15 of the Puduraya Terminal at about 9.45pm on Friday evening and this caused a flurry of activity at the scene.

Out of nowhere, several men - all dressed in black shirts and pants with silver ties - appeared out of nowhere, each armed with a walkie-talkie and dark sun glasses, and approached the lone woman who had clapped.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/22/central/m_02eric.jpg
Protectors: Eric (third from right) and his team of officers are all out to help clean up Puduraya.

After a short discussion, the men proceeded to break into two groups with one group following the woman while the other went in the opposite direction.

There was something striking about these men in black. They looked intimidating and a little mysterious, too.

Their dark shirts carried something that looked like a logo and they wore ID tags.

The men were mindful of the stares but still went about their business. StarMetro decided to approach the one who seemed like a leader and was told that the men in black were from Kawalan Keselamatan Sentral (M) Sdn Bhd and they were appointed as the Guardians of Puduraya by UDA Mall Sdn Bhd a month ago to enusre the safety of passengers and maintain the peace and harmony at the bus terminal.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/22/central/m_02tout.jpg
Helping out: Eric with his team of officers speaking to a tout at Pudurayal.

Team leader Eric Ariffin Azrai said he and his seven-man team were hired to ensure that problems, especially between passengers and touts, were settled as amicably as possible.

Eric also politely told the StarMetro team that they would need permission the next time it wanted to snoop around Puduraya.

“This is for your protection. We don’t want you to get hurt; that’s why we are here,’’ he said.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/22/central/m_03station.jpg
Infamous: Puduraya is the busiest transportation hub in Kuala Lumpur.

“We are not hired thugs and we like to call ourselves the guardians of Puduraya,’’ he said.

Eric added that since his team started patrolling a month ago, there had been a significant drop in touting activities at Puduraya.

“I won’t say that it has ceased but it definitely has reduced,” he said.

Eric said the special unit operated from 8am to 10pm daily and his men were on duty throughout the day with each taking turns for breaks.

When asked, Eric explained that the woman who had clapped was a tout and was having problems with another tout.

“It’s part of our job to ensure that everyone is happy and protected,’’ he said.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/22/central/m_02cctv.jpg
Close attention: A security officer monitoring the CCTV at the security office.

UDA Mall officer Mohd Ashraf Musa, who was also on duty that night, said the special unit was necessary as Puduraya was not just notorious for touting.

“We also have problems with unruly passengers, traders, snatch thieves, pick pockets, loafers, drug addicts and beggars,’’ he said.

Mohd Asfraf, who has been employed with UDA Mall since 2004, said the touting activities were even worse five years ago.

“They (the touts) did not like my presence at Puduraya and used to follow me home. I have even been bashed up several times by them,’’ he said, adding that such intimidation tactics failed to deter him from doing his job.

“We are on a mission here. There has been too much negative feedback on Puduraya and we are here to change that perception. Puduraya is indeed a challenge.

“If the authorities can solve the problems here, they can solve all of Kuala Lumpur’s problems,’’ Eric added.

On Sept 20, The Star reported that the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) would revoke bus licences if bus operators were found to have used touts.

CVLB chairman Datuk Markiman Kobiran said the board knew that some bus ticket touts were directly linked to bus operators and companies.

Painful lesson highlights a need for change


IT WAS a Sunday and 60-year-old A. Susiela, her daughter G. Shamini, 34, and granddaughters G. Mirrsha, 11, and G. Resha, 9, were in Puduraya to buy tickets to Kulim.

They were excited as Susiela was visiting her sister in Kulim and they hoped to have a good time.

They bought the tickets at RM54 each from one of the counters at Puduraya after being referred to by a tout standing outside the terminal.

The sales girl manning the counter showed them pictures of posh VVIP buses with extra leg space and even toilet facilities.

They were told to board the bus at Terminal 15 at 10am. After waiting for more than 45 minutes inside the darkened, smoked-filled terminal, another tout informed them that their bus was parked at the nearby Menara Maybank area.

They were horrified, not only because they had to cross one of the city’s busiest roads but also because it was raining heavily and Shamini had to lug two suitcases and also ensure the safety of her mother and daughters.

By the time they got into their bus - soaked to the bone - they realised that it was not the bus that they had paid for. It was much smaller and the seats were old and rickety.

The ticketing man on board the bus took away their Super VVIP tickets and replaced it with pink hand written ones that had no telephone number or address and told them that due to a shortage of buses they would have no choice but to use this bus.

It was raining and, having no other choice, the family continued their journey but their troubles did not end there.

Five days later, they returned to Kuala Lumpur and were unceremoniously dumped by the roadside near the Tung Shin Hospital at Puduraya in the middle of a pouring rain.

There was no bus shelter and, once again, the family of four was soaked to the bone.

One of the taxi drivers on stand-by at the site offered to take them back to their home at the Old Klang Road for RM30.

After much haggling in the rain, they agreed to a RM20 fare.

Shamini learnt a valuable lesson from her experience and has vowed never to step into Puduraya again.

Puduraya, one of the city’s oldest transit hubs, has hit the headlines time and again for crime, touts, hygiene, congestion and pollution.

Even after over 30 years, no one has been able to solve the Puduraya dilemma and despite efforts by the management company UDA Mall Sdn Bhd and the CVLB and other related agencies, nothing has been successful so far.

The Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations (Fomca) suggested some measures recently to curb the problem which included allowing only licensed bus operators to operate at Puduraya and that the management display the names of licensed bus companies and also beef up its operations.

But, there are some who believe that the terminal should be demolished and moved to another location while others believe that it high time Puduraya was revamped.

The Association for the Improvement of Mass Transit Klang Valley (TRANSIT) adviser Moaz Yusof Ahmad thinks that it is time that Puduraya change its primary role.

Moaz said there were plans to build an integrated transport terminal at Bandar Tasik Selatan and that there was also talk of similar terminals at Gombak and Sg Buloh.

The Bandar Tasik Selatan terminal would serve the southern sector while Gombak handled the eastern zone.

“Sungai Buloh would service the northern section and coupled with the Jalan Duta and Titiwangsa terminals, there would be little need for Puduraya and Plaza Rakyat,’’ Moaz said.

Moaz said TRANSIT proposed a study to turn Puduraya and Plaza Rakyat into intercity bus hubs for the Klang Valley.

Instead of having the Klang Bus Stand, buses going to Klang, other parts of Selangor and Seremban could go at Puduraya.

“The hub should be designed for daily rides and not long distance travel so that congestion and touting can be resolved,’’ Moaz said, adding that it this would be one of the long-term solutions suggested to put a stop to the Puduraya problem.

From bus stop to transport hub

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/22/central/m_03station.jpg

IN THE late 1960s, Puduraya bus station was merely a bus stop. It was a place where buses just stopped anywhere they wanted and ticket counters were merely makeshift stalls located at the side of the road.

Today, it has become one of the most infamous yet crucial transportation hubs in Kuala Lumpur.

Owned by UDA Mall Sdn Bhd, the terminal was built in 1976. The bus hub is one of the main stations where passengers can get buses to and from all over peninsular Malaysia and even Singapore and Thailand.

The then Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn opened it the same year it was built.

To help low-income earners make a decent living, Uda Mall Sdn Bhd have let out about 500 stalls to traders to sell food, snacks, books and VCDs in the area.

But the more entertaining adventure at the bus station is the haggling session with the touts to get the best deal for tickets.

Over the years, touts have been the talk of the town whenever the festive season approaches.

During those periods, a lot of the city residents who travel back to their home towns would flock the station to buy tickets at the last minute.

The touts, knowing the situation, will increase the prices and provide school buses instead of proper coaches.

Throughout the years, there have been rumours that the Puduraya bus station would be relocated or phased out, though nothing has come off this.

Bus shelter firm: Don't blame us
Halim Said

http://www.nst.com.my/Streets/Monday/Stories/2356102/insidepix1
Ritz Outdoor Worldwide says it was following a City Hall directive to remove the four shelters in question.

KUALA LUMPUR: The battle over the bus stands continues, as the new concessionaire which is installing 910 bus and taxi stands in the city denies claims that it has wrongly removed four bus shelters put up by another company.

A spokesman said Ritz Outdoor Worldwide was following a City Hall directive to remove the four shelters in front of the MAS building and SME Bank in Jalan Sultan Ismail, and Wisma MCA and Menara OSK in Jalan Ampang.

Ritz executive chairman Abdul Manan Mohd Nasir said: "We are not at fault. We have followed all the procedures stipulated by City Hall. We cleared this with City Hall, and they have confirmed that we are not at fault."

A complaint was raised by Parisign Corp Sdn Bhd, published in a local daily, that a foreign rival had damaged the bus stands which were in strategic positions for advertising space.


"Although no names were mentioned, it was clear our company was being referred to.

"We have foreign ties, but we are a local company. We urge City Hall to further clarify this issue as our company's reputation is at stake," he said.

He said that although Parisign had a contract to put up the bus shelters, they do not own them.

"Under the terms of a contract to provide amenities like bus shelters, City Hall has ownership, not the concessionaire. So in this case City Hall has every right to decide what happens to the shelters."

He added that Ritz has filed a police report over the allegations.

He said his company will build 910 bus and taxi shelters over a 15-year concession period. By next year 310 shelters will be completed.

He added Ritz is the only company permitted by City Hall to build all the shelters in the 11 Parliamentary districts in Kuala Lumpur.

"Our aim is to provide a uniform identity of shelters in the city, and to keep people comfortable as they wait for their buses or taxis."

He said his company has a budget of RM3 to RM5 million a year to maintain the shelters, and it will be paying a concession fee of RM1.7 million a year to City Hall from the 4th year of the contract.

"We see this project as a long-term investment that will benefit all, not as a means of making a quick profit," he said.

JPJ tumpu 29 terminal bas

Oleh SITI MAISARAH SHEIKH ABDUL RAHIM

PUTRAJAYA 22 Sept. - Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) akan menumpukan aspek penguatkuasaan di 29 terminal bas seluruh negara bagi memastikan pengangkutan awam itu berkeadaan baik dalam Ops Sikap 17 sempena Aidilfitri yang bermula 24 September hingga 8 Oktober ini.

Pengarah Penguat Kuasa JPJ, Salim Parlan berkata, fokus utama pemeriksaan ialah keadaan teknikal bas seperti tayar dan brek untuk menjamin keselamatan perjalanan jarak jauh.

''Kita akan pastikan pemandu bas mempunyai lesen yang sah serta catatan kesalahan trafik untuk Keselamatan Jalan Raya (Kejara) tidak melebihi 15 mata," katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Kata beliau, pemandu bas juga akan dipastikan supaya tidak memandu melebihi empat jam atau perjalanan sejauh 300 kilometer.

Jika ia masih mahu dilakukan, kenderaan terbabit diwajibkan mempunyai pemandu kedua.

''Kita tidak akan membenarkan bas bergerak jika semua kriteria di atas tidak dipenuhi kerana keselamatan penumpang adalah lebih utama," katanya.

Dalam pada itu, Salim berkata, seramai 2,500 pegawai dan anggota penguat kuasa JPJ di seluruh negara akan terlibat dalam operasi tersebut.

Berikutan itu, beliau berkata, semua anggota JPJ akan dibekukan cuti kecuali pada hari raya pertama dan kedua bagi memastikan operasi tersebut berjalan lancar.

''Bagaimanapun semua bilik kawalan di setiap negeri akan dibuka 24 jam termasuk pada hari raya dan semua pegawai atasan termasuk Ketua Pengarah JPJ akan turun padang menyertai Ops Sikap kali ini," katanya.

Klang bus station may be moved
Story and photos by ELAN PERUMAL


COMMUTERS and state bus operators in Klang are against the proposal to relocate the existing bus terminal at Klang North to Klang Sentral in Meru.

The situation is caused by speculation that the terminal at Jalan Pos Bharu, which was upgraded into an open concept two years ago, will be closed after Oct 15.

Commuters interviewed by StarMetro feel that the move, if true, will cause a lot inconvenience to them.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/26/central/p2commuters.jpg
Daily routine: Commuters waiting for their buses at the Klang North terminal.

Bus operators are also saying that the relocation will affect the efficiency of their service and increase their operational cost as they will be required to travel a longer distance.

It is learnt that during a recent meeting with the Klang Municipal Council, the bus operators had expressed their dissatisfaction over the proposed relocation.

Besides causing inconvenience to the commuters who will be forced to take two buses to travel from certain destinations to another and vice-versa, the operators claimed that the relocation of the terminal to Klang Sentral will also slow down the travel time for the commuters.

“We have to divert our buses towards Meru and the new terminal is way out of the town centre,” Wawasan Sutra Travel and Tours operations manager L. Loges said.

“This will increase the travel time by at least 20 minutes one way and will also increase the fuel consumption of the buses,’’ he said.

Despite not receiving any official notice on the relocation exercise, Loges said that it was quite certain the council would be going ahead with the move.

Klang Consumers Association chairman A. Devadass said that he had received numerous complaints from the public who were worried about the impending relocation.

According to Devadass, to relocate the 30-year bus terminal to a new site was an unwise decision.

“We have seen the failure of this idea of relocating centralised bus terminals to places way out of town in many other parts in Selangor,” he said.


Daily scenario: Commuters boarding a bus at the Klang North terminal.

“I don’t understand why a similar mistake is being made, especially when the new site is too far from the existing terminal,’’ he said.

According to Devadass, the route between the existing terminal and the proposed relocation site is a congested stretch with 11 traffic light junctions.

“The buses will have to go through a busy stretch of more than 6km route, which has a market, three schools, three places of worships, a shopping complex, a business centre and several high-density housing estates.” he said.

“I hope the authorites will reconsider the decision to relocate the existing terminal,” Devadass said.

“We have objected to the move from day one and we are standing firm on our view against the move,’’ he said.

Zubaidah Mohd Amin, a regular bus commuter from Port Klang, told StarMetro that she was concerned about the relocation move as it would force her to travel on two buses to the town.

“I will have to take a bus to Klang Sentral before boarding a second bus to Klang and vice versa for the return trip,’’ she said.

Janice Low, 27, from Kapar and who works in Klang, said she hoped that the relocation would not make life miserable for her and the other regular commuters.

Low said it would be very taxing, in terms of money and time, if she had to travel on two buses to the Klang town centre.

Napisah Mohamed from Rantau Panjang, who works in Subang, said if she had to use the relocated terminal, her travelling time from her house to work and back would be increased. She will have to go to work earlier and return late.

Port Klang resident A. Annamah, 70, who works at a restaurant in Klang as a dish washer, said she was not aware of the impending relocation of the bus terminal.

“I hope I will not have to take two buses as it will reduce my income and cause much inconvenience,’’ said the elderly commuter who uses a walking stick to get around.

When contacted, Klang Municipal Council public relations officer Norafizah Mahfuz said no firm decision had been made on the relocation move just yet.

Bus station abuzz with activity
By FAZLEENA AZIZ, JADE CHAN and CHRIS TINA LOW


EARLY preparation is always the key to a timely and safer journey during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri season. Over the weekend, many travellers opted to arrive at the bus station from as early as 8am to get their rides home.

At Puduraya, many passengers had arrived well-ahead of their scheduled departure times just to make sure they would be there on time.

Student Siti Mariam Maulat Mat Dan, 20, arrived at 8am for her 11.30am bus to Kedah.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/29/central/m_02norbahyah.jpg
All set: Norbahyah Sulaiman, 30, (left) and her children waiting to go home to Taiping.

“I was afraid of being delayed, so I came very early. Even though I got my ticket three weeks ago, it was still done at the last minute.

“I was not sure of the college holiday, so I had to wait until it was confirmed. Luckily, my friends and I managed to get tickets,” she said.

For Norbahyah Sulaiman, 30, the decision to head back to Taiping was done unexpectedly.

“I came here at 10am hoping to get a ticket today to go back. I was grateful to get tickets for all of us for a bus leaving at noon.

“This year my husband is working, so we decided that we would spend Hari Raya with my family. The children are also used to having their father at work during this time of the year,” she said.

Norbahyah was also pleased to see the station more organised and not as crowded as in previous years.

Zainor Hayat Zainudin, 21, bought his ticket a month ago to avoid any last-minute problems.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/29/central/m_02puduraya2.jpg
Crowded: The busier-than-usual scene at Puduraya.

“I was afraid that the tickets would be sold out. The situation here seems much better because those heading south have to take their buses at Bukit Jalil,” he said.

However, there were still some minor problems like Erwan Abdul Thalid, 28, how had some trouble finding his bus platform.

“The bus is to scheduled to leave at 1pm and I came early to find out where I was supposed to board.

“My bother has also gone to find out at the ticket counter. Luckily, it is not so crowded as Puduraya is only catering to those heading north,” he said.

At the Hentian Duta at Jalan Duta, the hub for buses heading to Perak Penang and Kedah, the atmosphere was fairly quiet with buses only occupying about half the available platforms.

Zafiza Zainal Abidin, who was travelling home to Sungai Nibong, Penang, with her husband and three children, said she had no problems getting her bus tickets.

“I bought the tickets as soon as the government fixed the bus fares. I usually favour Transnasional Coach Services because they offer tickets at half price for children,” the housewife said.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/29/central/m_02commuters.jpg
Chilling out: Passengers waiting for their buses at Hentian Putra.

Meanwhile, Salina Samat, 30, was at Hentian Duta with her family to send her grandfather Zakaria Pandak Hassan, 79, off to Ipoh.

“We had no difficulties getting his ticket. My family will be travelling by car to my husband’s hometown in Teluk Intan tomorrow,” the Bandar Kinrara resident said.

Salina’s children, six-year-old Salman Firdaus Samsuri Jan and seven-year-old Saidatul Nafeesa Samsuri Jan, were excited about celebrating Hari Raya and getting their duit raya.

Student Nurul Ezzaty Md Zain, 18, said a friend had helped her buy her bus ticket a month ago.

“I’m not sure how difficult it was to get the ticket, but my friend did have to queue up for long,” she said, adding that she would be travelling to Sungai Petani, Kedah, with her sister Nurul Marliana Md Zain, 21.

“I’m really looking forward to the Raya holidays because it’s the only holidays I have this year. It’ll be a two-week trip where I can spend time catching up with my family and friends.”

Sisters Balqis Mohamad, 19, and Nurul Qiah Mohamad, 21, were also anxiously waiting for their bus to Taiping, Perak, to depart.

“My sister bought our tickets in mid-September. The Transnasional tickets were already sold out but luckily the Konsortium tickets were still available,” Balqis said.

At Hentian Putra at Jalan Tun Ismail, a steady and well-organised flow of human traffic could be seen within the terminal’s waiting area.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/9/29/central/m_02duta2.jpg
Homeward bound: The scene at Hentian Duta was quite orderly and relatively quiet.

Buses were called into the terminal in an orderly manner by the officer-in-charge over the PA system, making it easier for passengers board the right bus.

According to Mohd Yusnaidi, who was on duty over the weekend, most travellers would be home by Sunday and there were about 50 buses travelling up north to Kelantan and Terengganu daily in three sessions.

Most of the travellers said they had bought their tickets early.

“I bought the tickets at the beginning of the fasting month, just days after the sales were opened.

“It is more expensive this year but we have no choice as we are all heading home for Hari Raya,” Nurul Ain Abu Osman said.

She added that ticket sales operator kept mum on when the tickets would be put on sale, resulting in her visiting the station daily.

First time traveller Nurul Aisyah Ramli was prepared as her friends had informed her about it.

“My friends were worried that I would not get tickets home so they offered to buy them for me,” Nurul,19, said.

Besides those celebrating Hari Raya, many others around the country would also be on holiday during the festive period like Anne-Marie Tarvainen and Risto Korhonen.

The Finnish duo who are on work attachment in the country said they had trouble finding tickets to Kuala Besut in Terengganu as they had no idea how difficult it could be to obtain tickets during a festive period.

“We had planned to visit Pulau Perhentian for the holidays and no one informed us about purchasing bus tickets earlier,” Tarvainen said when they visited the station on Saturday in hopes of securing tickets.

Most bus operators only had tickets to their destination from Oct 4 onwards and a return ticket back to Kuala Lumpur from Oct 10 onwards.

“All we can do is postpone our trip to a later date,” Tarvainen added.

MPK tutup dua hentian bas
Oleh AZIAN AZIZ

http://www.altruism.com.my/atweb/site/titijaya/uploads/projects/images/Klang%20Sentral-combined%20pics.jpg

KLANG 21 Okt. - Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) akan menutup operasi dua hentian bas iaitu Hentian Bas Klang Utara di Jalan Pos Bahru dan Hentian Bas Ekspres serta Teksi di Lorong Kepayang di sini mulai 1 November ini.

Berikutan penutupan itu, semua bas dan teksi di kedua-dua hentian tersebut akan beroperasi di kompleks hentian bas yang baru di Terminal Bas Klang Sentral di Jalan Meru di sini.

Ahli Majlis MPK, Jamuliddin Elias berkata, penutupan kedua-dua hentian tersebut bertujuan melancarkan lagi perjalanan trafik di pusat bandar Klang selain untuk menyediakan kemudahan terminal bas yang lebih baik.

Beliau berkata, bagi memudahkan orang ramai berikutan penutupan dua hentian bas tersebut, pihak MPK akan mewujudkan beberapa tempat menunggu bas di beberapa lokasi di sekitar bandar Klang.

Menurut beliau, antara lokasi yang dicadangkan ialah di Jalan Kuala Selangor, Jalan Batu 3 berhampiran bangunan Honda, hentian berhampiran Hotel Goldcourse dan hentian berhampiran Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Pin Hua.

"Pihak MPK akan menyediakan papan tanda tempat menunggu bas bagi membolehkan orang mengenali tempat yang telah ditentukan untuk menunggu bas itu.

"Semua papan tanda itu akan dipasang sebelum 1 November ini," kata beliau kepada pemberita di sini, hari ini.

Mengenai persediaan operasi di Terminal Bas Klang Sentral, Jamuliddin memberitahu, secara keseluruhan, semuanya telah disiapkan dan operasi di terminal itu dijangka berjalan dengan baik.

"Bagaimanapun satu try run akan dibuat pada hujung minggu ini bagi memastikan semuanya bakal berjalan lancar, selain tempoh percubaan selama sebulan bagi mengenal pasti kelemahan yang ada.

"Kami juga sedia berbincang dengan pihak pengusaha bas dan teksi bagi sebarang masalah termasuk berkaitan sewa di situ," katanya.

Tambah beliau lagi, pihak MPK juga merancang untuk menjadikan dua hentian bas yang ditutup sebagai pusat komersial selepas ini.

Bagaimanapun, kata beliau, perancangan masih diteliti dan segalanya bergantung kepada peruntukan yang ada.

Terminal Bas Ipoh Sentral siap April 2011

IPOH Pembinaan Terminal Bas Ipoh Sentral di Meru Raya di sini yang akan menghimpunkan semua operator perkhidmatan bas ekspres, bas antara bandar dan teksi di bandar raya di bawah satu bumbung, dijangka siap sepenuhnya pada April 2011, kata Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.

Beliau berkata, kerja-kerja pembinaan terminal bas itu dijangka menelan kos RM38 juta dan akan dimulakan secepat mungkin di atas sebidang tanah seluas 3.4 hektar pemberian kerajaan negeri untuk kemudahan penduduk tempatan dan pelancong antarabangsa yang singgah di sini.

"Terminal ini bukan sahaja bakal menjadi hub terminal tercanggih di rantau ini malahan berkapasiti tinggi bagi memberikan perkhidmatan pengangkutan awam yang lebih efisien dan cekap kepada masyarakat setempat dan pelancong luar.

"Pembinaannya merupakan pelengkap kepada segala masalah pengangkutan awam yang dihadapi penduduk selama ini kerana terminal baru ini bakal menempatkan kira-kira 250 bas awam yang merangkumi bas ekspres, bas antara bandar selain perkhidmatan teksi di sini," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis pecah tanah projek berkenaan di Meru Raya dekat sini semalam.

Katanya, terminal baru itu akan menyelesaikan masalah penduduk yang sering berulang-alik ke bandar menggunakan pengangkutan awam, khususnya masalah berhubung perkhidmatan bas yang sudah terlalu usang selain keadaan terminal sedia ada yang sesak, bising dan tercemar.

- Bernama

IPOH SENTRAL BUS TERMINAL READY BY APRIL 2011, SAYS PERAK MB
Bernama - Wednesday, October 21

IPOH, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- The Ipoh Sentral bus terminal in Meru Raya which will see bus express service operators, inter-city buses and taxis under one roof, is expected to be completed by April 2011.

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said construction would begin soon on the RM38 million bus terminal on a 3.4 hectare piece of land given by the state government.

He said the bus terminal would serve as a convenience for local residents and foreign tourists who visited the state.

"The terminal would not only become the most sophisticated terminal in the region, but its high-capacity will provide a more efficient public transport service to locals and outsiders," he added.

Mohammad Nizar said the new terminal would boast of 400 car parking bays, 60 bus bays and 30 bays for taxis.

-- BERNAMA

^^

It better be to have air-conditioning system!

What about Penang Sentral...Is it located at Buttorworth station in the rail map of electrified double track between Ipoh - Padang Besar..?

http://www.2t.com.my/images/map_my_pinang.png

^^

Yes, Butterworth station...

Cool....

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0650.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0649.jpg

Something new today, a tall direction board in KL Sentral....

Whoaaaahh..cool.
At least this direction board is better than those in KLIA!

^^

Yes, Butterworth station...are they electrifying the spur to Butterworth as part of the Ipoh Padang Besar service? If that is the case then the time will soon come for Komuter Utara :banana:
Whoaaaahh..cool.
At least this direction board is better than those in KLIA!I wonder why they dont mention the LRT or ERL or KTM Komuter on that board...

Cheers, m

Ipoh Sentral-Meru Raya jadi tumpuan pelabur
Oleh Mohd Feroz Abu Bakar
feroz@bharian.com.my

IPOH: Beberapa syarikat sudah menunjukkan minat untuk membangunkan industri berteknologi tinggi, pusat kesihatan dan pendidikan di sekitar terminal bersepadu Ipoh Sentral di Meru Raya.

Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, berkata kerajaan negeri juga sudah menerima permohonan untuk mendirikan pasar raya besar berhampiran Ipoh Sentral.

Beliau berkata, pihaknya akan memilih dengan teliti jenis pembangunan yang akan dilakukan di Meru Raya kerana kawasan itu dikhususkan bagi industri berteknologi tinggi.


"Memang banyak pertanyaan dan sudah ada yang menghantar permohonan untuk membangunkan industri berteknologi tinggi, pusat kesihatan, pusat pendidikan dan pasar raya besar.

“Tetapi, kita mahu terminal bersepadu ini dibangunkan terlebih dulu untuk memberi keselesaan kepada penduduk, pengunjung dan pekerja di sini.

"Ipoh Sentral akan beroperasi dalam tempoh 30 bulan lagi," katanya kepada pemberita selepas Majlis Pecah Tanah Ipoh Sentral di sini, kelmarin.

Ipoh Sentral dengan kos RM38 juta di tapak seluas 3.3 hektar itu dibangunkan oleh Combined Bus Services Sdn Bhd (Combined Bus), iaitu gabungan 14 syarikat bas yang beroperasi di seluruh Perak.

Terminal bersepadu itu menyediakan 400 tempat letak kereta, 60 petak untuk bas dan 30 untuk teksi.

Sebanyak 15 syarikat bas ekspres juga sudah bersetuju untuk membuka kaunter tiket di Ipoh Sentral.

Mohammad Nizar berkata, Combined Bus akan menukar semua basnya dengan bas baru dan berhawa dingin untuk keselesaan penumpang.

I wonder why they dont mention the LRT or ERL or KTM Komuter on that board...

Cheers, m

Judging from the board..I observe that this direction board point for divide building from the main terminal which include

City Service:
KTM intercity
Bus/Taxi
Monorail

Hotel:
Hilton
Meridien
Suasana loft
Suasana Sentral loft

Dining:
Sooka Sentral

Office:
Plaza Sentral
1 Sentral (Lot N)

are they electrifying the spur to Butterworth as part of the Ipoh Padang Besar service? If that is the case then the time will soon come for Komuter Utara :banana:
I wonder why they dont mention the LRT or ERL or KTM Komuter on that board...

Cheers, m

In my opinion, yes, it has to be...

The reason is, normally when intercity trains heads to Butterworth, it will pass Bukit Mertajam...

So, if government electrifies the Ipoh-Butterworth section, but not the Butterworth-Padang Besar section....the spur from Bukit Mertajam to Butterworth will be electrified...probably those heading north, may not be electrified...

Pudu Bus Terminal
by 非典型摩羯

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2978610970_c07e7db80d_b.jpg

Pudu Bus Terminal
by norhendraruslan

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2983715772_a6fc942781_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2983717260_8d3bd2b830_o.jpg

did you guys know that busses headed south,does not stop at puduraya terminal anymore,instead they stop near bukit jalil stadium,before this all north bount,stop at jalan duta.to the east coast,you had to take it hentian putra.

as no express busses stop at puduraya anymore,it should be demolish or to use this building to replace medan pasar bus stand area

RM38m transportation hub to spur growth


THE RM38mil Ipoh Central Transportation Hub at Meru Raya near Ipoh will begin operation in two-and-a-half years’ time.

Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin hoped the hub would be a catalyst for other development in the area.

“When the project was announced, the state was deluged with enquiries for other projects in the area,” he told reporters after a ground breaking ceremony for the hub.

He added that a hypermarket had submitted a proposal to open an outlet there.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/10/31/north/ipoh.jpg
Nizar laying the foundation stone during a ground breaking ceremony for the Ipoh Sentral Transportation Hub in Meru Raya, Ipoh.

“However, the state has to be selective as land is limited,” he added, noting that the state had allocated a 3.4ha plot of land for the hub project.

It had been reported that a newly-formed consortium –Combined Bus Services – would undertake the construction of the hub. The consortium was formed by 14 bus operators in the city.

Operasi Klang Sentral ditunda

Oleh NOR AZAN FITRI AHMAD HIDZIR


http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2008/1031/Utusan_Malaysia/Kota/wk_01.1.jpg
MAKLUMAN... Majlis Perbandaran Klang sudah memasang notis pemberitahuan penutupan hentian bas di pusat bandar Klang dan perpindahan hentian itu ke Terminal Bas Klang Sentral mulai November.
- Gambar MOHD. SAIFUDIN RASHID

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



KLANG 30 Okt. - Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) tetap dengan keputusannya untuk memindahkan kedua-dua perhentian bas di pusat bandar ini ke Terminal Bas Klang Sentral walaupun mendapat bantahan daripada pelbagai pihak.

Ahli Majlis MPK, Jamuliddin Elias berkata, mengikut perancangan awal, operasi di Klang Sentral akan bermula Sabtu ini tetapi terpaksa ditunda ke satu tarikh lain berikutan terdapat sedikit masalah teknikal.

Bagaimanapun, katanya, tarikh baru itu tetap pada minggu pertama bulan depan.

"Kami berhadapan dengan masalah untuk mendapatkan sijil layak menduduki (CF) bagi Klang Sentral ekoran beberapa masalah kecil.

"Kami juga berhadapan masalah bekalan air kerana pihak Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn. Bhd. (Syabas) masih belum menyalurkan air ke situ walaupun telah berjanji untuk menyambung bekalan sebelum Sabtu ini," katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia selepas mesyuarat penuh bulanan MPK di sini hari ini.

Sebelum ini, Utusan Malaysia melaporkan keputusan MPK untuk menghentikan operasi Hentian Bas Klang Utara, Jalan Pos Bahru dan Hentian Bas Ekspres serta Teksi, Lorong Kepayang berkuat kuasa 1 November ini.

Operasi kedua-dua hentian bas itu akan dipindahkan ke Terminal Bas Klang Sentral di Jalan Meru bernilai RM300 juta yang terletak kira-kira 10 kilometer daripada pusat bandar.

Jamuliddin memberitahu, perpindahan tersebut merupakan sebahagian daripada usaha pihak MPK untuk menguruskan kesesakan lalu-lintas yang semakin teruk di tengah-tengah bandar Klang.

Tambahnya lagi, keadaan sedia ada di pusat bandar Klang sudah tidak mampu menampung pertambahan jumlah kenderaan, membuatkan kesesakan menjadi semakin teruk sehingga orang ramai menjadi tertekan.

"Kedua-dua stesen bas yang sedia ada juga terlalu kecil dan sukar untuk memuatkan semua bas yang menjalankan operasi di stesen bas tersebut.

"Perubahan ini juga adalah sebahagian daripada usaha MPK untuk menjadikan Klang sebagai sebuah bandar moden pada masa akan datang," jelasnya.

Mengenai kedudukan Klang Sentral yang jauh dari pusat bandar dan dilihat akan menjadi satu bebanan baru kepada para pengguna serta pengusaha bas, beliau berkata, projek tersebut adalah perancangan kerajaan yang terdahulu.

Katanya, MPK hanya hanya meneruskan projek berkenaan, selain kerana ia juga telah dipersetujui oleh semua pengusaha bas di kedua-dua hentian bas tersebut.

"Para pengusaha bas juga memberikan jaminan bahawa kadar tambang adalah sama.

"Kami akan menyediakan pelbagai kemudahan seperti pondok bit polis, kedai makan dan seumpamanya sebagai usaha untuk memudahkan orang ramai yang menggunakan perkhidmatan bas di Klang Sentral," katanya.

Beliau memberitahu, masalah kesesakan lalu-lintas juga tidak menjadi persoalan kerana MPK telah menyediakan laluan bas yang baru untuk tujuan melancarkan operasi bas.

"Selain itu, terdapat banyak jalan keluar lain dari kawasan itu dan pengusaha bas serta orang ramai tidak hanya tertakluk untuk menggunakan Jalan Meru semata-mata," jelasnya.

Sementara itu, beliau memberitahu, Hentian Bas Klang Utara dan Hentian Bas Ekspres serta Teksi akan hanya digunakan sebagai tempat untuk mengambil penumpang sahaja.

Beliau menjelaskan, kedua-dua hentian bas itu juga akan diubah suai untuk dijadikan pusat komersial dan tidak akan dibiarkan begitu sahaja.

Source : http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/2389500/Article



2008/10/31
Work on Penang Sentral to start soon


GEORGE TOWN: Work on the first phase of Penang Sentral in Butterworth is expected to start before the end of the year when the relocation of hawkers at the current site is completed.
Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) director Datuk Ahmad Ibnihajar said the relocation would be carried out soon.

He added that the temporary terminal could accommodate up to 62 hawkers, compared to 50 at the Penang Port Commission's three-storey bus complex destroyed in a 2001 fire.

"We have handed over the temporary hawker centre to the local council, and the relocation process is up to them," he said after handing over school supplies to 300 underprivileged pupils under MRCB's "Pintar" project.

Ahmad, however, said the relocation was only expected to begin after all the stage and express bus operators had moved to the temporary terminal next month.
The temporary terminal was completed in July but to date, only RapidPenang has begun operating there.

Ahmad said work on the first phase, expected to cost RM300 million, should be completed by 2013, comprising bus and taxi terminals, and retail outlets.

The 12.8ha Penang Sentral project is jointly undertaken by Pelaburan Hartanah Bumiputera Berhad (PHBB) and MRCB.

The integrated terminal for rail, road and sea travel is one of many major projects aimed at strengthening Penang's role as a logistics and transportation hub for the Northern Corridor Economic Region.

Hentian teksi, stesen bas RM1 juta dibina tahun depan


SUNGAI SIPUT: Lebih 35,000 penduduk di Sungai Siput dan beberapa kampung sekitar bakal menerima sebuah stesen bas serta hentian teksi lengkap dengan pelbagai kemudahan bernilai hampir RM1 juta, akhir tahun depan.

Yang Dipertua Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Kangsar (MPKK), Datuk Mohd Shafie Arifin berkata, pembinaan stesen bas dan teksi yang turut disediakan dengan kemudahan gerai makanan serta minuman itu dibina bagi menggantikan stesen bas lama berusia lebih lapan tahun.

"Kita sudah menerima kertas cadangan pembangunan daripada Waterfront Celebration Village Sdn Bhd (Waterfront Celebration) dan sedang meneliti sama ada pembinaan projek membina hentian bas serta teksi itu akan diusahakan MPKK atau pemaju sebagai usaha untuk menjimatkan kos pembinaan.



"Hentian berkenaan akan dibina di kawasan seluas 0.4 hektar di Pusat Komersil Waterfront, Bandar Baru Sungai Siput, di sini," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis penyerahan tapak stesen bas dan teksi oleh Keris Properties Sdn Bhd kepada MPKK, di sini, semalam.

Waterfront Celebration adalah anak syarikat Keris Properties Sdn Bhd, pemaju projek pembangunan Pusat Komersil Waterfront di Sungai Siput. Ia akan menjadi kontraktor siap guna untuk projek berkenaan serta bertindak sebagai penyelenggara projek terbabit.

Mohd Shafie berkata, projek pembinaan hentian itu dijangka bermula awal tahun depan dan dijangka siap sepenuhnya akhir 2009 bagi menampung permintaan penduduk.

Sementara itu, Pengarah Keris Properties Sdn Bhd, Michael Tan berkata, pihaknya berusaha untuk melengkapkan kemudahan asas di Sungai Siput bagi memenuhi permintaan orang ramai.

"Keris Properties iaitu sebuah syarikat yang bertanggungjawab menjalankan projek pembangunan integrasi bernilai kira-kira RM150 juta membabitkan pembinaan kedai pejabat, rumah kedai dan perumahan di Bandar Baru Sungai Siput," katanya.

^^^
Maybe it will be call Sungai Siput Sentral...hehehe

Klang Sentral Terminal to open
By CHRISTINA TAN


THE Klang Utara bus station has been scheduled for relocation to Jalan Meru by end of this month as part of the township’s development planning.

All bus and taxi operators would be operating from the new Klang Sentral Terminal, about 6km from the current terminal.

Klang Utara terminal as well as express bus and taxi terminals in Lorong Kepayang would be closed permenantly.

Sungai Pinang state assemblyman Teng Chang Khim said several pick-up points had been planned in Klang town for the convenience of passengers in the area.

He said Klang Sentral, as the new public transport centre in Klang Utara, would help to reduce traffic congestion in the royal town.

The public transport services located in the Klang town centre has caused serious congestion, acccording to Klang Municipal Council (MPK).

Teng said relocation of the bus terminal was necessary despite complaints from the traders at the present terminal who feared their businesses would be affected.

The Klang population was increasing fast and new planning and developments were needed to ensure the district continued to be a conducive living place, he said.

He added that the population in the town had increased to more than one million from 800,000 five years ago.

Nod awaited on RM70m KK terminal

Kota Kinabalu: City Hall is still waiting for the Federal Government to approve its application for funds to build the proposed RM70 million Southern Bus Terminal in front of the Kepayan Police Headquarters here.

Mayor Datuk Iliyas Ibrahim said the city is in urgent need of the Southern Terminal as increasing traffic congestion in the city warrants it to route the inflow of buses away from the city.

He said if the Federal Government does not approve the funds, City Hall may find other means of funding to ensure the project gets implemented.

Iliyas mentioned the possibility of applying for a bank loan or to make a land swap deal with a private company to undertake the project. "We have applied for funds but so far they have not approved our application. If they don't approve then we'll do it ourselves, it's our land.

Maybe we'll apply for a loan or maybe we'll strike a land swap deal with a private company and ask them to do it," he said.

He told reporters this after a ceremony at SMK Kolombong, here Wednesday, where he officially declared the school litter-free.

Iliyas said the influx of buses into the city is adding to the worsening traffic congestion.

"We need this Southern Bus Terminal so that all the buses from Papar, Beaufort, Kuala Penyu, Brunei and Sarawak need not enter the city.

They will stop at the terminal and a special bus will bring their passengers to the city. This will help ease congestion," he said. Meanwhile, in another development, Iliyas said City Hall would not hesitate to take action against errant entertainment outlet operators who operate beyond permitted hours.

DBKK rancang bina terminal bas selatan

KOTA KINABALU 9 Nov. - Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu (DBKK) merancang membina terminal bas baru bagi zon selatan di Kepayan bagi mengatasi masalah kesesakan lalu lintas yang semakin teruk di pusat bandar.

Datuk Bandar Kota Kinabalu, Datuk Iliyas Ibrahim berkata, terminal bernilai RM70 juta itu dirancang dibina di kawasan berhadapan dengan Ibu Pejabat Kontinjen Polis Negeri.

Bagaimanapun katanya, DBKK pada masa ini masih menunggu kelulusan peruntukan bagi pembinaan tersebut daripada kerajaan Persekutuan.

''Bandar raya ini sememangnya memerlukan terminal bagi zon selatan kerana masalah kesesakan lalu lintas semakin ketara menyebabkan kenderaan perlu dihadkan daripada masuk ke pusat bandar.

''Kita pada masa ini masih menunggu kelulusan peruntukan. Jika tidak, DBKK perlu cari sumber kewangan lain," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis pengiktirafan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Kolombong sebagai sekolah tanpa sampah di sini semalam.

Pada masa ini, hanya terdapat terminal utara di Inanam yang menempatkan bas-bas ekspres dari arah utara dan pantai timur Sabah.

Iliyas berkata, alternatif bagi mendapatkan sumber kewangan ialah memohon pinjaman bank atau menukarkan sebidang tanah dengan syarikat swasta untuk melaksanakan projek itu.

Beliau berkata, terminal baru itu dijangka dapat menempatkan bas dari selatan Sabah iaitu Papar, Beaufort, Sipitang, Kuala Penyu, Brunei dan Sarawak.

"Semua bas itu akan berhenti di situ dan bas khas akan membawa para penumpang ke bandar raya. cara ini akan dapat mengurang kesesakan di ibu kota," katanya.

Sementara itu Iliyas berkata, DBKK tidak akan teragak-agak untuk mengambil tindakan terhadap pengusaha pusat hiburan yang beroperasi melebihi had masa ditetapkan.

Katanya, had masa yang dibenarkan ialah sehingga pukul 1 pagi pada hari biasa dan 2 pagi pada hujung minggu.

"Jika ingkar, DBKK tidak teragak-agak mengambil tindakan segera seperti mengenakan kompaun dan menyita semua kelengkapan mereka," katanya.

Stesen Masjid Jamek disepadukan

KUALA LUMPUR 9 Nov. – Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn. Bhd. (RapidKL) bercadang untuk menyambung kedua-dua stesen transit aliran ringan (LRT) berhampiran Masjid Jamek di sini bagi menjadikan sistem pengangkutan itu lebih bersepadu.

Pengurus Besar Komunikasi RapidKL, Ebi Azly Abdullah berkata, selain itu, pihaknya juga sedang mempertimbangkan untuk menyepadukan sepenuhnya sistem jualan tiket LRT aliran Ampang (STAR) dan Kelana Jaya (Putra).

“Cadangan ini sedang dipertimbangkan untuk pembangunan fasa seterusnya bagi Stesen Masjid Jamek setelah kerja-kerja menaik taraf pada fasa pertama kini disiapkan,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas mengadakan tinjauan bersama media ke stesen berkenaan semalam.

Projek menaik taraf stesen berkenaan termasuk pembinaan sebuah plaza dilakukan oleh Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) dan Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) dan telah diserahkan kepada RapidKL.

Beliau berkata, plaza berkenaan akan dibuka kepada umum tidak lama lagi setelah sebahagian daripadanya ditutup dua tahun lalu.

Plaza yang sedang dinaik taraf sejak 1 November 2006 dijangka mampu memberi lebih keselesaan kepada pengguna apabila ia siap kelak.

Ebi Azly Abdullah berkata, plaza berkenaan mempunyai lima laluan masuk termasuk satu dikhaskan untuk golongan orang kurang upaya.

“Fasa pertama plaza ini telah disiapkan pada 15 Oktober lalu,” katanya.

Menurutnya, dengan siapnya fasa pertama itu bermakna Stesen Masjid Jamek kini mempunyai plaza baru berbumbung yang melintasi Sungai Gombak.

Kerja-kerja menaik taraf pada fasa pertama juga, jelasnya, telah meningkatkan ketinggian aras lantai plaza yang menyeberangi sungai berkenaan.

“Selain itu, kerja-kerja itu juga ialah menambah keluasan plaza ini,” katanya.

Masjid Jamek Plaza to open on Nov 15
By FAZLEENA AZIZ


THE long-awaited Masjid Jamek Station Plaza will be opened to the public on Nov 15.

The RM5mil development by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) was aimed to provide further integration with the Ampang/Sri Petaling-line LRT station and to protect commuters from the weather.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/11/7/central/m_03rapid.jpg
Opening soon: The station has been handed over to Rapid KL and will be in use on Nov 15.

Construction of the plaza commenced on Nov 1, 2006, and phase 1 of the Plaza was completed on Oct 15.

The project faced slight delays due to several issues including site constraints, inclement weather and technical problems.

The plaza has been handed over to RapidKL, who will manage the station.

RapidKL senior manager (rail operations) Ismail Abdullah said that there were five entrances including one for people with disabilities.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/11/7/central/m_03chellan.jpg
Big plans: RapidKL communication manager Chellan Vasuderan, Ismail and Ebi discussing the next phase for the upgrade plans.

“Among the improvements done to the station are a new covered roof crossing the river, an increase in the level of the plaza crossing the river and an increase of the area.

“The level has been raised according to the specifications given by the Drainage and Irrigation Department,” Ismail said.

Ismail also said that there were some 170,000 people using the Kelana Jaya Line with 30,000 using the Masjid Jamek station alone.

RapidKL general manager (communications) Ebi Azly Abdullah said that the next phase would include the possibility of connecting both Masjid Jamek Stations as well as a full integration of the ticketing system between the Ampang and Kelana Jaya Lines.

“We hope to provide a better facility for the public,” he said.

Masjid Jamek Plaza to open on Nov 15
By FAZLEENA AZIZ


“Among the improvements done to the station are a new covered roof crossing the river, an increase in the level of the plaza crossing the river and an increase of the area.

RapidKL general manager (communications) Ebi Azly Abdullah said that the next phase would include the possibility of connecting both Masjid Jamek Stations as well as a full integration of the ticketing system between the Ampang and Kelana Jaya Lines.

“We hope to provide a better facility for the public,” he said.I really hope there are some misprints here...2 years for the project and what have we actually got besides a new roof and higher bridge? I dont even think the stations are linked yet.....

If anyone on the list is going to be at Masjid Jamek station on Saturday, please take photos and post them here.

Cheers, m

What?? I thought the upgrading of the station is for the purpose of physically intergrating these two systems? Apparently it is not. And we have to wait more time for a single ticket system??

And i thought the contract for single contactless card and fare integration has called months ago!

And i thought the contract for single contactless card and fare integration has called months ago!Hong Kong integrated the MTR and KCR railways in 2 months and integrated the ticketing system in less than 1 year.

KL - nearly 5 years and counting.....:ohno:

:bash:

Cheers, m

Puduraya needs a makeover fast


WHEN it comes to travelling between the states, one of the most important mode is by express bus. Sadly, the Pudu bus station and the express bus services offered there are a nightmare.

The station’s condition is a real eyesore.

Although some efforts to restore the building have been made, including painting and changing the platform signs and counter numbers, the station still has a foul smell, especially down at the platforms, where the exhaust fumes of the buses cannot escape due to poor ventilation.

The authorities should consider opening up the bus station or at least figure out a way to direct the fumes away from the platforms.

Noise pollution is another issue.

With bus conductors yelling out where each bus is headed to, coupled with the honking of the buses, it is worse than a wet market.

Sometimes, you can get a heart attack when a honk goes off suddenly from one of the buses and this happens despite a no-honking sign displayed at the platforms.

The employees of the bus companies are also rude. What will foreigners think?

Bus conductors can also be seen cursing passengers and grumbling.

Most of the time, the bus drivers are grumpy and when passengers try to tell them where they wish to stop or even ask a question, they will just snap back. If this continues, tourists will be annoyed and may refrain from taking the express bus services. What will this do to the tourism sector of our country?

One more thing that annoys me is that the buses are not punctual at all.

When you buy a ticket for a 1.30pm bus, you expect the bus to leave at 1.30pm or at most 1.35pm to give allowances for late passengers.

However, these buses invariably arrive at 2.pm or leave at 2pm.

If I wanted to leave at 2pm, wouldn’t I have bought tickets for the 2pm bus?

The buses delay and wait for their tickets to be sold out before they leave the station. They fail to realise that they would get more passengers if they provided good service and were more punctual.

Touts are another problem. They harass you as you enter the station, asking where you are going. Their latest tactic is to ask where you are going and try to be friendly.

If one mentions a place their bus companies do not service, they will just disappear. However, if you ignore them, they will continue to follow you and try to strike up a conversation.

If they want customers, they have to win them over. They should not harass customers but should take the effort to proivide better serivice.

Their shouting along the walkways between the counters is simply annoying and also contributes to the noise pollution.

I suggest that the Kuala Lumpur City Hall take more action, especially against the touts. There should also be fines for buses that ignore the nohonking signs.

Puduraya itself could do with a makeover. Having said that, I do applaud the bus companies who go the extra mile in keeping their buses clean. Kudos to them.

SARAH Malacca

Ha ya pleaselah no morelah, enough renovation for this building.Once the finish the tasik selatan terminal i think UDA should blow up this place!!!And dump all the debris at the plaza rakyat site!!!

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/11/20/central/m_04masjidjamek.jpg
Open to public: The new Masjid Jamek Station Plaza.

“The RM5mil development by the DBKL aims to provide a more comfortable concourse area and increase accessibility and mobility of LRT users for both Ampang and Kelana Jaya Lines.

“The reasons for the delay in the project involved increase in cost, changes in design as well as the constraints at the working area.

“The second phase of this project is by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd and is a full integration of the ticketing system between the lines.

“It is expected to be completed by October 2009 at a cost of RM5mil to RM10mil,” he said.

Hakim also said that an exit near Hong Kong Bank would be the third phase of the integration.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/11/20/central/m_04masjidjamek.jpg
Open to public: The new Masjid Jamek Station Plaza.

“The RM5mil development by the DBKL aims to provide a more comfortable concourse area and increase accessibility and mobility of LRT users for both Ampang and Kelana Jaya Lines.

“The reasons for the delay in the project involved increase in cost, changes in design as well as the constraints at the working area.

“The second phase of this project is by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd and is a full integration of the ticketing system between the lines.

“It is expected to be completed by October 2009 at a cost of RM5mil to RM10mil,” he said.

Hakim also said that an exit near Hong Kong Bank would be the third phase of the integration.what differences do you see besides the roof?

Cheers, m

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/11/20/central/m_04masjidjamek.jpg
Open to public: The new Masjid Jamek Station Plaza.

“The RM5mil development by the DBKL aims to provide a more comfortable concourse area and increase accessibility and mobility of LRT users for both Ampang and Kelana Jaya Lines.

“The reasons for the delay in the project involved increase in cost, changes in design as well as the constraints at the working area.

“The second phase of this project is by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd and is a full integration of the ticketing system between the lines.

“It is expected to be completed by October 2009 at a cost of RM5mil to RM10mil,” he said.

Hakim also said that an exit near Hong Kong Bank would be the third phase of the integration.

Fasa kedua Plaza Pejalan Kaki
Oleh NOR AZAN FITRI AHMAD HIDZIR

KUALA LUMPUR 19 Nov. - Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) dijangka memulakan pembinaan fasa kedua atau sambungan fasa satu Plaza Pejalan Kaki Stesen Transit Aliran Ringan (LRT) Masjid Jamek pada awal tahun depan.

Ketua Pengarah Teknikalnya, Zulkifli Yusoff berkata, pembinaan fasa kedua itu bertujuan menyambung kedua-dua stesen LRT di situ bagi memudahkan orang ramai untuk menggunakan perkhidmatan yang disediakan.

Jelasnya, ia juga bertujuan untuk memberikan keselesaan serta kemudahan kepada orang ramai kerana mereka tidak perlu lagi melintas jalan untuk menggunakan perkhidmatan LRT yang berada di seberang jalan, sebaliknya hanya perlu menggunakan eskalator untuk ke sana.

"Proses pembinaan fasa kedua ini akan dimulakan pada awal tahun depan dan dijangka siap untuk beroperasi pada penghujung September atau awal Oktober.

"Kos keseluruhan pembinaan fasa kedua itu akan ditanggung sepenuhnya oleh SPNB dan ia melibatkan perbelanjaan sekitar RM10 juta," katanya pada sidang akhbar selepas majlis perasmian Plaza Pejalan Kaki Stesen LRT Masjid Jamek di sini hari ini.

Majlis perasmian tersebut disempurnakan oleh Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Ab. Hakim Borhan. Turut hadir Ketua Pengarah Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), Datuk Salleh Yusup serta Pengarah Jabatan Pengangkutan Bandar DBKL, Ir. Dr. Leong Siew Mun.

Sementara itu, Ab. Hakim berkata, pembinaan fasa pertama plaza pejalan kaki itu adalah untuk memberikan keselesaan dan ruang yang lebih kondusif untuk para pengguna yang menggunakan perkhidmatan yang disediakan.

Jelasnya, kos pembinaan fasa pertama itu adalah sekitar RM5 juta dan ia dibiayai secara bersama oleh DBKL dan SPNB sebelum diserahkan kepada Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn. Bhd. (RapidKL).

"Pada mulanya fasa pertama ini dijangka siap dalam tempoh setahun daripada tarikh pembinaannya tetapi terdapat beberapa faktor menyebabkan pembinaannya terlewat sedikit daripada tarikh asal.

"Antara faktornya adalah ruang kerja yang kecil untuk para pekerja menjalankan tugasan, kenaikan kos bahan mentah dan juga terdapat sedikit perubahan dari segi reka bentuk asalnya tetapi kita berjaya menyempurnakannya pada Oktober tahun ini," jelasnya.

Beliau berharap plaza ini akan digunakan sebaik-baiknya oleh warga kota dan beliau juga berharap orang ramai untuk tidak merosakkan plaza itu dengan vandalisme kerana ia akan memberi impak negatif kepada Kuala Lumpur.

"Kita tidak mahu perkara-perkara yang tidak baik berlaku di plaza ini memandangkan ia terletak di tengah-tengah pusat bandar dan kami berharap ia akan digunakan sebaik-baik mungkin untuk kebaikan bersama," katanya.

Ha ya pleaselah no morelah, enough renovation for this building.Once the finish the tasik selatan terminal i think UDA should blow up this place!!!And dump all the debris at the plaza rakyat site!!!

Luckily the future terminal in BTS, will have different operator than Puduraya...

Plaza with pedestrian walkway for Masjid Jamek LRT station
Noel Achariam

http://www.nst.com.my/Streets/Tuesday/Stories/2409938/insidepix1
Mayor Datuk Abdul Hakim Borhan (second from left), City Hall director general Datuk Salleh Yusop (left) and Dr Leong Siew Mun (third from left) of the Urban Transport Department at the officlal opening of the Masjid Jamek pedestrian walkway.

KUALA LUMPUR: A covered plaza with a walkway has been built to cater to the growing number of commuters using the Kelana Jaya line.

http://www.nst.com.my/Streets/Tuesday/Stories/2409938/insidepix2?display=xsmall
The newly launched Masjid Jamek pedestrian walkway at Masjid Jamek LRT station.

The newly launched Masjid Jamek pedestrian walkway will cater to the 170,000 people commuting on the Kelana Jaya Line with 30,000 more using the Masjid Jamek station.

Mayor Ab Hakim Borhan said the plaza was one of City Hall's programmes to enhance public transport in the city.

"We hope that the new plaza will increase the accessibility and mobility of commuters at the Masjid Jamek station," he said.


Construction on the RM5 million plaza started in 2006 and is scheduled to be completed in October 2009.

City Hall's plans for Masjid Jamek are connecting both the Masjid Jamek stations and a full integration of the ticketing system between Ampang and Kelana Jaya line.

"Phase One is already completed, next will be Phase Two and Three. The connection between the Kelana Jaya and Ampang stations is expected to start early next year and will be completed in October 2009," said Hakim.

The plaza has five entrances including one for the disabled.

Shift to new Klang terminal to go ahead
Friday November 28, 2008

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/11/28/central/p8klang.jpg

Days numbered: The current bus station in the heart of Klang town will be
empty once all the bus companies start operating from the new Klang Sentral
terminal in Jalan Meru from Dec 1.

DHARMENDER SINGH at the MPK full board meeting

The Klang Municipal Council (MPK) has decided to go ahead with the Dec 1 deadline for all bus companies to move to the new bus terminal at Klang Sentral in Jalan Meru despite objections from the public and several municipal councillors.

The impending shift from the current bus station in the heart of Klang town to the new terminal was hotly debated for almost an hour as councillors expressed concern that the relocation would cause hardship to public transport users.

Councillor Wong Siah Ping said the shift would cause a lot of confusion as most of the residents were still not aware of the move and the new bus routes.

She said even the council itself could not provide the exact routes for all 21 companies operating in the municipality since only three bus companies had submitted their new routes.

According to Wong, the planned bus stops at five locations in the town did not have proper shelter and would cause serious problems if it rained during the morning rush hour.

“The bus schedules have not been properly publicised and I am afraid that all this is going to cause havoc on the first day of implementation,” she said.

“Many people could end up turning up very late for work as a result of the confusion,” she said.

According to councillor L. Segaran, it takes about two hours for residents from areas like Taman Sentosa to get to the new terminal and 45 minutes from Klang town.

He said there were many people travelling from Klang to Kuala Lumpur to go to work and to college and most would be delayed due to the need to travel a long distance to the terminal.

Segaran said the council should put off the shift to the new terminal until all these issues were resolved as there was no need to hurry the shift at a huge cost to the people.

Council president Mislan Tugiu, however, said the matter had been thoroughly discussed at the sub-committee level which also included representatives from the police, Road Transport Department and the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Unit.

He said all the parties had agreed that the shift was the only way to solve the increasing traffic congestion in the town centre and people would get used to the changes after the initial teething problems.

He said the shift had already been put off three times before this and postponing it again would seem to indicate that the board did not trust the decision by councillors in sub-committee.

“We can overcome the problem with the public by sending council staff, including enforcement officers to hand out pamphlets on the shift as well as the location of the five pick-up points around Klang town,” he said.

New station building in Masjid Jamek (30/11/2008)

The sign has been the changed....
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0749.jpg

One of the entrances to the new building, in the future, passenger can walk to other line without having to get outside just like this, if you notice after you pass through the faregates in Ampang line, there is a one big board that blocks direct entry from Ampang line to KJ line and vice versa.......i guess the board will be removed, if the fare integration project is completed....
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0750.jpg

Entrance
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0751.jpg

Interior
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0753.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0754.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0755.jpg

To Kelana Jaya line
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0756.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0757.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0760.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0763.jpg

^^so much better!!!....

New station building in Masjid Jamek (30/11/2008)

One of the entrances to the new building, in the future, passenger can walk to other line without having to get outside just like this, if you notice after you pass through the faregates in Ampang line, there is a one big board that blocks direct entry from Ampang line to KJ line and vice versa.......i guess the board will be removed, if the fare integration project is completed....

Is there a provision for a paid-area connection or would interchanging passengers still have to go through the fare-gates?

Is there a provision for a paid-area connection or would interchanging passengers still have to go through the fare-gates?

Currently, passengers still have to go through the faregates when changing lines...

In future, i don't know, but when the fare of both lines to be integrated in the future, we might see that...

^^so much better!!!....

Much better, but not good enough until next year, to allow passengers changing lines without having to go out and pay 2 times...

Currently, passengers still have to go through the faregates when changing lines...

In future, i don't know, but when the fare of both lines to be integrated in the future, we might see that...

I meant to ask if that was physically possible, based on what you saw?

I meant to ask if that was physically possible, based on what you saw?

In my opinion, it is possible :)

Protest against relocation of bus terminal operation


SOME 100 people gathered at the Klang Utara bus terminal early this week to stage a peaceful protest against the local government decision to relocate the operation of the present town bus terminal to a new terminal at Meru.

The protesters comprising bus operators, taxi drivers, traders, members of NGOs and bus commuters held placards with messages against the decision during the 15-minute gathering.

Malaysia Indian Welfare Association president A. Prakash said the traders at and around the present terminal would suffer loss of business if its operation was shifted to the new terminal in Meru.

He said the new scheme would cause much hardship to the bus users, especially the poorer ones, as it would cost them more money and involved longer travelling time.

Yew Boon Lye, a spokesman for the crowd, asked the state government to be transparent and reveal the new bus station contract to the public.

“There are many questions that are not answered. We want to know how the project could benefit the people,” he said.

Yew said the state government should consult the people before it decided on any project.

He said there were 12 schools nearby and many students used public transport.

Yew said the relocation of the bus terminal’s operation to Meru would cause much inconvenience and hardship to the students and their parents.

Yew said the group would form a committee to meet Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to present him with a memorandum on the issue.

The state government had announced earlier that the operation at the Klang Utara bus station would be relocated to the new terminal in Jalan Meru by the end of this month as part of the township’s development planning.

All bus and taxi operators will then be operating from the new Klang Sentral Terminal, about 6km from the current terminal.

The Klang Utara terminal and the express bus and taxi terminals in Lorong Kepayang will be closed permanently.

New station building in Masjid Jamek (30/11/2008)

The sign has been the changed....
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0749.jpg

One of the entrances to the new building, in the future, passenger can walk to other line without having to get outside just like this, if you notice after you pass through the faregates in Ampang line, there is a one big board that blocks direct entry from Ampang line to KJ line and vice versa.......i guess the board will be removed, if the fare integration project is completed....
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0750.jpg

Entrance
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0751.jpg

Interior
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0753.jpgI see a lot of stairs - what about accessbility - ramps and stair lifts, tactile pavements...and what about protection from the rain/sun?

It certainly looks better than before, which is a plus

Cheers, m

I see a lot of stairs - what about accessbility - ramps and stair lifts, tactile pavements...and what about protection from the rain/sun?

It certainly looks better than before, which is a plus

Cheers, m

Now that you mentioned, one concern about the new station building, whether it will be disabled-friendly or not...

Bus terminal built in Meru as Klang is jam-packed


FORMER Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Khir Toyo has refuted claims that his administration awarded the contract to build the RM17mil Klang Sentral bus terminal in Meru just to benefit the project developer.

He said it was not true that the people’s interest was not taken into consideration when planning and implementing the controversial project.

Many regular public transport users, particularly the poor, have complained that the relocation of the bus terminal operation in the heart of Klang to the new controversial transport hub in Meru has caused much inconvenience to them.

Workers, students and housewives travelling to work, school or shops are in a dilemma as they have to take an extra bus trip to Meru to board the buses to their respective destinations.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/12/6/central/m_03terminal.jpg
Source of criticism: The new bus terminal at Meru.

The increased cost of travelling and the extra time needed for the journey are making life difficult for most of them.

Khir denied allegations that the development project approved and implemented by the then Barisan Nasional state government benefited just one developer.

“No, no, no, we looked at the suitability of the location and chose one site on the northern part of Klang as the southern side is already crowded,” he said

According to Khir, more and more housing areas are coming up in Meru and the area is developing into a big township and the new bus terminal there is among the essential facilities needed.

He said that the Klang town was now overcrowded with people and congested with vehicles and the state had to look at the growth 20 years from now.

“Klang is packed and we can’t have 30 buses stop at the same area at one time. However, it can be a pick-up point,” Khir said.

On the 30-year concession given to the developer, Khir said it was necessary to spread the cost over a longer time to reduce the rental cost.

He said that if the concession period was shortened, the rental would increased.

MPK tangguh lagi operasi Klang Sentral
ARKIB : 02/12/2008

http://utusan.com.my/pix/2008/1027/utusan_malaysia/Kota/wk_01.1.jpg

BELUM SEDIA... Deretan kedai di hentian
bas Klang Sentral di Jalan Meru, Klang.
- Gambar MOHD. SHAHARANI SAIBI

KUALA LUMPUR Pemindahan pusat operasi bas henti-henti, ekspres dan teksi di Lorong Kepayang, Klang ke Klang Sentral ditangguhkan selama dua minggu lagi.

Menurut Ketua Bahagian Perhubungan Awam Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK), Norfiza Mahfiz, penangguhan itu dibuat kerana Klang Sentral belum menepati spesifikasi yang ditetapkan.

“Kami memutuskan untuk menangguhkan pemindahan itu setelah Ahli-ahli majlis Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK), Razali Hassan, Teo Boon Hock, Wong Siah Ping, Raju Veerasamy, Ismail Arsat dan Maneyvannan Velue mendapati terminal baru itu yang dimajukan oleh NPO Development belum menepati spesifikasi,” katanya dalam kenyataan akhbar.

Katanya, pemeriksaan itu turut disertai oleh ketua-ketua jabatan MPK berkaitan.

“Pemaju diberikan tempoh selama dua minggu dari tarikh 1 Disember untuk memperbetulkan beberapa perkara sebelum terminal dibuka.

“Oleh itu, pembukaan terminal yang telah mendapat persetujuan semua pihak terutamanya pengusaha bas dan teksi itu akan dilakukan dalam tempoh dua minggu lagi,” jelas beliau.

Relocation of Klang Utara bus terminal delayed


THE relocation of the Klang Utara bus terminal, which was scheduled for Dec 1, has been delayed to Dec 13.

Klang municipal councillor Razali Hassan said the new Klang Sentral terminal in Meru could not operate yet due to some construction issues at the terminal.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/12/10/central/m_08station.jpg
Still work to be done: The new Klang Sentral bus terminal at Meru.

He said during a check at the new terminal recently with few other councillors and department heads of the Klang Municipal Council (MPK), they discovered that the developer had failed to adhere to some specifications.

”Infrastructure in the building such as signboards, cabling and wiring are not completed yet.

”We have given the developer two weeks to do so and the relocation is rescheduled to Dec 13,” he said.

In a statement by the MPK, the council apologised to the public for the inconvenience caused by the delay.

There will be several points in Klang town to pick and drop off passengers after the Klang Utara bus terminal shifts to Meru.

The council said all the relocation would continue despite protest from certain parties.

The state government anno-unced earlier that the operation of the Klang Utara bus station would be relocated to the new terminal in Jalan Meru as part of township’s development plan and efforts to ease traffic congestion in the town.

All bus and taxi operators would be operating from the new RM300mil terminal, about 6km from the current site.

The Klang Utara terminal and the express bus and taxi terminals in Lorong Kepayang will cease operation.

Bus Terminals in Malaysia coming to the class....

Operasi bas, teksi di Klang Sentral


KLANG: Semua pusat operasi bas berhenti-henti, bas ekspres dan teksi akan dipindahkan ke Klang Sentral sepenuhnya sebelum akhir tahun ini.

Ketua Bahagian Perhubungan Awam Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK), Norfiza Mahfiz, berkata MPK akan membuka beberapa pusat mengambil dan menurunkan penumpang di sekitar bandar ini untuk kemudahan orang ramai.

"Walaupun MPK menerima bantahan daripada pihak tertentu, segala perancangan berjalan seperti diharapkan dan perpindahan itu dijangka selesai akhir tahun ini," katanya.

Tarikh pemindahan terminal yang dirancang pada 1 Disember lalu ditangguh selepas Ahli-Ahli Majlis MPK, Razali Hassan, Teo Boon Hock, Wong Siah Ping, V Raju, Ismail Arsat dan V Maneyvannan serta ketua-ketua jabatan melakukan pemeriksaan tapak.

Bus Terminals in Malaysia coming to the class....

Unfortunately, bus services do not match with the quality of new bus terminals...

Sometimes YES/sometimes NOT (at all) :)

Bus terminal to get RM6m facelift
Ahmad Fairuz Othman

JOHOR Corporation is spending RM6 million on the second phase of upgrading Larkin Sentral in Johor Baru.

http://www.nst.com.my/JohorBuzz/Friday/Stories/2424091/insidepix1?display=small
BRAND NEW: The An-Nur Mosque at Level 3 of Larkin Sentral.

JCorp chief executive officer Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim said the improvements included expansion of the wet market, bazaar and bus and taxi terminal, which would take up 2,337 square metres.

He said JCorp had already spent RM3 million for the first phase in 2004 to install new escalators, lighting and public toilets.

Larkin Sentral was built in 1994 by the Lion Group and began operations two years later.


However, JCorp took over the terminal's management in 2002 and began upgrading it.

"Larkin Sentral is one of the most strategic locations in Johor. It boasts many retail outlets and is the main bus terminal in the city. No other complex is more sophisticated," said Muhammad Ali after attending Aidiladha prayers at the new An-Nur Mosque at Level 3 of Larkin Sentral.

The RM1.5 million mosque, which opened on Dec 4, can accommodate up to 1,000 people.

It is the third mosque built by JCorp within a shopping mall. The other two are in Plaza Kotaraya and the Pasir Gudang Town Centre Complex.

On the possibility of petty traders moving out after Larkin Sentral is fully upgraded, Muhammad Ali said JCorp was working to keep all of its tenants.

"Several parts of the upgraded complex would not be suitable for some traders. However, we will guide the petty traders as our priority is to keep them. We will conduct courses for traders to add value to their businesses."

He said between five and 10 per cent of Larkin Sentral tenants may leave after the rental rates are raised following the completion of upgrading works in a few years.

However, the corporation has set up contingency plans, including the relocation of traders.



"We have to realise Larkin Sentral has to compete with any other commercial complex."

About 60,000 people use Larkin Sentral daily.

City bus terminal project not shelved
Wednesday December 17, 2008
Stories and photos by SALINA KHALID

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/12/17/central/m_03bus.jpg

Coming to an end: The temporary bus shelter
will be closed once the terminal is built.

THE plan to build a city bus terminal in Shah Alam has not been shelved, but has been revised to a smaller scale central station complex.

The proposed city bus hub will replace the temporary terminal for long distance bus services in Section 17.

According to Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) press officer Shahrin Ahmad, the plan for the bus terminal is still on despite it being on hold for a long time.

He said the plan was put on hold due to various reasons, one of which was the land needed for the terminal.

“There are several factors that we have to look into when it comes to building the bus terminal,” Shahrin said.

“One of the problems is to identify a suitable site,” he said.

Shahrin said the MBSA had identified a site near the Federal Highway, where the old Batu Tiga police station used to be.

Most of the 1ha plot of land belongs to the state government but part of it is privately owned.

“We are now negotiating with the land owners and, if necessary, will acquire the land,” Shahrin said.

The idea for the bus terminal was mooted several years ago, when Shah Alam was conferred city status.

The ideal location of the bus terminal has always been one of the major matters that need sorting out.

Over the years, Shah Alam residents have been complaining about the lack of an efficient public transport system in the state’s capital city.

An efficient public transport system is urgently needed, especially with the huge number of tertiary students living in the city and travelling to study at several private and public higher learning institutions.

Having a central bus terminal and a city-wide network of buses are perhaps one measure to improve the public transport problem and also contribute to ease the increasingly heavy traffic congestion in several parts of the city.

“The temporary bus terminal in Section 17 is not big enough to cater to the high volume of passengers, especially during holiday seasons,” Shahrin said.

“We also have a bus terminal at the city centre for stage buses, but what is needed is a proper central bus terminal for the city,” he said.

“When completed, the new central bus terminal would complement the city terminal for stage buses,” Shahrin said.

Initially, the MBSA had plans to build a huge transport terminal to serve the whole sourthen region of the Klang Valley, including Klang, Subang Jaya and Petaling Jaya.

Since Klang now has its own new central bus terminal in Meru, the MBSA has decided to downsize the Shah Alam central terminal to just cater to the need of the city residents.

Apart from the Batu Tiga site, another spot identified earlier for the city central bus terminal is a plot at Section 13, by the riverside opposite the Tesco Extra hypermart.

However, the site is deemed unsuitable because it is located too near a residential area. Currently, the site is being developed as a new private university campus.

The Batu Tiga site gets the vote due to its ideal location, with easy access to the Federal Highway, the NKVE highway, the Kesas expressway and the Guthrie Corridor Expressway.

“Once the land matters are solved we can start with the designing process. We hope to start work on the bus terminal next year,” Shahrin said.

He said the MBSA was in a process of appointing a consultant to provide a report on the project, including its suitable design and cost.

Shahrin said the MBSA would also call the developers and premises owners in the vicinity for a talk and get feedback from them, as the bus terminal project would directly affect them.

He said the terminal would certainly provide convenience for the students and other city residents.

“We are also thinking of including a covered walkway from the residential and surrounding areas to allow the commuters to access the bus terminal,” Shahrin said.

Thumbs-up for transport hub
Wednesday December 17, 2008
TheStar

RESIDENTS of Shah Alam are obviously happy that a central city bus terminal will soon be built.

According to the residents interviewed by StarMetro, it is about time that the city had its own central bus hub to cater to the needs of the commuters.

“Not everyone can afford to own a car or motorcycle but most of us have to get one because we have no choice. We cannot depend on public transport and riding a taxi is too expensive for most of us who are students,” UiTM student Norasila Ahmad said.

According to Norasila, most of her friends ended up buying their own vehicles, mostly motor-cycles, because it is the only convenient way to move around in the city.

Norasila said with the high fuel prices and expensive parking charges in some places, an efficient public transport network with a central terminal would help relieve the financial burden of many people, especially the students and low wage-earners.

“Previously, they talked about the lack of a public hospital and now one is being constructed. But what about a central bus terminal? I hope it will be built soon,” she said.

The 20-year-old lass frequently uses the express bus services to get back to Alor Star, her hometown.

City resident Ahmad Kamal Daud said the authority should make the construction of the central bus terminal its priority.

“Shah Alam is the capital city of the only developed state in the country, so it should have such facilities like a central transport hub to reflect its stature,” he said.

Hamidah Harun said having a central bus terminal with an efficient public transport network would also contribute to the protection of the environment as people would rather not drive, thus reducing the emission of harmful gases.

“It would be better for the environment and economy, too. Of course, it will only be possible if we have a reliable bus service and properly managed bus terminal,” she said.

Premis hentian bas MBKT berwajah baru


http://www.bharian.com.my/Wednesday/Wilayah/20081217103245/mainpix1.jpg
KOMPLEKS hentian bas MBKT yang dibina bumbung memberi keselesaan kepada pengunjung dan peniaga.



KUALA TERENGGANU: Lebih 50 peniaga barang kemas, pakaian serta kedai menjahit pakaian di Kompleks Hentian Bas Majlis Bandaraya Kuala Terengganu (MBKT), di sini lega apabila tidak perlu lagi menutup premis mereka pada musim tengkujuh atau selepas hujan lebat.

Mereka dapat menarik nafas lega kerana kerajaan negeri yang prihatin dengan masalah peniaga berkenaan bersetuju membina bumbung lorong antara premis di lot tepi tingkat atas kompleks berkenaan yang dikatakan punca air masuk ke premis berkenaan setiap kali hujan lebat sejak 13 tahun lalu.

Sebelum ini, peniaga terpaksa menutup perniagaan mereka sekiranya hujan lebat atau setiap kali musim tengkujuh kerana laluan itu dipenuhi air menyebabkan kawasan premis berkenaan tidak dapat dikunjungi pengunjung selain berlaku kerosakan pada barangan yang dijual.



Selain dipenuhi air, mereka juga berdepan risiko terkena renjatan elektrik atau litar pintas kerana hujan yang meleleh akan masuk ke kawasan premis melalui rekahan dinding bangunan yang mengandungi kabel elektrik.

Peniaga barangan kemas, Daud Abdul Rahman, 40, berkata dia bersyukur kerana masalah yang dialami peniaga di kawasan berkenaan akan selesai dengan persetujuan tindakan kerajaan negeri membina bumbung di kawasan yang menjadi punca air melimpah masuk ke dalam premis berkenaan ketika hujan.

"Kini masalah itu tidak lagi berlaku dan kami berterima kasih kepada Datuk Bandar, Datuk Razali Kassim yang prihatin dengan masalah kami dan Menteri Besar, Datuk Ahmad Said yang mengotakan janjinya untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini ketika menyandang jawatan Exco Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan dulu.

"Kami juga mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Berita Harian yang banyak membuat liputan mengenai masalah kami dan dengan adanya penghadang air ini, kami tidak lagi bimbang untuk berniaga pada musim tengkujuh atau ketika hujan lebat seperti yang dialami sejak 13 tahun lalu," katanya.

Menurutnya, kompleks berkenaan menjadi antara tarikan pengunjung terutama pelancong luar selain Pasar Payang untuk membeli-belah terutama pada musim cuti sekolah.

Selain tarikan pelancong luar, katanya kompleks itu juga menjadi tumpuan orang ramai terutama remaja membeli pakaian dan barangan keperluan lain kerana banyak kemudahan disediakan di kompleks berkenaan selain senang dikunjungi berikutan lokasinya di perhentian bas.

"Disebabkan kawasan lot niaga ini sering dibanjiri air apabila hujan, pengunjung `tawar hati' untuk naik ke tingkat atas bangunan ini untuk membeli belah.

"Keadaan ini menyebabkan peniaga terpaksa menanggung kerugian selain ada yang membuat keputusan menutup premis mereka setiap kali hujan," katanya.

Tukang kasut, Saidi Mohamad, 40, berkata, pemasangan bumbung berkenaan memberi keselesaan kepada peniaga di lot tepi tingkat atas kompleks berkenaan untuk berniaga terutama ketika hujan.

"Sudah 13 tahun kami melalui masalah ini dan kini kami lega apabila masalah itu tidak akan berlaku lagi dan berharap dapat menarik lebih ramai pengunjung mengunjungi kompleks berkenaan.

Bus terminal@Melaka Sentral
by A Syaharuddin K - as…

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/8309852.jpg

Slim River KTM station

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0948.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0945.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0979.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0947.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0944.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0969.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0968.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0971.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0970.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0981.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0982.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0983.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0987.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0988.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/100_0977.jpg

Traders protest move of the Klang bus terminal

http://www.nst.com.my/Tuesday/National/2439615/insidepix1
The old Klang bus terminal before the relocation.


KLANG: About 100 traders affected by the relocation of the bus terminal on Saturday demonstrated near Centre Point yesterday.

Holding placards and banners slamming State Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim and the Klang Municipal Council for being "pro-developer", the traders chanted slogans and protested for about an hour in the city centre.

Trader C. Krishnan said the move would not only affect them but also students, as many schools were located near the old terminal.

He said a group of traders, bus operators and commuters had earlier held a meeting and formed an action committee to protest against the relocation.

MPK councillor Gary Tai said it would be better if the old terminal could be maintained as this would be the best solution for everybody.

Angry passengers, clashing politicians
R. Anbu (story and pictures)

http://www.nst.com.my/Streets/Monday/Stories/2438435/insidepix1
The controversial Klang Sentral bus terminal at Jalan Meru.

KLANG: The controversial Klang Sentral bus terminal in Jalan Meru began operations last Saturday after its opening was postponed twice following protests by residents.

http://www.nst.com.my/Streets/Monday/Stories/2438435/insidepix2?display=xsmall
Shira Express bus coordinator S. Alagesan (right) explaining the new route to a passenger.

The terminal, built at a cost of RM12.4 million, was not well received by residents due to its location.

It also kicked up a political storm between elected representatives of Pakatan Rakyat.

Klang MP Charles Santiago and Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam are at loggerheads with Selangor State Assembly Speaker and Sungai Pinang State Assemblyman Teng Chang Kim.


The opening of Klang Sentral also created chaos at the express bus terminal at Jalan Kepayang when bus passengers became furious when told by ticket counter staff to board their buses at the new terminal which is 10km from town.

Bus passenger Abdul Rahim Atan 53, said: "When I bought tickets from the counter earlier to Johor Baru, I was not told that I had to board the bas at Klang Sentral.

"I arrived at the terminal with my family half an hour before the departure of the bus only to be told by the staff to go to the new bus terminal.

"There was no bus provided to take us to the new terminal and the taxi was charging RM15, Why should I bear the extra cost?"

Yatim Hassan, a ticket counter clerk for Cepat Express, said: "We had a very tough time explaining to angry customers and many of them demanded a refund.

"We had refunded 16 passengers. Other bus companies also did the same.

"We are very disappointed that we have to incur unnecessary losses during the holiday season when buses are usually packed."

"All express buses leaving Klang were delayed for an hour, and this caused a chain reaction as we had to change the schedules for all our buses."

S. Alagesan, a bus coordinator with Shira Express, said: "We not only have to refund passengers but also to explain the routes to the new terminal to many passengers who looked very confused.

"The Klang Municipal Council should have provided bus services to ferry the passengers to Klang Sentral at least on the launching date.

Alagesan said: "We did not tell the customers that the buses was departing at Klang Sentral because the opening had been postponed several times and we were not sure of the new date."

Alagesan added: "What would have happened if we had told the passengers to board the bus at Klang Sentral and MPK suddenly postponed the date of the opening again?"

'Not fair to blame us'

MPK public relations officer Norfiza Mahfiz said: "We had made prior announcements about the date of opening and the bus operators should have had made arrangements earlier.

"It is not fair for them to blame us.

"MPK staff have been distributing brochures to the public at strategic locations in Klang town before the opening date.

"They have also explained to the public the location of Klang Sentral."

Norfiza said: "All express buses will not enter Klang town any more. This will help to ease traffic congestion.

"Passengers should take note that the express buses will leave and arrive at Klang Sentral.

"As for stage buses, they will be allowed to enter Klang town and there will be only five pick-up points.

"The pick-up points are at Jalan Baharu, Jalan Pasar (near 7-Eleven), Jalan Pasar (in front of Goldcourse Hotel), Lebuh Tapah (beside Pin Hwa Chinese School) and Jalan Mantin.

For details, Norfiza advised the public to contact MPK's 24 hour hotline at 03-3371 4404 or Klang Sentral Terminal at 017- 6677 568 or 012-3479 979

Santiago: I’m not against relocation
By WANI MUTHIAH


KLANG: Klang MP Charles Santiago is miffed that Selangor State Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim had lumped him together with those protesting against the relocation of the Klang Utara bus station.

“I never protested against the relocation,” Santiago said yesterday.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/12/29/nation/n_17station.jpg
The move that has shaken the government: The new Klang Sentral bus terminal at Meru and notices about the move at the old one( below). The relocation has led to a huge quarrel.

“I wanted the Klang Municipal Council (MPK) to declassify the concessionaire agreement governing the move (to the new Klang Sentral Terminal).”

He added he had also wanted MPK to initiate a public inquiry so there would be transparency, and so the people of Klang could have the right to information.

“I had also suggested that a committee comprising all interested parties be set up to go through the concessionaire agreement,” said Santiago.

He added that he was perplexed that Teng had gone to the extent of alleging that he (Santiago) had been bought over by Barisan Nasional.

Santiago has given Teng, DAP central committee member and state assemblyman for Sungai Pinang, seven days to prove the allegation or retract his statement and offer a public apology.

Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng, of the DAP, said it was wrong of Teng to make wild allegations against Santiago.

“I agree with what Charles is doing, and I feel that Teng had hit below the belt in alleging that he had been bought over by Barisan,” he added.

However, another DAP elected representative Ng Suee Lim said the issue was a state matter, and MPs should understand the limit of their jurisdiction.

The Sekinchan state assemblyman said elected representatives in Selangor must also understand that they are now part of the state government and no longer in the opposition.

“They must also not behave like members of NGOs and activists,” he said.

Teng was not available for comment.

Masjid jamek LRT Station

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/3148773293_261a18659a_o.png

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/3148775379_f3ffc4187e_o.png

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/3148777047_d30de47d93_o.png

Emm despite of spending so much u will get wet in trying to get to the STAR station!!Well done DBKL and rakan rakan project!!!

Brewing up another row over Klang bus terminal
Stories and pictures by R. Anbu

http://www.nst.com.my/Streets/Wednesday/Stories/2440019/insidepix1
The warning board put up by Petronas Gas Bhd.

KLANG: A new storm is blowing over the controversial Klang Sentral bus terminal.

This time, the issue is that the roads (linking terminal A and B) are built over a high pressure Petronas gas pipeline.

The Consumers Association of Klang had lodged a police report against Klang Municipal Council president Mislan Tugiu for issuing a certificate of fitness (CF) for the Klang Sentral bus terminal.

Consumer president A. Davadass said: "We hold the MPK president and the departments under him responsible for issuing the CF despite knowing the danger of building a road over a high pressure gas pipeline."


The fenced-up reserve land where the gas pipeline is laid, is sandwiched between Terminal A and Terminal B of Klang Sentral, The reserve land is only about 150 metres away from both terminals

Two roads were constructed by the developer over the high power gas pipeline linking both bus terminals.

Davadass said Petronas Gas Bhd had put up warning notices on bright yellow sign boards on the land.

He said the notice on the signboard says that construction work, throwing or burning rubbish in the area is prohibited.

Davadass said: "Our biggest worry is that buses which are heavy vehicles, will use these roads everyday.

"In the long run, due to the heavy weight of the buses, the roads will sink gradually and potholes will appear and which in turn exert pressure on the gas pipeline below the road.

"Are we going to wait for the gas pipeline to spring a leak which will endanger the public? Why has the MPK not given serious thought before issuing the CF?

"The gas pipeline is located very close to the terminal, What will happen if the terminal catches fire or a bus bursts into flames?"

Davadass said although the public voiced their concerns on the matter to MPK, the council was adamant and went ahead in issuing the CF.

The RM12.4 million Klang Sentral bus terminal in Jalan Meru which commenced operations last Saturday, is 10km away from Klang town, and 3km km from Meru.

Peniaga Terminal B mengeluh

Oleh AZIAN AZIZ


http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2009/0101/Utusan_Malaysia/Kota/wk_01.1.jpg
LENGANG... Beginilah keadaan di Terminal B Hentian Klang Sentral yang tidak menarik minat orang ramai untuk menggunakan kemudahan menunggu bas berhenti-henti di situ sehingga menyebabkan para peniaga di situ mengeluh akibat kekurangan pelanggan.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



KLANG 31 Dis. - Sewa yang dikenakan adalah antara RM2,000 hingga RM3,200 sebulan tetapi pelanggan yang masuk ke Terminal B, Hentian Klang Sentral untuk membeli barangan sejak lima hari beroperasi boleh dibilang dengan jari.

Bagaimana kalau keadaan ini berlarutan? Lingkuplah perniagaan. Hendak tutup kedai sekarang, wang deposit 2 + 1 yang sudah dibayar bakal hangus.

Itulah keluhan beberapa peniaga di Terminal B, Hentian Klang Sentral di sini yang bimbang dengan situasi ketiadaan pelanggan berikutan bangunan terminal yang disediakan khas untuk bas tempatan atau bas henti-henti serta teksi itu tidak berfungsi seperti yang dijangkakan.

Ini kerana sebahagian besar penumpang bas henti-henti bertumpu di Terminal A yang merupakan terminal khas untuk bas ekspres kerana bas berhenti-henti juga lalu dan mengambil penumpang di terminal tersebut.

Jadi, Terminal B nampak seperti kosong dan kalau ada yang menunggu bas pun hanya dua atau tiga orang.

Menurut salah seorang peniaga, Azizah Arshad, 42, walaupun baru beberapa hari memulakan perniagaan, dia bimbang akan mengalami kerugian kerana apabila masalah itu diajukan kepada pihak pengurusan, jawapan yang diberikan ialah mereka juga tidak menjangkakan perkara itu akan terjadi.

Beliau yang menjalankan perniagaan menjual buah-buahan mendakwa, sebelum ini pihak pengurusan menjanjikan tapak perniagaan di Terminal A dengan sewa RM2,000 sebulan tetapi pada saat-saat akhir dia diberikan tempat di Terminal B yang juga dikatakan akan menjadi tumpuan kerana menjadi hentian bas berhenti-henti dan teksi.

"Sekarang ini saya rasa seperti ditipu kerana orang yang datang ke sini boleh dibilang dengan jari kerana orang ramai menunggu bas di Terminal A.

"Mungkin kerana di sana lebih besar, selesa kerana ada penghawa dingin dan tempat duduk di dalam lebih besar berbanding di sini. Bas berhenti-henti pun lalu di Terminal A.

"Jadi lebih baik orang ramai tunggu di tempat yang lebih selesa," katanya dengan nada kecewa.

Ujar Azizah, walaupun pihak pengurusan mengecualikan bayaran sewa selama sebulan setengah kepada peniaga-peniaga tetapi jika bas yang masuk ke Terminal B masih kurang dan penumpang bas masih menunggu di Terminal A, peniaga sepertinya akan terus rugi kerana tiada pelanggan.

Sehubungan itu, dia meminta kerjasama pihak pengurusan untuk mengatasi masalah itu dengan segera agar dia dan peniaga lain di terminal itu dapat 'bernafas'.

Bagi Mohd. Faizul Hazin, 25, yang membantu menjual makanan ringan di gerai milik abangnya di Terminal B, pihak pengurusan perlu menyelesaikan masalah bantahan orang ramai mengenai pembukaan Hentian Klang Sentral ini terlebih dahulu agar keadaan akan menjadi lebih baik.

"Saya tahu masalah bas berhenti-henti yang tidak banyak mungkin berpunca daripada pihak-pihak yang tidak bersetuju tentang pembukaan Hentian Klang Sentral ini.

"Jika masalah dapat diselesaikan dan semua pihak dapat mencapai kata sepakat, mungkin masalah di Klang Sentral ini akan dapat diatasi," katanya yang juga mengeluh kerana hanya empat pelanggan sahaja yang datang ke gerai yang disewa dengan harga RM2,000 sebulan sejak dibuka.

Bagi seorang pekerja kedai di Terminal B, Angel Chua, 40, dia berharap agar pihak pengurusan dapat mengurangkan harga sewa sehingga semua masalah di terminal itu dan di Hentian Klang Sentral selesai sepenuhnya.

Ujarnya, langkah itu sekurang-kurangnya dapat meringankan beban peniaga yang kerugian akibat kekurangan pelanggan.

"Saya tahu pihak pengurusan pasti dapat selesaikan masalah ini tetapi janganlah sampai berbulan-bulan kerana kami takut tidak dapat bertahan," katanya yang baru pertama kali membuka kedai.

Sementara itu, di Terminal A, walaupun ramai pelanggan kerana semua penumpang bas bertumpu di terminal bas ekspres itu, mereka tetap menghadapi masalah.

Salah seorang daripada mereka, Shamsul Kamar Abd. Razak, 38, yang membuka kedai serbaneka berkata, walaupun di sini ramai pelanggan tetapi perolehan jualan agak berkurangan kerana terlalu banyak saingan.

"Bayangkan di sini ada beberapa kedai serbaneka yang menjual barangan yang sama. Ini belum termasuk kios yang juga menjual barangan serupa.

"Saya bimbang lama kelamaan hasil jualan akan berkurangan kerana banyak persaingan sedangkan sewa yang dibayar agak mahal dan saya sendiri membayar RM2,994 sebulan.

"Jadi saya amat berharap jika pihak pengurusan dapat menurunkan sedikit harga sewa sehingga operasi di Hentian Klang Sentral ini berfungsi sepenuhnya untuk meringankan beban peniaga-peniaga seperti saya," katanya yang berterima kasih kerana pihak pengurusan mengecualikan bayaran sewa sebanyak sebulan setengah kepada peniaga Hentian Klang Sentral.

Pendapat Shamsul Kamar disokong Mohd. Nazri Hazin, 30, yang merupakan peniaga makanan ringan di Terminal A, Hentian Klang Sentral.

"Kewujudan terminal ini memang bagus kerana terminal ini begitu lengkap dan canggih. Cuma mungkin terlalu baru jadi keadaan agak keliru sedikit di sini.

"Sehingga keadaan di sini beroperasi dan diterima oleh orang ramai sepenuhnya, saya harap pihak pengurusan dapat membantu meringankan beban peniaga dengan menurunkan sedikit harga sewa kerana pelanggan pun tidak begitu ramai lagi di sini," katanya.

Angry passengers, clashing politicians
R. Anbu (story and pictures)

http://www.nst.com.my/Streets/Monday/Stories/2438435/insidepix1
The controversial Klang Sentral bus terminal at Jalan Meru.

KLANG: The controversial Klang Sentral bus terminal in Jalan Meru began operations last Saturday after its opening was postponed twice following protests by residents.

http://www.nst.com.my/Streets/Monday/Stories/2438435/insidepix2?display=xsmall
Shira Express bus coordinator S. Alagesan (right) explaining the new route to a passenger.

Bus passenger Abdul Rahim Atan 53, said: "When I bought tickets from the counter earlier to Johor Baru, I was not told that I had to board the bas at Klang Sentral.

"I arrived at the terminal with my family half an hour before the departure of the bus only to be told by the staff to go to the new bus terminal.

"There was no bus provided to take us to the new terminal and the taxi was charging RM15, Why should I bear the extra cost?"yeah you would think that the concessionaire would provide free shuttle bus service

Cheers, m

Emm despite of spending so much u will get wet in trying to get to the STAR station!!Well done DBKL and rakan rakan project!!!doesnt look like it is more accessible either. Will have to go and take a look when I come back to Malaysia.

Cheers, m

Transport hub moved
Saturday January 3, 2009
By ELAN PERUMAL

DESPITE all the objections and public debates, the Klang transport hub has been relocated from the Klang North bus terminal building to the new transport complex at Klang Sentral in Jalan Meru.

The Klang Consumers Association (KCA), bus operators, members of NGOs and even the elected representatives have not been able to stop the unpopular relocation exercise which was completed on Dec 27.

The former site at Jalan Batu Tiga, which used to be the busiest section of the town, is now a deserted place.

The express bus service has been also relocated from the Jalan Kepayang area while taxi services are still available next to the former express bus terminal.

The news of the relocation of the bus terminal operation drew a lot of negative reaction from the commuters, bus operators and the public.

The Klang Municipal Council (MPK), which is the operator of the service at the Klang North terninal, had first announced the relocation move in December 2004.

The then MPK president Datuk Mohd Sharif Yusof had announced that the move to the RM12mil Klang Sentral complex was final.

In 2005, the KCA filed an official objection with the MPK after it found that the move had not gone down well with the commuters and bus operators.

According to KCA president A. Devadass, he was told unofficially that only some buses would be based at the new complex while the main terminal operations would remain at the Klang North terminal.

NPO Development Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of the Titijaya group, is the developer of the Klang Sentral which is estimated to have a gross worth of RM300mil.

NPO signed a 30-year concession agreement with the MPK in January last year.

Under the agreement, NPO will build the terminal complex under the build-operate-transfer basis.

In November last year, some 100 people gathered at the Klang North bus terminal and staged a peaceful protest against the MPK decision to relocate the bus terminal operations to the new complex.

New signs for KTM Komuter in KL Sentral...

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/KTM/Image0014.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/KTM/Image0041.jpg

^^those look oldies...less attractive...hehehehe:lol::lol:

Buses and bus stop vandalised
By PRIYA MENON


BUSINESS rivalry is believed to have cost the public a bus stop shelter in Jalan Rejang, Taman Setapak Jaya.

The three-year-old bus stop, three Permata Kiara buses and a railing along a nearby drain were damaged in an incident at 4 am on Jan 1.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/1/5/central/m_04bustop.jpg
Sorry state: The bus stop that was destroyed.

According to Permata Kiara Sdn Bhd manager Gunalan Doraisamy, the company had received threats from a rival company which had employed gangsters to employ scare tactics.

“This is the second incident. In March, they broke the windows of a bus in Leboh Ampang while members of the public watched,” he added.

One bus was used to push other buses about 30m from where they were parked at a bus stop. A tyre of one of the buses fell into a drain, he said.

Checking master G. Subramaniam received a call at 6am after a resident in the area spotted some men near the buses.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/1/5/central/m_04men.jpg
Seeking police action: Gunalan (left), Vengadesan (second from left) and Subramaniam (second from right) with other drivers. Behind them are the damaged buses.

“The resident chased away the men, thinking they wanted to steal the buses, but did not see their faces in the dark,” Subramaniam.

Gunalan said the company made a police report after the first incident but police could not take any action.

“They said they couldn’t do anything as they lacked witnesses. This has made the men daring enough to commit the second crime,” added Subramaniam.

“Most of the drivers are afraid to drive the buses with the threats looming over them.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/1/5/central/m_04tyre.jpg
One bus was used to push the others some 30 metres from where it was parked into the bus stop and one bus tyre fell into the drain.

“We are afraid that the rival company will send the gangsters after us. In fact, we heard that another bus company had the same problem and lodged a report at the Sentul police station,” said driver A. Vengadesan.

“We are paid by the day. We are paid if we drive the bus. If we don’t, we lose out. So, this has caused us a lot of money,” Vengadesan said.

Gunalan said the company would continue its services despite the threats and hoped the police would take action to catch the culprits soon.

Klang folk upset that bus terminal is being relocated after all
Valley View
By ELAN PERUMAL


THE relocation of the North Klang bus terminal from Jalan Pos Baru to Jalan Meru on Dec 27 last year has resulted in the phasing out of the royal town’s landmark that has been around for almost 40 years.

There has been a lot of protest over the relocation to the RM12mil Klang Sentral bus station, which is 9km from the town centre.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/1/5/central/m_06terminal.jpg
Contentious issue: The new Klang Sentral bus terminal at Meru.

The main grouse is that commuters have to pay higher fares for the bus and taxi rides.

For example, the fare to Kuala Selangor from the old terminal was RM4 while the fare from Klang Sentral is RM5.30.

Many Klang folk had envisaged that the terminal would have gone in May, 2003, after a fire razed the three-storey complex which also housed the Great Wall shopping centre.

The buses used the ground floor while the shopping complex occupied the top two floors of the building located between Jalan Pos Baru and Jalan Batu Tiga Lama.

The fact that the complex was declared unsafe after the incident and the Klang Municipal Council’s subsequent decision to demolish the building gave weight to speculation that the bus terminal would be relocated to the then proposed site of Klang Sentral.

The council announced in Dec 2004 that a bus terminal would be built at the proposed Klang Sentral project site in Jalan Meru.

As I was based in The Star’s Klang bureau then, I also experienced the ordeal that thousands of commuters went through with makeshift bus stations in Klang town.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/1/5/central/m_06protest.jpg
Against the move: A group protesting against the relocation of the bus terminal in front of Plaza MPK.

I followed developments in regard to the bus terminal very closely and even covered the announcement by then council president Datuk Mohd Sharif Yusof that the move to Klang Sentral would be final.

At that time, there was talk that a new multi-storey shopping complex would be built at the former site.

The issue was put to rest when Sharif’s successor Abdul Bakir Zin announced in June 2006 that the bus terminal would remain at the former site.

However, despite announcing that a modern bus complex would be built soon after taking over from Sharif, Abdul Bakir was instrumental in creating a bus terminal with an open concept complete with green landscaping.

The reopening of the RM700,000 bus terminal in Jalan Pos Baru in Sept 2006 gave new hope to the people, especially the thousands of commuters and bus operators, that the terminal would remain at the site.

In restrospect, however, it looked as though the council had decided to relocate the terminal, especially when it scaled down the rebuilding of the terminal from a modern complex to one with just shades.

Perhaps the council wanted to buy time until the Klang Sentral terminal was ready.

But surely, Klang folk would have expected the new state government to listen to stakeholders such as commuters, bus operators, non-governmental organisations and elected representatives before proceeding with the relocation.

The million-dollar question that remains in the minds of Klangites is:What will happen to the former site which was the town’s centre?

Will it be replaced by a muti-storey shopping complex or is a hotel in the pipeline?

Klang Sentral atasi kesesakan di pusat bandar
Oleh Wan Jailani Razak
wanjai@bharian.com.my

http://www.bharian.com.my/Monday/Wilayah/20090105110041/mainpix1.jpg
TERMINAL Klang Sentral atasi kesesakan yang semakin serius di pusat bandar.



KLANG: Semua pusat operasi bas berhenti-henti, bas ekspres dan teksi sudah dipindahkan ke terminal baru di Klang Sentral pada 27 Disember lalu bagi mengurangkan kesesakan lalu lintas di pusat bandar Klang dan menyediakan satu rangkaian baru perjalanan yang lebih luas meliputi keseluruhan bandar Klang.

Pemindahan itu bermakna operasi di Terminal Bas Klang Utara, bas ekspres dan terminal kereta sewa di Lorong Kepayang kini ditutup.

Ketua Perhubungan Awam Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK), Norfiza Mahfiz, berkata pengguna boleh mendapat perkhidmatan dalam bandar melalui lima perhentian utama disediakan MPK di sekitar pusat bandar Klang.



Katanya, lokasi tempat menunggu bas bandar Klang itu ialah Jalan Baharu, Jalan Pasar (berhampiran kedai 7-Eleven), Jalan Pasar (berhadapan Hotel Goldcourse), Lebuh Tapah dan Jalan Mantin.

Bas dari Klang Selatan iaitu Banting serta Pelabuhan Klang menuju ke Kuala Lumpur/Meru/Kapar akan melalui Jalan Pasar, Lebuh Tapah dan Jalan Mantin, manakala bas dari Kuala Lumpur, Meru dan Kapar ke Klang Selatan akan melalui Jalan Baharu.

Terletak di pusat pembangunan baru, Klang Sentral berhampiran pekan Meru dan berhadapan pembangunan bandar Setia Alam, terminal itu boleh dihubungi menerusi rangkaian jalan raya utama Klang-Meru yang turut dihubung dengan Lebuhraya Shapadu, Lebuhraya Persekutuan dan Lebuhraya Baru Lembah Klang (NKVE).

Teng: Why should I say sorry to MP?
By CHRISTINA TAN


KLANG: Selangor State Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim finds no reason to apologise to Klang MP Charles Santiago over their Klang Sentral bus terminal spat.

“I made the comments based on facts. If the facts are right, why should I apologise? The allegations against me are lies, so there is no reason to apologise,” he said.

Santiago had demanded that Teng prove the accusation he made that he (Santiago) had been bought over by Barisan Nasional. He had given Teng a week to do this or retract his statement and make a public apology.

Teng said he did not know about the grace period as he was out of the country.

“When I came back the grace period was over, so there is no point in me apologising,” he said during a visit to the new Klang Sentral bus terminal in Meru near here yesterday.

Teng said he did not allege that Santiago had been bought over by Barisan.

“I only said he behaved like the opposition, as I didn’t understand why he behaved the way he did,” he explained.

“It was as if he had been bought over by the opposition. I didn’t say he was bought over. What I said was, ‘as if he were bought over’ or ‘like he was bought over’.”

On Santiago’s threat that he would take the matter up with the DAP disciplinary committee, Teng said Santiago could do as he wished, and that he (Teng) had no right to stop the Klang MP.

On another matter, Teng said Santiago did not go to the Klang Municipal Council (MPK) to read the concessionnaire agreement before making his statement that there was no transparency.

(Santiago had demanded that the concessionnaire agreement between the MPK and the developer of Klang Sentral be made public.)

Teng also said Santiago had not voiced any disagreement on the concessionnaire agreement when he attended an MPK meeting on Dec 16 where the discussions centred on Klang Sentral.

“Santiago only voiced his disagreement outside the meeting,” Teng said. “If he says all these facts are wrong, then I must apologise.”

Teng said the new bus terminal project had been carried out smoothly and that the only problem was that two MPs (Santiago and Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam) made comments without knowing what was going on.

Teng also said he did not have the power to reveal the details of the concessionnaire agreement.

“How can I reveal it? I’m not the MPK president, and even the president has to seek approval from the state exco and the Mentri Besar,” he said.

“He (Santiago) does not understand the procedure, if he says I’m a senior politician then he should ask me first (for the procedure).

“Criticising outside the hall, what kind of attitude is this? It is worse than the opposition.”

Teng added that MPs should know their limits and leave local matters to the state government.

When contacted, Santiago said he would lodge a complaint against Teng with the DAP disciplinary committee later this week.

He said Teng did not really understand the meaning of transparency and public participation.

MPK should make the concessionnaire agreement known and hold a public consultation to brief the people on the agreement, he added.

“Right to information must be respected, and the public must be allowed to comment.”

Santiago added that he had written a letter to MPK to request a declassification of the concessionnaire agreement and for a public inquiry into the relocation of the bus terminal, but had yet to hear from the council.

He also advised Teng to focus on solving issues and not confusing the public with wordplay.

“How can I behave like the opposition? His whole concept is wrong. It is the Pakatan Rakyat’s mandate to care for the rights of the people,” he said.

Isu Terminal Klang Sentral terus berlarutan

KLANG 6 Jan. - Pergeseran di antara Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Sungai Pinang, Teng Chang Khim dengan dua Ahli Parlimen di negeri ini berhubung keputusan kerajaan negeri Selangor memindahkan stesen bas dari pusat bandar ke Terminal Klang Sentral di Jalan Meru seperti tiada kesudahan.

Hari ini, Chang Khim membidas tindakan S. Manikavasagam dan Charles Santiago yang membantah keputusan tersebut dan menyifatkan kedua-dua mereka yang mewakili Parlimen Kapar dan Klang sebagai individu yang tidak faham peraturan pentadbiran kerajaan negeri.

Menurut beliau, mereka sepatutnya tidak membuat kenyataan bahawa mereka tidak diberikan taklimat mengenai keputusan memindahkan stesen bas itu kerana kerajaan negeri bersama Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) telah memberikan taklimat mengenai perkara tersebut pada 16 Disember lalu.

Sebenarnya, kata Chang Khim, tidak wujud salah faham mengenai perkara itu kerana semua pihak termasuk Manikavasagam dan Charles telah diberikan taklimat mengenainya, malah dalam mesyuarat itu, 60 peratus masa dihabiskan untuk membincangkan mengenai perpindahan tersebut.

"Dalam mesyuarat itu, tidak ada seorang pun ADUN atau Ahli Parlimen yang membantah termasuklah secara bertulis dan mereka semua dilihat berpuas hati dengan keputusan yang dibuat.

"Tetapi selepas mesyuarat, mereka cakap lain pula dan mendakwa tidak ada perbincangan atau taklimat mengenai perkara tersebut.

"Saya sebelum ini ada minta beliau (Chales) datang untuk meneliti dan baca perjanjian tetapi dia tidak datang sampailah ke hari ini, kalau dia tak faham bawalah peguam," katanya kepada pemberita selepas melawat Terminal Klang Sentral di sini hari ini.

Sebelum ini, Manikavasagam dan Charles membantah campur tangan Chang Khim berhubung keputusan kerajaan negeri meluluskan perpindahan operasi perkhidmatan stesen bas dari pusat bandar ke Terminal Klang Sentral yang dikatakan menimbulkan kesulitan kepada pengusaha serta orang ramai ekoran kedudukannya yang terlalu jauh.

Malah, Manikavasagan turut mendakwa Chang Khim mempunyai kepentingan dalam projek terminal berkenaan dan beliau turut bertindak melepaskan jawatannya sebagai Timbalan Pengerusi Perhubungan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Selangor baru-baru ini ekoran tidak berpuas hati dengan dengan Chang Khim.

Charles sebelum ini juga mendesak Chang Khim supaya memohon maaf ekoran kenyataannya yang menyifatkan dirinya (Charles) 'dibeli' oleh Barisan Nasional (BN) ekoran pendirian beliau mengenai keputusan perpindahan terminal bas itu pada akhir Disember lalu.

Chang Khim yang juga Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor ketika ditanya mengenai isu tersebut menjelaskan, beliau tidak akan meminta maaf kerana kenyataan itu bukan berbentuk satu tuduhan, sebaliknya hanya menggambarkan Charles seolah-olah dibeli oleh BN kerana Ahli Parlimen itu bertindak seperti seorang pembangkang dengan membantah keputusan kerajaan negeri.

"Saya tidak akan mohon maaf kerana saya tidak menuduhnya. Beliau seorang Ahli Parlimen dari Parti Keadilan Rakyat dan salah seorang wakil kerajaan tetapi kelakuannya dalam perkara ini seperti seorang pembangkang.

"Kalau mereka tidak tahu, buatlah cara seperti tidak tahu. Paling tidak pun, bertanyalah kepada mereka yang berpengalaman dalam pentadbiran kerajaan negeri," ujarnya.

Terminal relocation to be reviewed at discussion


THE Selangor state government wants to do a thorough review on the move to relocate the North Klang bus terminal from the town centre at Jalan Pos Baru to Jalan Meru following protests on the move.

In a statement from the Selangor Mentri Besar’s office yesterday, the state government wants to have an open discussion with all stakeholders during the Selangor Economic Action Council meeting on Friday before making a final decision on the relocation to the new terminal called Klang Sentral at Jalan Meru.

The state government was briefed by the Klang Municipal Council (MPK) on the background on the construction of the Klang Sentral bus terminal and all agreements pertaining to the project, the statement said.

“The relocation of the public transport terminal from Klang town to Klang Sentral has led to a lot of objections and statements from various quarters.

“Prior to this, the state government had directed MPK to resolve the problem, however, many are still expressing dissatisfaction over the matter,” the statement added.

Among those who will attend the discussion are traders, public transport operators, the local MPs and assemblymen, the developer of the Klang Sentral NPO Development Sdn Bhd and Nadi Corporation Sdn Bhd, the operator of the terminal and MPK officials.

The state government urged all parties to be patient till the discussion of the issue is completed.

Dear Editor

RE: MB initiates "all stakeholders" discussion on Klang Sentral - but are "all" stakeholders involved?

I was happy to read this morning that the Selangor Menteri Besar has initiated an open discussion among all stakeholders regarding the issues surrounding the relocation of bus services to the Klang Sentral terminal. Hopefully this open discussion will help resolve some of the issues.

I have reviewed the groups identified in various media sources and they have described the various stakeholders invited to attend the meeting, including bus and taxi operators, traders, the terminal concessionaire, and the wakil rakyat involved in this issue.

The list may be incomplete but I do not see any representatives of the public transport users! If this is the case, the public transport user can add another disappointment to an already long list.

The consumers, the daily commuters and passengers, are the most important stakeholders in public transport. It is our use of the service and the ringgit that we pay that make the difference between the success and failure of bus and taxi operators and terminal projects. And yet, it seems that the other stakeholders continue to forget the importance of the public transport users whenever they make plans or try to resolve issues.

The Association for the Improvement of Mass-Transit (TRANSIT), Klang Valley, is working to present a united voice for the users of public transport. Our group members have a plan for public transport improvements in Klang and the Klang Valley. We have shared that plan with the other stakeholders (those who we could contact) because we believe in the free flow of information and ideas.

Sadly, our contributions, concerns and ideas are dismissed again and again by the other stakeholders who are claiming to act in the public interest.

I appreciate the efforts of the MB to resolve this issue but I must humbly say that this issue will never be resolved unless the public transport users become stakeholders, valued equally with the bus operators and the government.

Sincerely

Moaz Yusuf Ahmad
Subang Jaya, Selangor

Solution for commuters


I REFER to the report on the controversy regarding the relocation of the Klang Bus Terminal to Meru Sentral Bus Transport Hub in StarMetro on Dec 6.

I would like to offer a suggestion to the Selangor government to alleviate the problems Klang bus commuters face.

The Selangor government can help by providing free shuttle bus service to the commuters affected in Klang.

This service can be operational every 10 or 15 minutes from the Klang town centre to the Sentral Bus Transport Hub in Meru.

As for the operating cost of such a service, all the bus companies involved can be made to share the amount equally. Alternatively, the state government can help by subsidising the cost.

This way, it will be a win-win situation for the bus commuters, the operators of the various bus companies and the Selangor state government.

I agree with the view of the Selangor Mentri Besar that Klang town is becoming overcrowded and congested.

I think the Klang folk should also take note of this situation which is going to get even worse and accept this wise move.

Yours sincerely,

P. Paranthaman
Shah Alam

-delete-

Paying more for bus service


I REFER to the article under the heading “Klang folk upset that bus terminal is being relocated after all” which appeared in StarMetro on Jan 5.

As a regular bus commuter, I am upset by the relocation of the North Klang bus terminal to Meru town. As hopeful as I was by the delays of the relocation last December, I was also pretty sure that the Klang Municipal Council would get its way and go ahead with the relocation, despite the numerous protests and signed petitions from the many people who rely heavily on public buses to get around in the royal town.

The move has forced the bus companies (with RapidKL being the exception, for the moment) to increase their fares almost instantly. Was it not in September last year that the Government had approved a fare increase of 30%. Now, it seems, Klangites are paying an additional RM1 and RM1.50 on top of the increased rates, when it wasn’t our choice to have the bus station relocated a further 8km away away in Meru town.

Joanna,
Klang

Khalid tells MPK to reorganise bus services
By ELAN PERUMAL


THE Klang Municipal Council (MPK) has been ordered to reorganise the operations of the bus services involving the North Klang bus station and the new Klang Sentral terminal by the end of next month.

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim issued the directive after chairing a meeting between the state government, the MPK, elected representatives, bus and taxi operators, NGOs and traders yesterday.

Khalid also directed the council to hold a series of meetings with the affected parties, including the public to ensure the relocation would cause minimal problems to the affected parties.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/1/10/central/m_04terminal.jpg
Still in action: Khalid said the new Klang Sentral station would remain.

“We want feedback from everyone so that the service of the domestic buses will be improved.

“Currently, there is a lot of confusion among the commuters and the council must sort this out,’’ he told repoters after the meeting.

While stressing that the Klang Sentral terminal will be retained and the express bus terminal had been operating from the new site, he added that the North Klang bus terminal must be able to provide an improved service to the commuters.

Khalid expected the services from the Klang North terminal, which had been turned into a pick-up point, to be more efficient from March this year.

Khalid also said the council had been ordered to make public the concession agreement signed between the council and the developer of Klang Sentral.

He said the agreement would be displayed at the council’s office and the public was free to view it.

NPO Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Titijaya Group, signed a 30-year concession agreement with the MPK in January last year.

Khalid said the council was also required to ensure that the services at the Klang Sentral were efficient and did not cause inconvenience to the public.

He said they were also responsible for bringing down the rates at the trading lots so that the traders would not be burdened with high overheads.

“At the same time, the council must find ways to ensure that the existing businesses around the former bus terminal at North Klang will not be affected,’’ he said.

The meeting was also attended by state executive council members Teresa Kok, Datuk Hassan Ali, Ronnie Liu, Elizabeth Wong and Dr Halimah Ali.

Klang MP Charles Santiago and Sungai Pinang assemblyman Teng Chang Khim were also present.

Teng said he was pleased with the outcome of the meeting and believed that it would provide an opportunity for more improvement.

“Klang Sentral will remain and we are looking at improving the whole system of public transportation,’’ he said.

Charles, meanwhile, said this was the first time a meeting of this nature was held and it involved all stakeholders, who were given the opportunity to air their views.

“I am looking forward to the series of meetings to be conducted by the council between now and the end of February,’’ he added.

Klang Consumers Association president A. Devadass, who was also at the meeting, thanked Khalid for getting the various parties to work out a solution to resolve the problem.

Klang Sentral to stay at new premises


SHAH ALAM: The Klang Sentral Terminal relocation issue was settled once and for all yesterday.

It will remain at its new premises in Meru. This decision was reached after a "summit" called by the Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim with all stakeholders, with the exception of Kapar member of parliament S. Manikavasagam, who is away in India.

Khalid assured everyone present that other issues surrounding the terminal, including the decision to make public its concession agreement, would be settled by the end of next month.

The menteri besar, who chaired the State Economic Council meeting yesterday, said they were now working out a few operational issues, including the number of pick-up points and issues affecting traders.

Khalid said the Klang Municipal Council had agreed to meet with the traders and discuss the possibility of reducing the rent of council-owned premises to make up for the traders' lack of business.

On the concession agreement, he said the public could now view the document at the council office during office hours.

"The terminal began operations on Dec 27. We felt there are many unresolved issues and that is why we called for the meeting today."

He said the state government had agreed with Klang MP Charles Santiago's suggestion that a public meeting be held to listen to more views from the people with regard to the operations of the terminal.

On suggestion that the meeting should have been called much earlier, Khalid said: "I'm just solving an old problem, not a current one.

"As a new CEO, I have come to solve this problem."

Asked on Manikavasagam's statement that the meeting was deliberately held yesterday so that he would not be able to attend it, Khalid denied the allegation.

Santiago was also asked why the meeting was held during Manikavasagam's absence.

"This is an emergency situation," he said.

"If we are going to wait for everyone to be present, the meeting may never take place."

Santiago added that even though Manikavasagam was not present, he would have been satisfied with the turnout of the meeting, as all the stakeholders were brought together and the concessionaire agreement was made available to the public.

He, however, said that he would still lodge a complaint against Sungai Pinang state assemblyman Teng Chang Khim with the DAP disciplinary committee, even though the relocation controversy had been resolved.

Santiago had taken offence to a statement by Teng earlier who had accused him of behaving like the opposition due to their disagreement over the terminal issue.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/Greg8000/klsentral.jpg

Upgrading work at KL Sentral to begin soon
By PRIYA MENON

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/1/12/central/m_p2crossing.jpg
Old: The pedestrian walkway that cuts across Lot G will be closed for construction work.

The construction work for Lot G, which is now being used as a carpark and pedestrian walkway, is expected to be completed in 2015.

The building plans include a retail mall, office towers and a new hotel to cater to the increasing number of commuters.

A covered pathway for monorail users will be extended all the way into the new building that will also be connected to KL Sentral.

“This covered pathway will be air-conditioned and will serve the 65,000 people who are expected to use the station by 2030,” she added.


The car park will also include four basements with more than 3,200 parking bays.

Masalah Klang Sentral selesai Februari?

SHAH ALAM Kerajaan Selangor yakin dapat menyelesaikan masalah yang timbul berhubung pembukaan Hentian Bas Klang Sentral, Klang pada akhir Februari ini.

Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim berkata, keyakinan itu berdasarkan kata sepakat yang telah dicapai antara pihaknya dan kumpulan yang membantah pembukaan hentian baru itu.

"Pada dasarnya, semua sudah bersetuju bahawa operasi di Klang Sentral akan diteruskan dan kita juga yakin semua masalah dapat diselesaikan akhir bulan depan,'' kata beliau kepada pemberita selepas mendengar taklimat khas berkaitan Hentian Bas Klang Sentral di sini.

Antara pihak yang memberi taklimat itu adalah Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK), pemaju projek, pengusaha bas dan teksi serta para peniaga.

Hadir sama, Ahli Parlimen Klang yang tidak setuju dengan perpindahan itu, Charles Santiago dan Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri, Teng Chang Khim.

Menurut Abdul Khalid, isu penting yang kini perlu segera diselesaikan adalah operasi perjalanan bas antara bandar yang masih tidak sistematik.

Bagaimanapun, kata beliau, lima pengusaha bas terlibat bersetuju untuk berbincang dengan pihak MPK bagi mencari jalan terbaik menangani masalah tersebut.

"Kita juga bercadang untuk mengurangkan kadar sewa pengusaha kedai milik MPK bagi meringankan bebanan yang dihadapi peniaga sehingga perniagaan mereka pulih semula.

"Perjanjian konsesi antara MPK dan pemaju terminal bas pula akan dipamerkan di bangunan MPK dan salinannya boleh diambil Ahli Parlimen atau Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan itu," jelasnya.

Bus pick-up points outside old terminal
Stories and photo by ELAN PERUMAL


THE move to create new pick-up points at the North Klang bus terminal site has not gone down well with commuters and bus operators in Klang.

They are questioning the wisdom of the authorities to close the terminal and the need for the new pick-up points at the site.


For commuters’ convenience: The Wawasan Sutera buses operating from Jalan Pasar.

The Klang Municipal Council (MPK) has kept the terminal closed since the bus service operation was moved to Klang Sentral in Jalan Meru.

A check by StarMetro revealed that the council has turned the site into a pick-up point area, allowing the buses to pick up and drop passangers along Jalan Pos Baru without entering into the old terminal.

While the old terminal area appeared deserted, the roads leading to the former terminal are as congested as before.

Besides the presence of the state buses serving the local routes, the existence of taxis along the shops at the stretch outside the terminal also makes the situation worse.

Commuters are puzzled about why MPK has closed the terminal and then introduce the pick-up scheme.

They want to know why the Pick-up Point 2 is located less than 200m away from Pick-up Point 1 at the terminal area.

“They should allow the buses into the North Klang terminal so that we can enjoy the service from under the shelters as there aren’t shelters here,’’ bus commuter Norlaila Mohd Noor said.

She said it was ridiculous that she had to board a bus to Klang Sentral and another one to Kapar to return home and vice-versa.

“This is causing me extra travel time and money,’’ the 33-year-old nurse said.

Norlaila said the additional trip to Klang Sentral cost her RM1.

College student Teo Chee Yong, 18, said he found it hard to accept that the commuters had been deprived of the former direct access to their destinations due to the relocation of the bus service operation to Klang Sentral.

He said the move had made life difficult for the commuters and the authorities should have considered all aspects before deciding on the move.

“Fortunately, the Wawasan Sutra buses are still operating from North Klang or I can’t imagine the hassle involved in my trip between my house in Jalan Kapar and the college in Klang,’’ he said.

According to Wawasan Sutra Travel and Tours operations manager L. Loges, the company, which operates 70 buses, has not moved its operation to Klang Sentral.

He said the company had been operating services to various parts of Klang, Banting, Kapar, Kuala Selangor and Kuala Lumpur from a stretch in Jalan Pasar.

“We have no choice but to operate just near the old bus terminal to service the commuters,” Loges said.

“The Klang Sentral plan will not work. Hence, our buses will continue to operate from the old terminal site,’’ he said.

Loges said the MPK decision on relocating the terminal operation had caused a lot inconvenience to the public.

Taxi driver Azmir Che Mat, 46, said there were hardly anyone at Klang Sentral and this situation had resulted in him operating from the old terminal site.

According to Tan Chai Seng, 52, a committee member of the Klang Rental Taxi Association, the 100 plus members of the association had been operating at the Jalan Kepayang station for more than 30 years.

“Our business has dropped sharply since the relocation of the terminal operation and we are also in a fix on whether to shift to Klang Sentral or continue at the old venue,’’ he said.

Trader Zulkifli Osman, 35, who operates a snack stall in the sidelane of Jalan Pos Baru, said the relocation had affected his business, causing him to lose more than 50% of his income.

“I expect the situation to get worse in the near future with more buses shifting their operation to the new place,’’ he said.

Ahmad Salimin Ahmad Sak-iman, 37, who operates a booth selling toys at the Plaza MPK next to the old terminal site, said the traders at the complex depended on the bus commuters for business.

“The complex will die a natural death soon,” said the trader, who has been operating business in the area for more than 15 years.

Tan Chee Seng, 52, who operates an ice-kacang and food stall at the fourth floor of the Plaza MPK, said business was bad and that he had resorted to personal delivery service to his customers to survive.

MPK president Mislan Tugiu said the council had done a thorough study before implementing the relocation move.

“We are sorting out the teething problems and hope things will be all right soon,’’ he said.

Kuching Sentral
Sarawak

all picture thanks to dpmy05 catscity
kuching sentral

http://www.catscity.com.my/uploads/newbb/1124_49758f5fc0166.jpg

Why throw out the buses from KL Sentral?

Why throw out the buses from KL Sentral?
M Zulkarnain Hamzah | Jan 22, 09 4:10pm
The Association for the Improvement of Mass Transit (Transit) is very dismayed at the recent news that the Kuala Lumpur Sentral bus hub will be closed.

This apparently is due to the commercial development of the only swath of land viable for a bus terminal (which is sandwiched between Jalan Tun Sambanthan and the KL Sentral building).

The KL Sentral's current design does not even take into account buses as a viable and interchangeable mode of public transport that should be integrated with other types of public transport in the Klang Valley.

Even before the planned closure of the only bus terminal in KL Sentral, bus users have had to endure harsh waiting conditions during evening rush-hours along the clogged Jalan Tun Sambanthan.

With the closing of the stage bus terminal and detour of walking paths between KL Sentral and Jalan Tun Sambanthan, the commuting experience any bus-user has to endure in exchanging modes of public transport will be even worse than before.

Transit has forwarded proposals to various government bodies and agencies on the importance of establishing integrated public transport gateways for KL.

The gateways would have direct and unobstructed access for expressway buses (dubbed as Expressway Rapid Transit or ERT) to the already established rapid travel corridors such as the Maju Expressway, Akleh, Duke and the NKVE/Sprint.

With the planned commercialisation of the only vacant areas left around KL Sentral, there will be no adjacent space left for the extension of the existing bus transit hub that allows for rapid and convenient transfer from express (limited-stop and non-stop), trunk and city buses to other modes of public transport.

Without proper terminal for buses, it will be impossible for this so-called integrated public transport hub to be truly effective in serving the vast commuting population east of KL.

If we can share our resources together to build sidewalks, street lamps and city streets, why it is hard for us to get the same allocation to build public transport infrastructure that can better utilise our scarce urban spaces to solve mobility needs in the most effective manner?

We then won't have to worry about beating each other for the scarce road space we've got left. Private transport guzzles more fuel, eats a bigger road space, emits higher pollution and has higher capital and operational expenditure per passenger mile than public transport.

We must dare to question our present approach in solving urban congestion woes and move our mass transit forwards, not backwards.

The writer represents Transit.

Reviving Semenyih Sentral
Story and photo by GEETHA KRISHNAN


THE Semenyih Sentral bus terminal, which was left almost idle for the last three years, is being repositioned to make it a vibrant public transport hub for the southern region of Selangor.

Previously on the verge of becoming a white elephant, the terminal was under-utilised by both bus companies and commuters and subjected to vandalism during the past three years.

The terminal, located a short distance from Semenyih town, is being cleaned up and refurbished to turn it into the main public transportation hub for the residents of Semenyih, Broga, Beranang, Mantin and Pajam.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/2/5/central/m_04sentral.jpg
For the public: The Semenyih Sentral aims to cater for those living in Semenyih, Broga, Beranang, Pajam and Mantin

Bas Bakti Sdn Bhd is now in charge of the Semenyih Sentral, having taken over its management and operation from the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) this year.

According to Bas Bakti operations manager Rosman Hashim, the company has its own fleet of buses called Le Trans to service six routes while the RapidKL and Road Liner buses also make use of the terminal.

“In addition to an existing active route, the company is re-introducing five routes where bus services stopped 20 years ago. We conducted a survey and discovered that each route has the potential to offer at least 5,000 commuters,” he said.

The six routes are:

> Route 101: Semenyih Sentral to Sungai Tekala, via Sungai Lalang, Kampung Sungai Machang and Kampung Pasir Baru;

> Route 102: Semenyih Sentral to Seremban, via Broga, the Nottingham University, Broga town, Kampung Tarun, Kampung Kapal, Ulu Beranang, Lenggeng, Kampung Rawa Tengah, Kampung Rawa Hilir and Mantin;

> Route 103: Semenyih Sentral to Mantin, via Beranang, Staffield Golf Club and the Kolej Tunku Jaafar;

> Route 104: Semenyih Sentral to Bandar Baru Bangi, via Taman Desa Anggerik, Kampung Sungai Purun, Taman Dalmara, Kampung Batu 3, Kampung Rinching Hilir, Kampung Batu 5, Sri Putra, Bangi, Kampung Teras Jernang, Akademi Percukaian, the Hulu Langat District Office and the PKNS Bangi;

> Route 105: Kajang to Mantin, via Semenyih Sentral, Beranang, the Staffield Golf Club, the Kolej Tunku Jaafar and Mantin; and

> Route 106: Kajang to Seremban, via Semenyih Sentral, Beranang, the Staffield Golf Club, the Kolej Tunku Jaafar, Mantin and Terminal One.

Prior to the re-introduction of the routes, only Route 106 was active.

Villager Fatimah Ujang, 49, said that having buses ply the route to Kampung Rinching Hilir would be of great convenience to the villagers in commuting to town for their shopping and medical needs.

“Most of us cannot afford the taxi fares and have to rely on friends and family for help,” she said.

Rosman said that Bas Bakti was issued 20 permits from the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) to run operations at the Semenyih Sentral.

“We have a small fleet at the moment and are in the midst of procuring more buses. Our target months are March and June,” he said.

The Le Trans buses may be limited in number but commuters have the option of travelling via RapidKL and Road Liner buses.

It is also hoped that the Cityliner buses will also opt to utilise the terminal.

A taxi stand is being constructed next to the terminal for it to function as a complete one-stop public transport hub. The existing facilities include public toilets and a surau.

Rosman also said that the company was now doing renovation and repair works on the two-storey building.

He said the office and shop lots were available for rental at reasonable rates.

For enquiries, call 019-686 8111 (Rosman) or 019-363 6047 (Azam).

Melaka Historic City Council to buy terminal
Story by CHEN PELF YEEN


MALACCA: The state government has agreed to sell off its RM61mil Melaka Sentral bus and taxi terminal to the Melaka Historic City Council (MBMB) for RM78mil.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the sale would be finalised once the city council obtained the necessary funds to take over the terminal.

The terminal was built by the state because at the time the city council did not have sufficient funds to do so, he told reporters after chairing the weekly state executive council meeting here recently.

He also said that it was only apt that the council managed the terminal as matters relating to public transportation are one of their core responsibilities.

The ultra modern Melaka Sentral, officiated by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in May 2004, is fully air-conditioned and also includes a market and commercial lots.

On the subsidence affecting the structure of Melaka Sentral’s market located next to the terminal, he said that a contractor had been appointed to carry out rectification work.

“We hope the local council would get a bank loan to take over the terminal as the state will be able to use the RM78mil to develop its Biotech City in Taboh Naning, Alor Gajah,” he added.

Meanwhile, Mohd Ali also said that the Ministry of Youth and Sports has agreed to buy the RM40mil go-kart track being developed in Ayer Keroh.

The go-kart track is sited on a 11ha site and is to be the longest in Asia with a 10m-wide track covering 1.6km.

"The ultra modern Melaka Sentral" is a huge exaggeration.

Get reallah where is MBMB going to korek that kind of moneylah!!!!

Stesen bas ekspres Sungai Petani RM10 juta


http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m73/sheikhfaisol/Sungai%20Petani/wu_011.jpg

Bandar Sungai Petani akan mempunyai satu lagi mercu tanda baru apabila Kerajaan Kedah bersetuju membina sebuah stesen bas ekspres yang dilengkapi pusat membeli-belah di Jalan Kuala Ketil di sini, tidak lama lagi.

Projek yang dinamakan Dataran Usahawan bernilai RM10 juta itu akan dibina menggantikan stesen bas ekspres sedia ada yang makin usang.

Pelaksanaan projek yang mengambil masa kira-kira 14 bulan dikendalikan oleh Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Kedah (PKNK) dan kerja-kerja pembinaan dimulakan pada bulan Jun ini.

Jurutera Reka Bentuk PKNK, Mohd. Sobri Mustafa berkata, stesen bas tersebut akan dilengkapi dengan sembilan lorong terminal yang membolehkan bas ekspres berhenti dengan 32 kaunter tiket.

"Projek ini mempunyai keluasan sebanyak 5,632 meter persegi dan sebanyak 65 kedai-kedai turut disediakan bagi memudahkan para penumpang serta orang ramai membeli-belah apabila siap kelak,'' katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas majlis lawatan kerja dan taklimat projek berkenaan di sini, baru-baru ini.

Hadir bersama ialah Ahli Parlimen Sungai Petani, Johari Abdul.

Menurut Mohd. Sobri, bagi memudahkan pelaksanaan projek, kaunter tiket dan gerai-gerai di stesen bas ekspres sedia ada akan dipindahkan sementara ke tapak Pasar Jumaat yang terletak di seberang Jalan Kuala Ketil.

"Tapak Pasar Jumaat tersebut akan beroperasi sebagai stesen bas ekspres sementara dan kita memberikan jaminan semua kemudahan yang ada di situ adalah sama dengan keadaan sekarang,'' katanya.

Dalam pada itu, Johari berkata, pihaknya berharap PKNK dapat menyediakan kemudahan menunggu bas lebih selesa di stesen bas ekspres sementara itu.

"Kita menerima rungutan daripada orang ramai yang menyatakan mereka kurang selesa semasa menunggu bas.

"Ini kerana tempat menunggu bas yang disediakan tidak berbumbung dan lampu juga tidak mencukupi,'' jelasnya.

Johari juga meminta PKNK supaya menyediakan kemudahan talian telefon dan bekalan elektrik bagi memudahkan pengusaha bas menjalankan urusniaga di situ.- UTUSAN
cool.

Alor Star, Kedah

Dataran Usahawan Alor Setar sedang dibangunkan oleh PKNK, berhadapan dengan Kompleks Peruda. Selain Alor Setar, sebuah lagi Dataran Usahawan akan dibina di SP yang mempunyai rekabentuk yang lebih menarik dan moden.

Dataran Usahawan SP + Bus Station.
[/URL][URL="http://imageshack.us"]http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8303/sp02kq3.jpg (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/%5BURL=http://imageshack.us%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8303/sp02kq3.jpg%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D)

Memorandum kekalkan Klang Sentral
Oleh Tuan Nazuri Tuan Ismail
nazuri@bharian.com.my
Desakan segelintir pihak enggan pindah tidak wajar dilayan

SHAH ALAM: Peniaga, operator bas, pengusaha teksi dan kereta sewa yang beroperasi di Klang Sentral mendesak Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, kekal dengan keputusan menjadikan terminal bas baru itu sebagai hab pengangkutan daerah Klang.

Mereka mahu kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat tidak mengubah keputusan asal untuk menjadikan terminal bas itu sebagai pusat pengangkutan awam yang sistematik dan tidak tunduk dengan desakan segelintir pihak yang enggan berpindah.

Wakil peniaga, Norsiah Mohd Yusuf, berkata usaha pihak tertentu untuk membuka semula stesen bas lama di pusat bandar Klang tidak wajar kerana banyak perbelanjaan sudah dikeluarkan untuk memastikan Klang Sentral mesra pengguna.

"Klang Sentral adalah projek masa depan untuk keselesaan penduduk Klang kerana daerah ini akan mengalami perubahan besar pada masa akan datang termasuk dinaik taraf sebagai bandar raya," katanya kepada Berita Harian.

Norsiah sebelum itu bersama 80 peniaga, pengusaha teksi dan kereta sewa serta operator bas yang beroperasi di Klang Sentral menyerahkan memorandum mendesak Menteri Besar mengekalkan Klang Sentral sebagai stesen pengangkutan awam.

Memorandum itu diserahkan kepada Setiausaha Politik Menteri Besar, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad di lobi Bangunan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (SUK), di sini, kelmarin.

Norsiah berkata, memorandum itu turut diserahkan kepada Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) dan Ahli Dewan Undangan (Adun), Dr Abd Rani Osman.

Katanya, memorandum itu berikutan ura-ura kerajaan negeri mahu membuka semula stesen bas lama di pusat bandar kerana ada pengusaha bas dan peniaga yang mendesak ia dibuka semula.

Norsiah mendakwa, Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tetap Kerajaan Tempatan, Penyelidikan dan Pembangunan negeri, Ronnie Liu pada 28 Februari lalu ada membuat kenyataan bahawa stesen bas lama akan dibuka semula.

"Jika stesen lama dibuka semula, ia sama sekali tidak adil kepada kami semua yang sudah melabur untuk membuka perniagaan di Klang Sentral.

"Stesen bas lama juga akan menyebabkan trafik di pusat bandar bertambah teruk berikutan kerja membina jalan ketika ini," katanya.

Norsiah berkata, semua operator bas bersetuju memindahkan semua operasi bas ke Klang Sentral dan sanggup dikenakan tindakan termasuk permit digantung jika ingkar arahan itu.

Katanya, hanya satu operator bas yang enggan berpindah selain meletak bas di tempat mengambil dan menurun penumpang di pusat bandar, tanpa dikenakan tindakan oleh MPK.

"Kita mendesak kerajaan negeri tidak tunduk dengan desakan segelintir pihak sebaliknya kekal dengan keputusan asal yang disokong majoriti," katanya.

^^ duduk melayan kerenah orang macam ni lah padahnya....semua kerja tak jalan....

"The ultra modern Melaka Sentral" is a huge exaggeration.

well it is ultra modernlah if you compare it with others within our country, it is better then putrajaya sentral and light years away from puduraya and kotaraya than our nation capital called a bus station...not to mention ther makeshif bus hub in klcc,titiwangsa, ampang point and manyother

The most modern bus terminal in Malaysia may go to BTS, later hehe

BTS??? kat mane

^^

Bandar Tasik Selatan

satu perkara...sampai sekarang tak ada BTS terminal rendering pun!!!?!

BTS and Terminal putra

satu lagi projek kerajaan barisan nasional yg gagal dan terbengkalai..

and last raya, they send all southbound busses to bukit jalil carpark area.....

and its is a much better of a hub than the current puduraya..except for one retart dumb reason; that you have to bought the ticket at pudu but board the bus at bukit jalil

^^

BTS is already under construction, i doubt it is failure...

Whereas Gombak still has no construction and more worrying, the northern bus terminal, is depends on the construction of Kota Damansara-Cheras line!

^^

BTS is already under construction, i doubt it is failure...

Whereas Gombak still has no construction and more worrying, the northern bus terminal, is depends on the construction of Kota Damansara-Cheras line!

????!!!!!!!

????!!!!!!!

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newsgeneral.php?id=357100

Here...

Have to wait for new LRT line first, maybe only by then, we know the northern bus terminal location...

Selangor told not to buy Klang Sentral bus hub


KLANG: The Selangor government has been advised against buying the controversial Klang Sentral bus hub.

State local government committee chairman Ronnie Liu said the terminal was not a revenue generator and it would be a waste of taxpayers’ money to purchase the property.

“Our core business is administration, we do not operate bus terminals.

“We have to be wise in the administration of the state and not get entangled in a business deal that would be a burden to us,” he said.

Asked about the offer price, Liu said it was built at a cost of RM12mil but its value could be below that now since it was located quite a distance from town.

“We will discuss the matter tomorrow at the exco meeting but the deal is not going to go through,” he said.

On Sunday, developer NPO Sdn Bhd director Charmaine Lim told The Star that negotiations were ongoing for the state government to purchase the terminal.

Photo of the KTM Komuter platform, with the Bandar Tasik Selatan ITT behind it

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Public%20transport/Image384.jpg

Repainting of Tasik Selatan LRT station

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Public%20transport/Image386.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Public%20transport/Image387.jpg

Selangor told not to buy Klang Sentral bus hub


KLANG: The Selangor government has been advised against buying the controversial Klang Sentral bus hub.

State local government committee chairman Ronnie Liu said the terminal was not a revenue generator and it would be a waste of taxpayers’ money to purchase the property.

“Our core business is administration, we do not operate bus terminals.

“We have to be wise in the administration of the state and not get entangled in a business deal that would be a burden to us,” he said.

Asked about the offer price, Liu said it was built at a cost of RM12mil but its value could be below that now since it was located quite a distance from town.

“We will discuss the matter tomorrow at the exco meeting but the deal is not going to go through,” he said.

On Sunday, developer NPO Sdn Bhd director Charmaine Lim told The Star that negotiations were ongoing for the state government to purchase the terminal.Well, I can be sure that Ronnie Liu didnt read my memo.

Cheers, m

^^ Melaka state government purchased a bus terminal while Selangor refuse to do so. what is the pros and cons, Mr Moaz?

^^ Melaka state government purchased a bus terminal while Selangor refuse to do so. what is the pros and cons, Mr Moaz?It depends on the situation of course. Melaka Sentral is an asset that is growing in value while Klang Sentral is declining in value for the moment.

My hope is that the state government is just pretending that they arent interested and then they will wait until the price drops before they buy the asset - but this is the same government that announced public transport on the Klang river and announced LRT projects and "keen German investors" without actually having a plan for public transport :bash::bash::bash:

Ok the advantage of owning the asset is that you dont have to pay for the private company's profits. Simple as that. Also you can control the prices/fares/docking fees etc. If times are tough the fees can be lowered and the loss is covered by government debt/tax revenue. When times are good you can increase the fees and the revenue will pay back your previous losses.

If we really want to improve public transport in Malaysia then we need a stable source of funding and government or government-linked authority that owns the assets - the terminals, buses, trains, routes, other infrastructure etc.

Service would be provided by private or government-linked operators under contract - selected by open, competitive tenders.

That is all in my memo to the Selangor state government (http://transitmy.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/selangor_public_transport_trust_-_memo-v2.doc) which can be found on TRANSIT's proposals page. (http://transitmy.org/proposals/)

Cheers, m

We seriously have to speed up with the upgrading and extension of our LRT lines. There is still so much to be done about our public transport here but seems like it isn't regarded as something of priority by our government. I just popped by Bangkok's Mass Rapid Transit thread. Lo and behold they are extending their lines at a massive scale, building many new stations with a city air terminal and airport rail soon to be in place while we falter in maintaining our existing facilities and public transport system and fail to further improve the system since the late 90s.

We seriously have to speed up with the upgrading and extension of our LRT lines. There is still so much to be done about our public transport here but seems like it isn't regarded as something of priority by our government. I just popped by Bangkok's Mass Rapid Transit thread. Lo and behold they are extending their lines at a massive scale, building many new stations with a city air terminal and airport rail soon to be in place while we falter in maintaining our existing facilities and public transport system and fail to further improve the system since the late 90s.the City Air Terminal and Airport Extension were already built in KL years ago - and if you look at the detailed plan, Bangkok is not extending LRT to the suburbs - they are expanding the LRT and Metro to the very dense areas around the city for now.

The suburban areas will be served by an expansion of the SRT network - electrification and triple tracking and grade-separation are in the works.

KL also did this already - our problem is that we have not invested in public transport in the inner city and not spent money to expand the KTM Komuter service.

LRT extensions to the suburbs are only part of a solution but the best solution is MRT in the city centre.

Oh, and FYI, the Kota Damansara - Cheras line should actually be the "Sg. Buloh - Cheras" line because the depot will be in Sg. Buloh :nuts:

Hopefully they will do things right in 3 ways

1. build an MRT instead of LRT because MRT is way more efficient

2. use a technology that allows operation at grade wherever possible (save billions of RM there

3. Make sure the depot has a station as well and integrate the MRT with the Sg. Buloh KTM Komuter station and build the Integrated Transport Terminal at Sg. Buloh.

:banana:

Cheers, m

I wish the planning for the City Air Terminal were more carefully done. I use the City Air Terminal at least once a week. Why had they installed only one elevator and one escalator going up with a flight of stairs leading down to the Rapid KL hub which is also a hub for LCCT bound buses. It is also the exit/entrance for monorail passengers. You can imagine the volume of people relying on the elevator, escalator and stairs. And I still have not found out why can't the monorail stop in KL Sentral instead of Brickfields?

I do hope the LRT extensions will be carried out quickly and other steps be taken to improve our still-primitive-public transport system. Afterall, the government vowed to use some of the petrol subsidies for this purpose.

Oh, and FYI, the Kota Damansara - Cheras line should actually be the "Sg. Buloh - Cheras" line because the depot will be in Sg. Buloh :nuts:

Hopefully they will do things right in 3 ways

1. build an MRT instead of LRT because MRT is way more efficient

2. use a technology that allows operation at grade wherever possible (save billions of RM there

3. Make sure the depot has a station as well and integrate the MRT with the Sg. Buloh KTM Komuter station and build the Integrated Transport Terminal at Sg. Buloh.

:banana:

Cheers, m

has they reveal the KCL project? so, if the line change to sg buloh-cheras line then it should be SCL.

yes, MRT is better than lousy LRT. our LRT only waste money, having ROW, track MRT-ish, station MRT-ish, but ridership still like people mover.

having at-grade track is not really nice, but if that can save more money, then i think it's good enough.

I wish the planning for the City Air Terminal were more carefully done. I use the City Air Terminal at least once a week. Why had they installed only one elevator and one escalator going up with a flight of stairs leading down to the Rapid KL hub which is also a hub for LCCT bound buses. It is also the exit/entrance for monorail passengers. You can imagine the volume of people relying on the elevator, escalator and stairs. And I still have not found out why can't the monorail stop in KL Sentral instead of Brickfields?

I do hope the LRT extensions will be carried out quickly and other steps be taken to improve our still-primitive-public transport system. Afterall, the government vowed to use some of the petrol subsidies for this purpose.Remember, KL Sentral was never designed with bus service in mind. It is a rail hub. Bus services were only introduced in 2006 on request from RapidKL and the Transport Ministry and Air Asia I suppose.

The owners of KL Sentral have a bad image of bus services so they are keeping them hidden. The plan is to move all bus services to Jalan Tun Sambanthan and turn it into a 1 way street (bound for KL) from the KFC to the YMCA.

As for KL Monorail, the owner didnt want to pay to extend the service and KL Sentral had already sold the parcel of land (Lot G) to the Urban Development Authority.

The KL Monorail will stay where it is but there will be a connection to KL Sentral through the new mall at Lot G.

They will also roughed-in a station underground at Jalan Tun Sambanthan for the KDCL / SBCL. So even users of the KDCL/SBCL will have to walk a distance (300 m) to get to KL Sentral main station.

Cheers, m

New terminal for Rawang
Saturday April 4, 2009
By SALINA KHALID

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/4/4/central/m_03terminal.jpg

New landmark: Construction work on the new terminal is almost complete.

THE new bus and taxi terminal at Pusat Bandar Baru Rawang will begin operations next month, Selayang MCA chairman Datuk Tang See Hang said.

Tang, who visited the newly-completed bus and taxi terminal located along the Federal trunk road, said the facility would be opened in the middle of May.

“This will be a new landmark in Rawang and will be a central terminal for stage buses, mini- buses and taxis.

“A skylink will also be built to connect the terminal to the nearby Komuter station,” Tang said.

“We hope the new terminal will encourage people to use public transport as it will be more convenient.

“They can even take the Komuter and use the skylink to continue their journey by bus,” he added..

The five-storey bus and taxi terminal has six bays dedicated for stage buses, another six for mini-buses and 18 outside the main building for taxis.

There are 45 stalls on the ground floor while parking spaces occupy the other four storeys and the rooftop.

Construction of the RM8mil facility, developed by Mahumas Sdn Bhd, began in 2005.

Tang said work on the 1km skylink was expected to be completed in June.

Only about 30% of the link is now ready.

He added that the existing bus station in the old town would cease operations once the new facility was opened.

“The existing station has been there for the past 60 years,” Tang said.

However, when asked whether the bus and taxi operators had agreed to move to the new location, Tang said they were still waiting for the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) to conduct the meeting.

“Now, we are in the process of handing over the premises to MPS and we are leaving it to the local authority to hold the meeting with the operators,” Mahumas assistant project manager Loo Kam Sun said.

Nearby business owners feel that the new terminal would also contribute to their businesses as there would be more people in the area.

“It is something that we have been waiting for and, hopefully, this time there will be no more delays.

“We moved here three years ago and business was not so good then,” a restaurant operators, who declined to be named, said.

Hentian Pekeliling dianak tiri
Oleh Roslah Othman
kota@utusan.com.my


http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2009/0406/Utusan_Malaysia/Kota/wk_01.1.jpg
HENTIAN Bas dan Teksi Pekeliling tidak mendapat perhatian sewajarnya daripada pihak berkuasa termasuk tidak disediakan tempat menunggu yang selesa dan mencukupi. - UTUSAN/HAFIZH KHOSMAT

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



KUALA LUMPUR 5 April - Lokasinya cukup strategik. Terletak di tebing Sungai Klang dan Sungai Gombak - dua sungai yang menyimpan banyak sejarah Kuala Lumpur.

Selain menjadi hab pengangkutan kepada perjalanan bas ekspres khususnya ke Pantai Timur dan Pahang Barat, di situ juga terdapat stesen monorel Titiwangsa dan stesen transit aliran ringan (LRT) Titiwangsa.

Turut menawarkan perkhidmatan di situ ialah bas-bas Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn. Bhd. (RapidKL) yang menurun dan mengambil penumpang.

Tinjauan Utusan Malaysia di Hentian Bas dan Teksi Jalan Pekeliling baru-baru ini mendapati keadaan di hentian terbabit sentiasa sesak dengan orang ramai yang ingin mendapatkan tiket pulang ke kampung halaman mahupun atas urusan tugasan.

Selain perjalanan bas ke Kuantan dan Temerloh, stesen bas tersebut turut menjadi hentian utama laluan ke Bentong, Raub, Kuala Lipis dan Genting Highlands.

Jika mahu dibandingkan dengan stesen bas lain di ibu negara seperti Hentian Puduraya, Hentian Putra dan Hentian Duta, stesen bas itu dianggap agak ketinggalan.

Walaupun stesen bas itu sudah lebih 20 tahun beroperasi tetapi pihak berkuasa seolah-olah tidak peka terhadap pembangunan yang sedang pesat berlaku di sekelilingnya.

Beberapa projek pembangunan seperti hotel, hospital dan gedung perniagaan telah dan sedang rancak didirikan di sekelilingnya tetapi Hentian Pekeliling kekal seperti dahulu tanpa banyak perubahan.

Selain struktur bangunan yang kurang menarik, pelbagai kemudahan seperti ruang menunggu, ruang pejalan kaki serta beberapa kemudahan lain seperti tandas dan surau tidak dijaga dengan baik, tidak teratur serta kebersihannya tidak dipelihara.

Malah, sesiapa sahaja yang melalui laluan pejalan kaki di kawasan itu, pasti terlihat sampah sarap yang bertimbun terutama di celah-celah pokok bunga.

Bagi penumpang tren monorel dan LRT pula, pandangan menjelekkan itu begitu jelas dapat dilihat apabila mereka berada di dalam tren.

Selain sampah sarap, rumput dan pokok bunga di tebing sungai juga tidak dijaga serta dipotong dengan rapi.

Bukan itu sahaja, keadaan di stesen bas itu juga tidak teratur dengan deretan bas diletakkan di sepanjang jalan hingga mengganggu lalu lintas serta menimbulkan keadaan tidak selesa kepada orang ramai terutama pengguna kenderaan awam itu.

Ini ditambah pula dengan beberapa penjaja jalanan yang membuka meja sementara di laluan pejalan kaki, tidak terkecuali penjaja van bergerak yang menggunakan tempat letak kereta di kawasan itu sebagai tapak berniaga.

Difahamkan, Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) pernah menawarkan tapak niaga yang letaknya kira-kira 500 meter dari stesen itu tetapi sebahagian besar penjaja enggan menerima cadangan tersebut atas alasan jarak tersebut agak jauh dan akan menjejaskan pendapatan mereka.

Sama seperti perhentian bas lain di ibu kota, pengguna stesen bas ini juga didakwa sering terdedah kepada pelbagai jenayah tanpa perlu menunggu mentari melabuhkan tirainya.

Ini termasuklah kejadian ragut, curi, pukau dan pergaduhan yang turut berlaku pada siang hari.

Difahamkan juga, pengawal keselamatan yang ditugaskan di kawasan itu tidak bertanggungjawab atas keselamatan orang ramai.

Salah seorang pengawal keselamatan yang enggan dikenali mengakui, tugasnya hanya menguruskan kelancaran perjalanan bas ekspres yang keluar masuk di kawasan itu, selain memastikan keselamatan harta benda milik DBKL.

Bagaimanapun, rondaan oleh anggota polis dari balai polis berhampiran sedikit sebanyak membantu mengurangkan kadar jenayah di kawasan itu.

Dalam usaha merealisasikan Kuala Lumpur sebagai sebuah bandar raya bertaraf dunia menjelang 2020, usaha memulih dan membangunkan semula stesen bas Jalan Pekeliling ini tidak harus dipandang sebelah mata.

Ini kerana ia juga merupakan salah satu mercu tanda Kuala Lumpur kerana stesen bas merupakan antara lokasi yang sering dikunjungi pelancong tempatan mahupun asing untuk ke destinasi lain.

Newly retrofitted lifts in KTM Komuter station, the lifts are made in Malaysia...

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Image425.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Image426.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Image428.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Image429.jpg

KTM Subang Jaya, in case anyone is wondering.

Cheers, mNewly retrofitted lifts in KTM Komuter station, the lifts are made in Malaysia...

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Image425.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Image426.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Image428.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Image429.jpg

Terminal Putra
by vingarzan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vingarzan/3429185624/in/set-72157616495086767/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/3429185624_d4f66ab370_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/3429186788_4809fd9369_b.jpg

Terminal Putra
by vingarzan I thought they call it "Hentian Putra"? Or should we blame PUTRA for naming the Gombak Station as "terminal putra" and RapidKL for not changing it to Gombak which is what it should be.....

Cheers, m

I thought they call it "Hentian Putra"? Or should we blame PUTRA for naming the Gombak Station as "terminal putra" and RapidKL for not changing it to Gombak which is what it should be.....

Cheers, m

yup, naming Terminal Putra instead of Gombak is quite mystery.:nuts:

I love this coin locker concept ....It's good If there will be around at transport terminal station in Malaysia!
by malaysia2c
http://www.flickr.com/photos/malaysia2c/3433955878/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/3433955878_9c82744b59_o.jpg

@ KL old railway station

inside the lrt station-damai complex

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3437509644_fa86ccc6ec_o.jpg

Titiwangsa
by wanhashim

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3428763559_be8375bc23_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3394/3429579616_8eb69ce16b_b.jpg

inside the lrt station-damai complex

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3437509644_fa86ccc6ec_o.jpg

i think this is dang wangi lrt station. isn't damai station is elevated? while this one is defenitely an underground station.

^^yeap dang wangi...tq!!!!

RapidKL dumps RM12m Klang Sentral (http://www.mmail.com.my/content/rapidkl-dumps-rm12m-klang-sentral)

Company can't run profitably with just 20-passenger average, it says
Nevash Nair
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 07:28:00

EMPTY: Terminal B of Klang Sentral was deserted when visited by 'Malay Mail' yesterday
AN average of 20 passengers during peak hours.
This is the dismal figure that RapidKL says it has been experiencing after four months of operating at Klang Sentral.

Unable to cope, the company has decided to abandon its operations at the RM12 million terminal in Meru, hightailing back to the Bandar Klang terminal in the town centre.

The decision was announced on Monday by Rapid KL. In a statement announcing the new bus routes, it said the decision to shift operations back to the Bandar Klang terminal was made “upon request by commuters”.

This has not gone well with the Klang Municipal Council, which promised to take action against the company if it decides to make the Bandar Klang terminal its hub (see accompanying story).

However, Rapid KL says it has little choice but to move its operations to survive.

Klang Rapid KL operations manager Atan Jaafar said RapidKL has been incurring losses since its began operating at Klang Sentral.

“We are bleeding here.

We barely have passengers.

During peak hours, we only have an average of 20 passengers.

How are we going to make ends meet?” asked Atan.

He said the management was left with little choice but to “abandon ship”.

“To put it simply, we are moving back to Klang town because nobody is coming here.

” A visit to Klang Sentral’s Terminal B yesterday showed Atan’s claims had some truth. In the hour-long visit, not a single passenger boarded a RapidKL bus.

Two KL-bound RapidKL buses were parked at the terminal, with the drivers waiting for passengers.

The terminal also appeared deserted.

No shops were open, in or around the terminal.

But it was different at the Bandar Klang terminal, which still had buses picking up and dropping off passengers.

The bus drivers at Klang Sentral, when interviewed, said this wasn’t unusual.

“We pass the time by just chatting, taking short naps while waiting for passengers.

What else can we do?” said one driver.

However, outstationbound express buses appeared to be doing well.

Atan said it was unfair that other bus companies were still operating in Klang town but RapidKL had to depend on passengers from Klang Sentral.

“There are still buses operating in Klang town.

This is unfair to us.

“We have complied with the Klang council order and shifted here, but why are other buses still operating from the town centre?” Atan said RapidKL made between RM400 and RM500 a day when it was based in Klang town.

“Now, it’s difficult to make even RM150 a day.

Operating at Klang Sental is expensive, but it has good facilities.

“But we cannot operate from here if there are no passengers.

“The authorities must come to a solution to this problem soon,” he said.

The Klang Sentral bus terminal opened its doors at the end of last year, despite protests from many parties.

It is six km from the town centre.

Many bus operators initially expressed their displeasure over the relocation, saying it added cost to their operations and was “a waste of time”.

Bus operators at Klang Sentral are charged RM900 in monthly rental fee, compared with just RM150 at the former Klang bus terminal.

Also, buses are now charged RM10 per entry to Klang Sentral compared with just RM2 at the old station.

Owners of shops and stalls at Klang Sentral have also complained about the high rental.

who planned Klang Sentral anyway? so much controversial and issues...goddddd.....

Khir Toyo?

24/4/2009

More photos of upgrade works in KTM Subang Jaya station

To further improve access for disabled commuters, more than just adding lifts, a toilet catering for them, is under construction

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Public%20transport/Image717.jpg

Signboards leading to the recently installed lifts

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Public%20transport/Image718.jpg

Repainting of roofs

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Public%20transport/Image722.jpg

TWK 90, Id like to post 1-2 of your photos above to the TRANSIT website (http://transitmy.org) - with your permission and credit of course.

Alternatively, I would just post a link to the skyscrapercity page.

Cheers, m

TWK 90, Id like to post 1-2 of your photos above to the TRANSIT website (http://transitmy.org) - with your permission and credit of course.

Alternatively, I would just post a link to the skyscrapercity page.

Cheers, m

You can just use my photos, just state the source, will do :)

Hentian bas rumah kaca beri keselesaan pengguna

Oleh NUR FARISHA FAIZ
utusanmelaka@utusan.com.my


http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2009/0427/Utusan_Malaysia/Selatan/ws_01.1.jpg
BANGUNAN tiga tingkat Hentian Bandar Raya yang terletak di hadapan pusat membeli-belah Jaya Jusco Melaka.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



MELAKA 26 April - Menunggu bas dan teksi ketika hari hujan ataupun panas di bawah bumbung perhentian bas sering membuatkan mereka yang menunggunya sentiasa berada dalam keadaan resah dan gelisah.

Apa lagi jika terpaksa menunggu dalam tempoh yang cukup lama sehingga membuatkan diri berasa bosan dan ingin cepat sampai ke destinasi yang ingin ditujui.

Bukan itu sahaja, perhentian bas yang sempit dan kadangkalanya tidak berbumbung juga menimbulkan rasa tidak selesa.

Namun sebuah perhentian bas di hadapan pusat membeli-belah Jaya Jusco dekat sini, menampakan kelainan berbanding perhentian-perhentian bas lainnya di negeri ini.

Uniknya perhentian bas ini kerana ia mempunyai bangunan tiga tingkat yang menempatkan tempat menunggu bas dan restoran selain dilengkapi penyaman udara yang dapat memberi keselesaan kepada penumpang yang menunggu untuk menaiki bas ke destinasi tertentu.

Perhentian bas berbentuk sebuah rumah kaca yang diberi nama Hentian Bandar Raya dibina khas semata-mata ingin memberi keselesaan kepada para pengguna sewaktu menunggu bas.

Ia adalah perhentian bas paling selesa terdapat di negeri ini yang turut dilengkapi penghawa dingin di samping tempat duduk berkualiti tinggi turut disediakan dalam rumah kaca itu hanya semata-mata bagi memastikan keselesaan pengguna.

Perhentian bas itu juga turut menyediakan sebuah kedai di mana mereka boleh membeli bermacam-macam jenis makanan ringan serta minuman.

Seorang peniaga yang menyewa di situ, Norazman Naim, 46, berkata, bangunan kaca ini mempunyai ciri-ciri istimewanya yang tersendiri.

Katanya, aras bawah disediakan tempat duduk untuk penumpang yang sedang menunggu perkhidmatan awam dan di bahagian tengah aras tersebut ditempatkan rak-rak menjual pelbagai makanan dan minuman ringan.

Manakala di aras kedua pula, terdapat sebuah kafe yang dihias indah untuk mereka yang inginkan keselesaan dan memesan minuman sambil membaca majalah sebelum bas atau teksi mereka sampai.

''Aras ketiga pula disediakan buat mereka yang gemarkan suasana kafe terbuka untuk menjamu selera.

''Tetapi aras ini hanya dibuka pada waktu malam memandangkan cuaca yang panas terik pada waktu pagi dan tengah hari,'' katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia baru-baru ini.

Norazman berkata, sudah 10 bulan dia menjalankan perniagaan di situ dan sambutan yang diterima sangat memuaskan terutamanya daripada mereka yang sedang menunggu perkhidmatan bas awam.

Bangunan kaca tersebut dimiliki sepenuhnya oleh Koperasi Makmur Melaka Berhad di bawah Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah (MBMB).

Sebelum diambil alih sepenuhnya oleh MBMB, ia merupakan sebuah projek kerjasama antara MBMB dan sebuah syarikat pembinaan stesen bas iaitu Nationwide Bus Stop Sdn. Bhd.

Disebabkan terdapatnya beberapa masalah dalaman syarikat, bangunan kaca itu tidak dapat disiapkan dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan dan MBMB telah memutuskan untuk mengambil alih bangunan tersebut dan menyiapkannya.

Setelah siap, kata Norazman, dia diberi peluang menyewa dengan konsep asal masih dikekalkan iaitu mengutamakan penumpang yang sedang menunggu perkhidmatan bas awam.

Norazman berkata, konsep yang diketengahkan sangat baik untuk masyarakat terutamanya pengguna setia perkhidmatan awam kerana selain memberi keselesaan kepada mereka, ia juga dapat menjamin keselamatan.

''Jika diteliti, kebanyakan jenayah ragut berlaku apabila seseorang mangsa itu berada di kawasan perhentian bas dan dengan adanya konsep sebegini ia dapat mengelakkan lebih ramai lagi yang menjadi mangsa,'' katanya.

Selain itu juga, ia dapat melegakan perasaan ibu bapa pelajar-pelajar sekolah kerana keselamatan anak mereka lebih terjamin sementara menunggu untuk dijemput pulang oleh ibu bapa mereka.

''Biasanya bagi mereka yang duduk di kawasan Jasin, mereka terpaksa bertukar-tukar bas begitu juga dengan pelajar sekolah sehingga mereka terpaksa menunggu untuk satu tempoh yang agak lama dan ini amat merisaukan ibubapa para pelajar,'' katanya.

Beliau berkata, pada malam minggu sambutan yang diterima daripada pengunjung amat menggalakkan sehingga kadangkala tempat yang disediakan juga tidak dapat menampung bilangan pengunjung yang datang.

''Pengunjung amat suka melihat panorama bandar raya Ayer Keroh terutamanya pada waktu malam apabila berada di bangunan ini,'' katanya.

Selain suasana yang sungguh nyaman dan sejuk pada waktu malam, ia merupakan tempat melepak yang sesuai bagi mereka yang gemarkan konsep kafe terbuka.

Norazman berkata, pada malam minggu kafenya menyediakan pelbagai jenis makanan ringan seperti sandwich, nugget dan nasi ayam.

Mengenai perancangan masa depannya, dia berhasrat untuk memajukan lagi perniagaannya dengan mempelbagaikan menu makanan dan minuman untuk menarik lebih ramai pengunjung.

''Saya merancang untuk membuat kios yang menjual makanan ringan seperti waffle, jagung rebus dan burger di aras bawah supaya orang ramai berpeluang mengisi perut sementara menungg bas,'' katanya.

Selain itu, dia juga merancang untuk menyediakan enam buah komputer peribadi dan perkhidmatan lain kepada pelanggannya supaya mereka boleh melayari internet sementara menunggu perkhidmatan bas awam ataupun rakan-rakan mereka.

Hentian bas rumah kaca beri keselesaan pengguna
Oleh NUR FARISHA FAIZ
utusanmelaka@utusan.com.my


http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2009/0427/Utusan_Malaysia/Selatan/ws_01.1.jpg
BANGUNAN tiga tingkat Hentian Bandar Raya yang terletak di hadapan pusat membeli-belah Jaya Jusco Melaka.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



MELAKA 26 April - Menunggu bas dan teksi ketika hari hujan ataupun panas di bawah bumbung perhentian bas sering membuatkan mereka yang menunggunya sentiasa berada dalam keadaan resah dan gelisah.

Apa lagi jika terpaksa menunggu dalam tempoh yang cukup lama sehingga membuatkan diri berasa bosan dan ingin cepat sampai ke destinasi yang ingin ditujui.

Bukan itu sahaja, perhentian bas yang sempit dan kadangkalanya tidak berbumbung juga menimbulkan rasa tidak selesa.

Namun sebuah perhentian bas di hadapan pusat membeli-belah Jaya Jusco dekat sini, menampakan kelainan berbanding perhentian-perhentian bas lainnya di negeri ini.

Uniknya perhentian bas ini kerana ia mempunyai bangunan tiga tingkat yang menempatkan tempat menunggu bas dan restoran selain dilengkapi penyaman udara yang dapat memberi keselesaan kepada penumpang yang menunggu untuk menaiki bas ke destinasi tertentu.

Perhentian bas berbentuk sebuah rumah kaca yang diberi nama Hentian Bandar Raya dibina khas semata-mata ingin memberi keselesaan kepada para pengguna sewaktu menunggu bas.

Ia adalah perhentian bas paling selesa terdapat di negeri ini yang turut dilengkapi penghawa dingin di samping tempat duduk berkualiti tinggi turut disediakan dalam rumah kaca itu hanya semata-mata bagi memastikan keselesaan pengguna.

Perhentian bas itu juga turut menyediakan sebuah kedai di mana mereka boleh membeli bermacam-macam jenis makanan ringan serta minuman.

Seorang peniaga yang menyewa di situ, Norazman Naim, 46, berkata, bangunan kaca ini mempunyai ciri-ciri istimewanya yang tersendiri.

Katanya, aras bawah disediakan tempat duduk untuk penumpang yang sedang menunggu perkhidmatan awam dan di bahagian tengah aras tersebut ditempatkan rak-rak menjual pelbagai makanan dan minuman ringan.

Manakala di aras kedua pula, terdapat sebuah kafe yang dihias indah untuk mereka yang inginkan keselesaan dan memesan minuman sambil membaca majalah sebelum bas atau teksi mereka sampai.

''Aras ketiga pula disediakan buat mereka yang gemarkan suasana kafe terbuka untuk menjamu selera.

''Tetapi aras ini hanya dibuka pada waktu malam memandangkan cuaca yang panas terik pada waktu pagi dan tengah hari,'' katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia baru-baru ini.

Norazman berkata, sudah 10 bulan dia menjalankan perniagaan di situ dan sambutan yang diterima sangat memuaskan terutamanya daripada mereka yang sedang menunggu perkhidmatan bas awam.

Bangunan kaca tersebut dimiliki sepenuhnya oleh Koperasi Makmur Melaka Berhad di bawah Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah (MBMB).

Sebelum diambil alih sepenuhnya oleh MBMB, ia merupakan sebuah projek kerjasama antara MBMB dan sebuah syarikat pembinaan stesen bas iaitu Nationwide Bus Stop Sdn. Bhd.

Disebabkan terdapatnya beberapa masalah dalaman syarikat, bangunan kaca itu tidak dapat disiapkan dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan dan MBMB telah memutuskan untuk mengambil alih bangunan tersebut dan menyiapkannya.

Setelah siap, kata Norazman, dia diberi peluang menyewa dengan konsep asal masih dikekalkan iaitu mengutamakan penumpang yang sedang menunggu perkhidmatan bas awam.

Norazman berkata, konsep yang diketengahkan sangat baik untuk masyarakat terutamanya pengguna setia perkhidmatan awam kerana selain memberi keselesaan kepada mereka, ia juga dapat menjamin keselamatan.

''Jika diteliti, kebanyakan jenayah ragut berlaku apabila seseorang mangsa itu berada di kawasan perhentian bas dan dengan adanya konsep sebegini ia dapat mengelakkan lebih ramai lagi yang menjadi mangsa,'' katanya.

Selain itu juga, ia dapat melegakan perasaan ibu bapa pelajar-pelajar sekolah kerana keselamatan anak mereka lebih terjamin sementara menunggu untuk dijemput pulang oleh ibu bapa mereka.

''Biasanya bagi mereka yang duduk di kawasan Jasin, mereka terpaksa bertukar-tukar bas begitu juga dengan pelajar sekolah sehingga mereka terpaksa menunggu untuk satu tempoh yang agak lama dan ini amat merisaukan ibubapa para pelajar,'' katanya.

Beliau berkata, pada malam minggu sambutan yang diterima daripada pengunjung amat menggalakkan sehingga kadangkala tempat yang disediakan juga tidak dapat menampung bilangan pengunjung yang datang.

''Pengunjung amat suka melihat panorama bandar raya Ayer Keroh terutamanya pada waktu malam apabila berada di bangunan ini,'' katanya.

Selain suasana yang sungguh nyaman dan sejuk pada waktu malam, ia merupakan tempat melepak yang sesuai bagi mereka yang gemarkan konsep kafe terbuka.

Norazman berkata, pada malam minggu kafenya menyediakan pelbagai jenis makanan ringan seperti sandwich, nugget dan nasi ayam.

Mengenai perancangan masa depannya, dia berhasrat untuk memajukan lagi perniagaannya dengan mempelbagaikan menu makanan dan minuman untuk menarik lebih ramai pengunjung.

''Saya merancang untuk membuat kios yang menjual makanan ringan seperti waffle, jagung rebus dan burger di aras bawah supaya orang ramai berpeluang mengisi perut sementara menungg bas,'' katanya.

Selain itu, dia juga merancang untuk menyediakan enam buah komputer peribadi dan perkhidmatan lain kepada pelanggannya supaya mereka boleh melayari internet sementara menunggu perkhidmatan bas awam ataupun rakan-rakan mereka.

Orang ramai puji Hentian Bandar Raya

MELAKA 26 April - Konsep baru perhentian bas yang dimiliki sepenuhnya oleh Koperasi Makmur Melaka Berhad di bawah Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah (MBMB) ternyata memberi keselesaan kepada penumpang perkhidmatan awam.

Rata-rata penumpang yang menunggu di Hentian Bandar Raya berpuas hati dengan perkhidmatan yang disediakan.

Salah seorang penumpang, Syadilla Yaakob, 18, berkata, konsep perhentian bas itu menjamin keselesaan buat penumpang ketika hari hujan ataupun panas terik.

''Dengan adanya alat hawa dingin dan bangunan yang tertutup, penumpang selesa ketika menunggu bas ataupun teksi di sini jika hujan,'' katanya.

Dia juga berpuas hati dengan jumlah tempat duduk yang disediakan untuk mereka yang menunggu perkhidmatan awam dan tidak perlu berdiri.

''Biasanya semasa di perhentian bas, kami terpaksa menunggu lama dan ada yang bertengkar berebut tempat duduk,'' katanya.

Seorang peniaga, Mohamad Fadli Mohd. Sarif, 26, pula berkata, Hentian Bandar Raya ini bagus untuk mereka yang menunggu untuk menggunakan perkhidmatan awam lebih-lebih lagi mereka yang ingin ke Jasin.

''Biasanya, bas ke Jasin ambil masa lama untuk tiba, dengan adanya hentian ini, penumpang boleh rehat seketika sambil menjamu selera di kafe yang disediakan,'' katanya.

Selain itu juga, beliau berpendapat hentian tersebut memberi jaminan keselamatan kepada mereka yang sedang menunggu untuk menaiki bas atau teksi.

''Pengguna tidak perlu risau dengan jenayah ragut mahupun penyeluk saku kerana mereka duduk dalam bangunan dan tidak perlu berdiri di tepi jalan tunggu bas,'' katanya.

Seorang pelajar, Nurul Ain Syukor, 15, berkata, rata-rata individu yang tidak pernah menggunakan pengangkutan awam di situ tidak menyedari tentang kewujudan bangunan itu.

''Mereka ingat, ia kafe atau kedai serbaneka tanpa mengetahui ia satu konsep perniagaan yang mengutamakan penumpang pengangkutan awam.

''Kalau saya sebut Hentian Bandar Raya, kawan-kawan saya mesti tidak tahu dan apabila saya sebut bangunan kaca, baru mereka tahu tempat yang saya maksudkan,'' katanya.

Seorang lagi pekerja di sekitar kawasan tersebut, Akma Bahrin, 24, berkata, bukan setakat orang muda yang selesa dengan konsep tersebut, malah ia memberi kesenangan juga kepada warga emas.

''Mereka tidak perlu lagi berdiri terlalu lama untuk menunggu bas, sebaliknya berasa selesa dengan suasana dalam bangunan yang nyaman serta terlindung dari sinar terik matahari,'' katanya.

You can just use my photos, just state the source, will do :)http://transitmy.org/2009/04/27/upgrade-works-at-ktm-subang-jaya-station/

here you go.

Cheers, m

Recently installed Touch n Go add value machine, Hang Tuah monorail station

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Public%20transport/Image818.jpg

Recently installed Touch n Go add value machine, Hang Tuah monorail station

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Public%20transport/Image818.jpg

OMG. Love it!!!!

Recently installed Touch n Go add value machine, Hang Tuah monorail station

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Public%20transport/Image818.jpg

is bankard accepted? or only notes accepted?

is bankard accepted? or only notes accepted?

Only notes, the minimum value is RM 20

Shah Alam to get new bus terminal complex
Saturday May 2, 2009

SHAH ALAM will soon have its own bus terminal complex.

The bus terminal complex, to be housed at Section U1 near the Batu Tiga police station, will be built in two stages.

Mayor Mazalalan Md Nor said the first phase was estimated to cost more than RM20mil.

Under the first phase, Mazalan said 45 bays would be provided in the complex.

He said the three-storey complex would be equipped with ticketing counters, retail and food outlets on the first floor and car park and drop off points on the second floor.

He said it would be situated at a strategic location near to Stadium Shah Alam and the indoor stadium and also the Federal Highway.

“The second phase will be more of expansion from the first phase which includes pedestrian crossing from the terminal to the Komuter station situated across the Federal Highway.

“It will also provide space for operation of all the buses including local, express and inter- state,’’ he added.

Mazalan said the work on the terminal was expected to start at the end of the year and completed in two years.

Recently installed Touch n Go add value machine, Hang Tuah monorail station

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/Public%20transport/Image818.jpgPosted to TRANSIT's page...you might be interested in the T N G reload contest. http://transitmy.org/2009/05/04/contest-for-touch-n-go-reload/

Cheers, m

Terminal moden di Shah Alam

Oleh RASMI ABDULLAH
kota@utusan.com.my


http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2009/0505/Utusan_Malaysia/Kota/wk_03.1.jpg
ILUSTRASI terminal pengangkutan awam Shah Alam di Seksyen U1 yang akan mula dibina pada penghujung tahun ini dan dijangka siap dalam tempoh dua tahun.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



SHAH ALAM 4 Mei - Bandar raya Shah Alam bakal memiliki sebuah terminal pengangkutan awam yang serba canggih dan moden bernilai lebih RM20 juta dalam masa dua tahun lagi.

Berupaya menampung sehingga 5,000 pengguna pada satu-satu masa, terminal di tapak berkeluasan 6.4 hektar di Seksyen U1 di sini itu juga bakal dilengkapi dengan pelbagai kemudahan untuk pengguna.

Antaranya termasuk 10 tangga bergerak, lapan lif dan puluhan kios serta kemudahan untuk orang kurang upaya (OKU), sekali gus bakal menjadikannya antara terminal pengangkutan awam tercanggih di negara ini dan bakal muncul sebagai mercu tanda baru bandar raya ini.

Datuk Bandar Shah Alam, Mazalan Md. Noor berkata, terminal itu akan dibina dalam tiga fasa secara berperingkat-peringkat dengan fasa pertama dijangka bermula pada hujung tahun ini dan siap pada 2011.

"Apabila fasa pertama itu siap, pengguna sudah boleh menggunakan terminal ini yang berupaya menempatkan 45 buah bas pada satu masa.

"Bagi fasa kedua dan tiga yang akan meningkatkan keupayaannya bagi menampung sehingga 75 buah bas, dijangka dimulakan sebaik sahaja fasa satu siap," katanya di sini.

Mazalan memberitahu, kos pembinaan fasa satu terminal itu akan ditanggung sepenuhnya oleh MBSA dan pihaknya akan mengemukakan cadangan kepada kerajaan negeri untuk meminta bantuan.

Beliau menjelaskan, terminal itu nanti akan terdiri daripada dua bangunan utama yang dipisahkan oleh Jalan Jubli Perak tetapi akan dihubungkan dengan sebuah jambatan.

"Bangunan terminal tiga tingkat ini meliputi ruang menunggu di tingkat satu, kaunter tiket dan pusat perniagaan di tingkat dua manakala tingkat tiga adalah tempat letak kenderaan dan ruang menurun dan mengambil penumpang," ujarnya.

Mazalan berkata, lokasi di U1 itu adalah strategik kerana ia berdekatan dengan Stadium Shah Alam, stesen komuter Batu Tiga, beberapa institusi pengajian tinggi seperti politeknik, Universiti Industri Selangor (Unisel) dan kawasan perumahan.

Puduraya makin sesak

Oleh DG. KU MAHIRAH AG. BINTING
kota@utusan.com.my




KUALA LUMPUR 7 Mei - Perkhidmatan kenderaan awam di negara ini sentiasa menghadapi masalah, buktinya banyak komen yang diterima daripada pengguna-pengguna yang menggunakan perkhidmatan ini.

Selain kes-kes kemalangan bas ekspres dan juga bas sekolah yang diakibatkan oleh kecuaian pemandu bas, sikap tidak bertanggungjawab mereka juga dapat dilihat di Hentian Puduraya.

Di sini, banyak bas ekspres yang terdiri daripada pelbagai syarikat berbaris panjang untuk memasuki kawasan stesen bas itu. Kebanyakan pemandunya sengaja enggan memasuki Hentian Puduraya dan sebaliknya menyuruh penumpang-penumpang turun dan berjalan kaki termasuk ketika hujan.

Tinjauan Utusan Malaysia ke Hentian Puduraya mendapati terdapat barisan bas yang panjang di luar kawasan tersebut. Daripada pemerhatian, deretan bas tersebut disebabkan pemandu bas perlu menunggu giliran untuk menggunakan sistem automatik iaitu punc card untuk memasuki hentian tersebut.

Difahamkan setiap pemandu bas hanya mempunyai masa selama 20 minit untuk berada di dalam hentian tersebut untuk mengambil penumpang. Mungkin disebabkan ada pemandu bas yang datang awal daripada waktu yang sepatutnya turut menyebabkan bas tersebut terpaksa beratur panjang untuk menunggu giliran masuk ke hentian tersebut

Disebabkan barisan bas yang panjang itu, kebanyakan penumpang mengambil keputusan untuk turun daripada bas walaupun jarak bas dengan hentian masih jauh. Ada di antara penumpang yang membawa beg besar sanggup turun membimbit beg tersebut untuk berjalan kaki.

Tidak kurang juga dengan warga tua yang turut sama berjalan bersama kumpulan yang turun daripada bas tersebut. Perhatian penulis tertumpu kepada gelagat seorang warga emas yang membawa banyak barang dan berjalan kaki ke Hentian Puduraya. Bayangkanlah berat bebanan yang terpaksa dipikul pada dalam usia sebegitu.

Bagaimanapun, mak cik tersebut bernasib baik kerana seorang pemuda yang juga menaiki bas yang sama dengannya sudi menghulurkan bantuan untuk membawa barang-barangnya.

Meneliti keadaan itu menyebabkan penulis tertanya-tanya siapakah yang bersalah dalam hal ini? Adakah masalah itu berpunca daripada sikap penumpang bas tersebut yang ingin sampai awal dengan mengambil keputusan turun daripada bas walaupun tahu bas tersebut akan memasuki hentian itu.

Ataupun masalah itu berpunca daripada sistem pengurusan yang dijalankan oleh pihak pengurusan hentian tersebut?

Selain itu deretan bas yang panjang menimbulkan masalah lain iaitu ia turut menyumbang kepada kesesakan jalan di kawasan tersebut.

Menurut seorang penumpang, Siti Wardiah Muhd. Khalis, 25, kebanyakan penumpang lebih rela mengambil keputusan untuk turun dari bas dan berjalan kaki walaupun jarak bas dengan hentian agak jauh kerana tidak mahu membuang masa duduk di dalam bas.

Wong Chan Heeng, 47, pula berkata, perbuatan kebanyakan penumpang yang berjalan kaki ini mengundang bahaya kepada diri mereka sendiri.

Tambahnya, keadaan itu tidak sepatutnya berlaku kerana penumpang sepatutnya turun di kawasan hentian seperti yang sepatutnya.

"Walaupun penumpang terpaksa menunggu lama tetapi keselamatan mereka lebih terjamin," katanya.

Seorang lagi penumpang, Maimunah Muhd. Salleh, 63, berkata, walaupun terpaksa meredah cuaca panas dan asap dengan berjalan turun dari bas untuk ke Hentian Puduraya, dia rela walaupun terpaksa membawa beg yang banyak.

"'Lebih baik saya berjalan kaki daripada menunggu bas tersebut beratur.

"Penat memang penat, tapi ini keputusan yang saya ambil untuk sampai awal," ujarnya.

Tambahnya, beberapa tahun yang lepas kebanyakan bas tidak perlu menunggu lama untuk memasuki hentian tetapi kini ia mungkin mengambil masa sehingga satu atau dua jam.

Masalah ini menunjukkan Hentian Puduraya sudah berada pada tahap kronik. Maka, projek pembangunan Plaza Rakyat yang terbengkalai perlu diteruskan demi keselesaan rakyat dan juga untuk menyelesaikan masalah kesesakan lalu lintas di kawasan itu yang turut melarat sehingga ke kawasan Bukit Bintang.

Lebih lama projek itu tertangguh, kos akan meningkat dan lebih membimbangkan tapak projek itu akan menjadi sarang penyakit termasuk penyakit sosial seperti menjadi penagihan dadah.

Cadangan SHEB baiki Puduraya

Oleh DG. KU MAHIRAH AG. BINTING
kota@utusan.com.my



KUALA LUMPUR 8 Mei - Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO melalui Sekretariat Hal Ehwal Bandar (SHEB) yang melawat ke sekitar Puduraya semalam mendapati hentian bas utama di ibu negara itu memerlukan banyak penambahbaikan untuk menjadikannya lebih selesa.

Pengerusinya, Tengku Azman Tengku Zainal Abidin berkata, walaupun mengetahui hentian itu banyak masalah tetapi selepas melakukan lawatan, pihaknya kini lebih memahami masalah-masalah itu.

Sehubungan itu, beliau yang juga Ketua Pemuda UMNO Bahagian Bukit Bintang berkata, pihaknya akan mengemukakan beberapa cadangan kepada kerajaan terhadap kemudahan yang terdapat di Puduraya untuk keselesaan pengguna.

Menurutnya, cadangan tersebut akan dihantar kepada Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dalam waktu terdekat dan juga kepada beberapa agensi yang berkaitan.

"Pihak sekretariat telah mengenal pasti beberapa masalah yang dialami oleh pengguna di hentian tersebut dan juga sudah mempunyai cadangan untuk memperbaikinya," katanya selepas melawat Puduraya semalam.

Turut hadir, Ketua Pemuda UMNO Bahagian Serdang, Ungku Md. Salleh Ungku Abd. Jamal dan Ketua Pemuda Bahagian Bandar Tun Razak, Rizalman Mokhtar.

Dalam lawatan itu, Tengku Azman yang turut melawat ke tempat bas-bas ekspres ditempatkan di hentian tersebut mendapati isu melibatkan kesihatan pengguna perlu diberikan perhatian serius.

Menurutnya, pihaknya akan mencadangkan supaya ruang tangga untuk turun platform dan kawasan menunggu di bahagian bawah dipasang dengan dinding cermin.

Katanya, langkah tersebut dapat menghindarkan pengguna daripada terdedah kepada asap yang membahayakan terutama jika terlalu lama berada di kawasan itu.

Mengenai kaunter tiket di hentian itu, Tengku Azman berkata, sistem kaunter tiket itu perlu dikaji semula kerana terlalu banyak ruang dibazirkan sehingga tempat menunggu tidak mencukupi.

"Sistem jualan tiket secara gabungan antara syarikat perlu dibuat selain mewajibkan syarikat-syarikat bas menyediakan sistem pembelian tiket secara dalam talian," ujarnya.

Beliau memberitahu, antara cadangan lain yang akan dikemukakan adalah menggantikan tangga di tingkat dua, tiga dan empat di stesen tersebut dengan tangga bergerak untuk memudahkan pengguna.

"Tangga bergerak itu akan memudahkan pengguna yang membawa beg dan juga barang yang banyak," katanya.

Selain itu, pihaknya juga mencadangkan supaya kemudahan untuk orang kurang upaya (OKU) turut disediakan di hentian tersebut yang ketika ini masih tidak disediakan.

Tambahnya, kewujudan tangga besar di tepi Puduraya itu perlu dikaji semula kerana tangga tersebut dikatakan salah satu punca kesesakan di kawasan hentian itu.

Tengku Azman turut memberitahu, kebanjiran kutu rayau di hentian tersebut perlu dibanteras dengan segera.

Pihaknya turut mencadangkan supaya satu pejabat diwujudkan bagi menempatkan beberapa orang pegawai Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) untuk membanteras kehadiran kutu rayau itu.

Sementara itu, tinjauan Utusan Malaysia mendapati, ruang hentian yang sempit sedangkan jumlah bas bertambah, menjadi punca kesesakan di situ.

Berikutan keadaan itu, bas-bas ekspres terpaksa berbaris panjang untuk masuk ke hentian itu tetapi ada juga pemandu yang enggan masuk ke situ, sebaliknya memaksa penumpang turun di luar hentian itu.

Daripada pemerhatian, deretan bas tersebut adalah disebabkan pemandu bas perlu menunggu giliran untuk menggunakan satu sistem automatik untuk memasuki hentian tersebut.

Difahamkan, menerusi sistem itu, pemandu bas mempunyai masa selama 20 minit untuk mengambil penumpang di hentian itu.

Disebabkan barisan bas yang panjang itu, banyak penumpang mengambil keputusan untuk turun dari bas walaupun jarak bas dengan hentian masih jauh.

Ada di antara penumpang yang membawa beg besar sanggup turun membimbit beg tersebut untuk berjalan kaki daripada menunggu dalam bas.

Menurut seorang penumpang, Siti Wardiah Muhd. Khalis, 25, kebanyakan penumpang lebih rela mengambil keputusan untuk turun dari bas dan berjalan kaki walaupun jarak bas dengan hentian agak jauh kerana tidak mahu membuang masa duduk di dalam bas.

Wong Chan Heeng, 47, pula berkata, perbuatan kebanyakan penumpang yang berjalan kaki ini mengundang bahaya kepada diri mereka sendiri.

Tambahnya, keadaan itu tidak sepatutnya berlaku kerana penumpang sepatutnya turun di kawasan hentian seperti yang sepatutnya.

"Walaupun penumpang terpaksa menunggu lama tetapi keselamatan mereka lebih terjamin," katanya.

Seorang lagi penumpang, Maimunah Muhd. Salleh, 63, berkata, walaupun terpaksa meredah cuaca panas dan asap dengan berjalan turun dari bas untuk ke Hentian Puduraya, dia rela walaupun terpaksa membawa beg yang banyak.

"'Lebih baik saya berjalan kaki daripada menunggu bas tersebut beratur.

"Penat memang penat tetapi ini keputusan yang saya ambil untuk sampai awal," ujarnya.

Tambahnya, beberapa tahun lepas, kebanyakan bas tidak perlu menunggu lama untuk memasuki hentian tetapi kini ia mungkin mengambil masa sehingga satu atau dua jam.

Para penumpang itu berharap projek pembangunan Plaza Rakyat yang terbengkalai dapat diteruskan segera demi keselesaan semua pihak.

Steps to improve KL transport service
By LEE YUK PENG


EFFORTS are being made to improve the public transportation service in Kuala Lumpur, with immediate measures to upgrade the Puduraya bus station with a RM30.3mil allocation, a freeze on new taxi permits and round-the-clock efforts to nab touts.

For a long-term solution, the Bandar Tasik Selatan bus terminal, initially planned as the terminal for south-bound buses, may be expanded to replace the Puduraya, Hentian Putra (East Cost) and Pekeliling bus stations, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, under whose jurisdiction the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CLVB) comes.

Puduraya would remain as the city bus terminal once outstation buses shifted their base to Bandar Tasik Selatan.

Nazri, together with Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah and Federal Territories Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin, visited the Puduraya bus station and held a dialogue with bus operators at Federal Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.

Raja Nong Chik also said a proposal would be submitted to Nazri for an integrated approach to be adopted in improving the public transport system.


Checking on counter services: (From right) Nazri, Raja Nong Chik and Ahmad Husni Mohd visiting a Transnasional bus counter at the Puduraya bus station.

After listening to the grouses of the bus operators, Nazri promised to look into the plight of the city bus operators as he was of the view that government subsidiaries should not compete with private companies providing bus services.

Bus operators had complained that it was not a level playing field as RapidKL received funding from the government.

Nazri also did not rule out the possibility of the current bus oper*ators taking over from RapidKL.

On taxi services, Nazri said issuance of new taxi permits would be frozen immediately as he did not want foreign workers, instead of locals, as taxi drivers.

“I feel that taxi and bus drivers should be trained by government-run driving schools to increase their professionalism, like those in Japan and Germany,” he added.

On the issue of touts, Nazri said City Hall enforcement officers would be out to nab them round the clock.

“Once caught, their permits would be revoked,” he said.

Ahmad Husni would also be discussing with banks the problems bus operators faced in securing loans, and with Bank Negara Malaysia, the difficulties they faced in purchasing insurance.

He said Puduraya would undergo a facelift in three phases — immediate, short- and long-term — when all bus ticket counters would be relocated from the existing ground floor to the first floor and the food stalls from the ground floor to the fourth floor.

The Puduraya station would also be disabled-friendly after the upgrading work, he said, adding that the upgrading was being carried out for the comfort of bus and taxi operators, passengers and stall owners.

New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS)

City: New Delhi
Architects: M/S Terry Farrell & Partners
Status: Under Construction

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7005/futurendlsnf2.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2850/ndlspv7.jpg

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/120/ndrs.jpg

cool huh!!....hopefully sumday we can have sumtin like dis....

Objections to KK bus terminal and LRT project
Monday May 25, 2009

KOTA KINABALU: The Transport Ministry and Kota Kinabalu City Hall have agreed to refer the proposed southern bus terminal and Kota Kinabalu LRT projects to a special committee chaired by the state secretary to review their suitability.

Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said the reason for the review was that the sites earmarked for the projects were in a security buffer zone near the airport.

He said that Kota Kinabalu City Hall was also asked to submit a risk assessment report to the Transport Ministry and cooperate with Malaysia Airports Berhad to integrate the planned hubs with the Kota Kinabalu Airport masterplan.

“This decision has helped resolve negotiations on the projects between Kota Kinabalu City Hall and the Transport Ministry that have dragged on,” he said on Friday.

Abdul Rahim said that Kota Kinabalu City Hall planned the bus terminal on a 12ha site near the airport, but the Civil Aviation Department objected to it.

It was feared that the bus terminal would cause traffic congestion on the main road leading to the city, he added. — Bernama

http://www.atsaarchitects.com/atsa_web/current_project/2009/cimb/cimb_08.jpg

http://biz.thestar.com.my/archives/2009/6/2/business/b_pg08pjd.jpg
Lim Lian Seng pointing to the proposed sky bridge linking Menara PJD to the Star LRT and KL monorail stations.

Stesen ada, bas tiada!

Oleh SITI AIRUNNISA ALAUI
kota@utusan.com.my


http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2009/0604/Utusan_Malaysia/Kota/wk_01.1.jpg
DUA orang pengguna sedang menunggu bas di Semenyih Sentral yang tidak mendapat sambutan daripada pengusaha-pengusaha bas. - utusan / Mohd. Hatim Mazlan

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



SEMENYIH 3 Jun - Sesebuah stesen bas didirikan bagi memberi kemudahan kepada pengguna untuk menunggu bas selain melancarkan perjalanan bas yang keluar dan masuk bagi mengambil dan menurunkan penumpang.

Stesen bas juga menyumbang kepada pendapatan peniaga sekitar kawasan berkenaan memandangkan kawasan tersebut pasti dipenuhi orang ramai.

Jika di stesen bas lain kelihatan penuh sesak dengan pengguna dan deretan bas seperti yang berlaku di Hentian Puduraya, Hentian Duta, Hentian Bas Klang dan Terminal Putra namun berbeza pula yang berlaku di Stesen Bas Semenyih Sentral yang telah tiga tahun beroperasi.

Tinjauan Utusan Malaysia ke situ mendapati terminal berkenaan kosong - tidak kelihatan bas yang masuk mahupun singgah ke kawasan berkenaan walaupun terdapat juga beberapa orang penumpang sedang menunggu.

Hampir tiga jam wartawan menunggu kemunculan bas tersebut, barulah perkhidmatan bas Le Trans milik Bas Bakti Sdn. Berhad yang lebih dikenali sebagai bas 'tongcit' di kalangan penumpang itu tiba.

Bas berkenaan digelar begitu gara-gara keadaan bas itu agak berusia dan dipandu perlahan serta agak buruk namun ia amat berbudi kepada penduduk di kawasan pedalaman.

Bukan bas 'tongcit' yang dipersoalkan namun mengapakah terminal tersebut tidak mendapat sambutan daripada syarikat bas lain atau lebih tepat tiada sambutan sama ada daripada pengusaha bas mahupun pengguna.

Menurut wakil Bas Bakti, selaku pihak pengurusan terminal berkenaan, Azamuddin Abd. Majid, terminal bas itu sebelum ini terbiar setelah tiga tahun dibina oleh Majlis Perbandaran Kajang (MPKj) namun pihaknya telah mengambil alih terminal berkenaan.

Katanya, dengan pembukaan terminal itu, ia dapat memberikan perkhidmatan bas kepada penduduk sekitar kawasan berkenaan namun malangnya bilangan bas tidak mencukupi.

Ujarnya, walaupun terminal berkenaan telah dimajukan namun ia masih tidak mendapat menarik pengusaha bas lain dan pengguna untuk menggunakannya.

Tambahnya lagi, pihaknya juga telah meminta bantuan banyak pihak termasuk Lembaga Pelesenan Kenderaan Perdagangan (LPKP) serta kerajaan untuk membangunkan kawasan tersebut namun disebabkan ketiadaan bas menyebabkan terminal itu tidak mendapat sambutan.

"Syarikat ini telah memperoleh Sijil Tawaran Kelulusan (STK) pada tahun 2007 namun untuk meneruskan operasi ini kami memerlukan bas untuk menampung sumber syarikat.

"Malang sekali sehingga kini kami tidak mempunyai bas sendiri dan pengusaha bas lain juga tidak memasuki terminal ini.

"Sudah beberapa kali membuat pinjaman namun sehingga kini tiada sebarang maklumat tentang pinjaman untuk pembelian 20 bas itu," katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia ketika ditemui di pejabatnya di Semenyih Sentral baru-baru ini.

Ujar Azamuddin, memandangkan kos sebuah bas hampir mencecah RM400,000, syarikatnya tidak mampu untuk membeli bas dengan kuantiti banyak memandangkan pendapatan yang diperoleh hanya RM300 sehari.

Jelasnya, bagi membantu mengurangkan masalah tersebut pengusaha-pengusaha bas luar perlu memasuki terminal berkenaan bagi memudahkan pengguna.

Tambahnya, sebelum ini syarikatnya telah pun memaklumkan tentang kewujudan terminal berkenaan kepada pengusaha-pengusaha bas namun sehingga kini belum ada bas lain yang mengambil dan menurunkan penumpang di terminal berkenaan.

"Saya hairan mengapa bas lain tidak memasuki terminal ini walaupun terdapat penumpang yang menunggu kehadiran bas tersebut.

"Saya telah meminta LPKP membantu untuk mengarahkan pemandu bas singgah di terminal ini namun saya tidak pasti mengapa masalah itu tidak selesai.

"Disebabkan itu penumpang yang hendak ke Kajang yang mengambil masa hanya 20 minit itu terpaksa menunggu bas ke kawasan tersebut sehingga 2 hingga 3 jam kerana hanya sebuah bas sahaja yang memasuki terminal ini yang menyebabkan pengguna lebih gemar menunggu di jalan utama," jelasnya yang kecewa dengan pengusaha-pengusaha yang tidak memberi kerjasama.

Azamuddin menambah, penambahan bas tersebut perlu bagi menyediakan kemudahan perkhidmatan bas kepada penduduk di kawasan terpencil seperti kawasan Hulu Langat, Lenggeng, Broga dan sekitar Bangi yang rata-ratanya diduduki oleh golongan berpendapatan sederhana.

Selain masalah tersebut, syarikatnya turut menanggung kerugian kerana lot-lot gerai yang disediakan tiada penyewa walaupun telah tiga tahun beroperasi.

"Saya bimbang sekiranya terminal bas ini tidak dimajukan, pastinya lot-lot gerai ini akan terbiar dan mencacatkan pemandangan.

"Oleh yang demikian, saya amat berharap pihak berkenaan menyegerakan bantuan untuk syarikat memiliki bas sendiri bagi menarik lebih ramai penumpang menggunakan terminal ini sekali gus dapat memajukan gerai-gerai ini," ujarnya.

Klang Sentral bus terminal in Meru, Klang, Selangor

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/12/6/central/m_03terminal.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c207/matny/IMG_9872.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c207/matny/IMG_9845.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c207/matny/KlangSentralTerminalAs.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c207/matny/IMG_9848.jpg

Photo of nearly complete Sri Rampai LRT Station from

http://desaputracondo.blogspot.com/

Looking very good :banana:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l100/davidm450/100_2098.jpg

cool

Really cool!

Peka dakwa bas mini tak dibenar henti di terminal Wawasan Plaza


KOTA KINABALU: Persatuan Pengusaha dan Pemandu Pengangkutan Awam Kota Kinabalu (Peka) mendakwa sebahagian pengusaha dan pemandu bas mini serta bas berhenti-henti yang memasuki bandar raya ini tidak dibenarkan berhenti di terminal Wawasan Plaza.

Pengerusinya, Yunus Muhiddin, berkata lebih 100 bas dari arah utara, selatan dan timur bandar raya dilarang memasuki terminal Wawasan Plaza dengan alasan tidak mempunyai permit yang sah untuk beroperasi sehingga ke terminal berkenaan.

Katanya, larangan itu merumitkan pengusaha terbabit kerana berdepan tindakan saman daripada agensi penguatkuasa seperti Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) jika didapati berhenti untuk menurun atau mengambil penumpang di perhentian bas sekitar pusat bandar raya.



"Pengusaha sekarang serba salah kerana tidak ada tempat untuk berhenti di pusat bandar raya apabila Lembaga Pelesenan Kenderaan Perdagangan (LPKP) mewajibkan semua bas berhenti di terminal Wawasan Plaza sejak 1 Jun lalu.

"Apabila masuk ke terminal berkenaan, pemandu bas yang memang dari dulu beroperasi di situ melarang mereka berhenti. LPKP perlu menyelesaikan masalah ini secepat mungkin," katanya di sini, semalam.

Beliau berkata, LPKP perlu mengatasi masalah itu segera termasuk meminta agensi berkenaan meluluskan permit tambahan laluan kepada pengusaha bas terbabit supaya boleh berhenti di terminal Wawasan Plaza.

Katanya, ada pengusaha bas mini dan bas berhenti-henti yang beroperasi sehingga ke pusat bandar raya tidak mempunyai permit memasuki bandar raya tetapi berbuat demikian dengan menulis destinasi `Kota Kinabalu' di badan bas.

"Dalam permit, laluan mereka tidak sampai di pusat bandar raya, jadi mereka memohon kepada LPKP supaya laluan itu dipanjangkan sehingga ke terminal Wawasan Plaza supaya dapat berhenti di situ.

"Jika tidak, pengusaha terpaksa gulung tikar kerana tidak dapat mengambil penumpang. Sekarang ini, hanya bas yang ada permit sehingga ke pusat bandar raya dibenarkan berhenti di terminal Wawasan Plaza," katanya.

Yunus berkata, LPKP perlu mempertimbangkan perkara itu kerana ramai pengusaha dan pemandu bas yang akan kehilangan sumber pendapatan jika terus dilarang memasuki terminal Wawasan Plaza.

Shah Alam Terminal Complex

http://www.senireka.com.my/_repository/seni/projects/Commercial/4-ShahAlamTerminal/4-Comm-SATC-01.jpg

http://www.senireka.com.my/_repository/seni/projects/Commercial/4-ShahAlamTerminal/4-Comm-SATC-02.jpg

http://www.senireka.com.my/_repository/seni/projects/Commercial/4-ShahAlamTerminal/4-Comm-SATC-03.jpg

http://www.senireka.com.my/_repository/seni/projects/Commercial/4-ShahAlamTerminal/4-Comm-SATC-04.jpg

Shah Alam Terminal Complex

http://www.senireka.com.my/_repository/seni/projects/Commercial/4-ShahAlamTerminal/4-Comm-SATC-04.jpgNot a bad concept...I notice what looks like an elevated highway going past the terminal.

That plus the river ... makes me wonder ... would this be located near Batu Tiga or the Stadium Shah Alam area, near the North-South-Central Link (ELITE Highway)?

I wonder if it is a good location given that the rivers in the Batu Tiga area has been flood prone in the past....

Cheers, m

SKS perkenal hentian bas elak sesak

SEREMBAN 18 Jun - Orang ramai sekitar kawasan Seremban yang menggunakan perkhidmatan bas awam untuk ke Kuala Lumpur kini boleh menarik nafas lega apabila Sistem Kenderaan Seremban (SKS) Sdn. Bhd. memperkenalkan hentian bas di beberapa lokasi khusus mulai Julai ini.

Pengurusnya, Rosli Ramlan memberitahu, pelaksanaan itu dijangka dapat mengurangkan kadar kesesakan lalu lintas di Stesen Bas Terminal 1 selain menjimatkan kos minyak dan tempat letak kereta pengguna yang menggunakan perkhidmatan bas SKS.

Jelas beliau, kadar tambang yang dikenakan bagi perjalanan sehala ialah RM6.00 bagi dewasa manakala RM3.70 bagi kanak-kanak bakal memberi kebaikan kepada pengguna sekitar Paroi, Senawang dan Seremban 2 yang sebelum ini menaiki bas di Terminal 1.

''Beberapa lokasi strategik dikenalpasti bagi tujuan mengambil dan menurunkan penumpang tanpa membebankan pengguna perkhidmatan terbabit yang bekerja di sekitar Pejabat Pos Besar, Plaza Sentral dan Bukit Bintang.

''Bagi kawasan Paroi kita akan menempatkan sebuah bas yang mempunyai 45 tempat duduk di tempat letak kereta Stadium Paroi manakala penduduk di sekitar Senawang di hadapan Pasaraya Giant dan Seremban 2 berdekatan Jusco," katanya.

Rosli berkata demikian ketika ditemui pemberita pada sidang akhbar di Pejabat SKS di sini hari ini.

Beliau menjelaskan, kesemua bas berkenaan akan bertolak jam 6.30 pagi manakala bagi perjalanan pulang pula pengguna boleh menaikinya di hadapan Pejabat Pos Besar Kuala Lumpur pada jam 6.30 petang.

Rosli memberitahu, pengguna juga boleh mendapatkan tiket pergi dan balik melalui tempahan menerusi panggilan telefon atau mengunjungi sendiri kaunter SKS di Terminal 1.

''Mereka yang ingin mendapat tiket bagi perkhidmatan terbabit boleh dibuat mengunjungi kaunter SKS di Terminal 1 atau membuat panggilan di talian 06-7675660 mulai 22 Jun 2009.

''Kita yakin perkhidmatan ini mampu memberi kebaikan, keselesaan dan keselamatan kepada pengguna serta mengurangkan kesesakan di Terminal 1,'' katanya.

Law-abiding bus operators hard hit by underhanded monopoly
Tuesday June 23, 2009
by YIP YOKE TENG
TheStar

IRRESPONSIBLE reckless stage bus operators in the Klang Valley are laughing their way to the bank while the law-abiding transport operators bear the brunt and lose hundreds of thousands of ringgit in ticket sales every month.

The selfish and reckless bus operators use all sorts of illegitimate means to hog popular boarding areas to corner passengers, causing other bus operators to be denied access to the customers.

According to an industry source, several stage bus companies had closed down or were considering shutting down as they could not cope with the unfair and high-handed competition.

“My company loses up to RM800,000 each month since it relocated its operations to the new bus terminal at Klang Sentral in Meru in December last year,” the source said.

He said while the law-abiding bus operators moved to the new bus terminal when ordered by the local authorities despite its inconvenient location, a company still stationed all its buses at the old terminal.

“The company disobeying the order is enjoying brisk business while the law-abiding ones operating at the new but unpopular location are losing customers and money,” he said.

“This is a major problem facing the transport industry as a result of the notorious pajak (leasing) system that the authorities have failed to act on. The situation is becoming worse and it is affecting even the major market shareholders,” he said.

Similar problems are also faced by the law-abiding bus operators at the Klang Bus Stand in Kuala Lumpur, near the Pasar Seni LRT station, where the die-hard law-breaking bus drivers park their vehicles by the road, blocking the other buses, to wait for passengers.

The companies like Cityliner, Ceria and RapidKL are left with no business. Ironically, they have to pay a monthly rental of RM4,000 per lane to station their buses at the terminal.

“It is really demoralising that companies who follow the rules suffer such huge losses every month, but those who don’t pay, and who break the laws, are making a fortune,” one company official said.

He said his company, out of frustration, had tried to secure a space in front of the bus stand but was forced out by the violent bus operators.

“Our drivers had been threatened and the windscreen of our buses were also broken several times.

“We had lodged police reports but our employees work in fear at the station,” he said.

He said the authorities had conducted four raids on the unscrupulous operators this year but had not succeeded to stop or even curb the problem.

“Worse still, the culprits have made the public road near the station into their exclusive area, even charging the smaller bus companies as much as RM4,000 for 10 days to park their vehicles or pick up passengers,” the company official said.

“They are actually snubbing even the police because that road they occupied is just next to the KL traffic police headquarters,” he said.

Last week, StarMetro reported on the worsening impact of the pajak system as each driver has to pay up to RM700 a day in leasing charges for the bus and permit.

To make up for the exorbitant leasing charges, the drivers zoom through city streets to make as many trips as possible, giving nary a thought to the safety of other road users.

According to the former CVLB chairman Datuk Markiman Kobiran, the leasing system or what has been wrongly labelled as a “franchise system” is illegal as the practice contravened the CVLB Act 1987, the Public Transportation Regulations as well as the conditions attached to the issuance of permit.

Markiman had said that when he was still the CVLB chief, he was aware of the problem and the CVLB enforcement officers were gathering evidence to nab the culprits.

Traders complain of unfair competition
Tuesday June 23, 2009
By DESIREE TRESA GASPER
TheStar

JOHOR BARU: Traders at the Larkin bus terminal had voiced out their concerns on losing their business due to unfair competition by other food vendors on the ground-level of the complex.

Trader Pathmawati Othman, 35, said all food outlets were supposed to be housed on the same level when they initially signed the tenancy agreement.

“The management assured us that no other food stalls would be placed at the lower level of the terminal,

“At first a few shops began to spring up on the lower levels. But now, there are so many stalls that sell the exact food as us,” she said adding that her income is about RM50 a day, which was not enough to cover her overheads.

Another trader Mohd Abu Sulaiman, 52, who has been operating in the food court for the past 15 years, said that business had gone down so much that he might have to close down.

“We are lucky that our rental is only RM287 a month, but the situation has become so bad that most of the other stalls had closed down.”

Mohd added that the traders only wanted a fair share of the business from commuters at the complex.

“If they want to start a food stall, they should do it the proper way and open their business at the food court area.”

Another trader, Salimah Bibi, 52, who has been selling Indian food at the food court for over 13 years said that she was fed up of complaining to the authorities.

“All the traders have jointly signed a petition, which was directed at the management about six years ago but nothing has been done.

“The management should consider our situation and help to level the playing field by placing everyone in one single level,” she said.

She added that it was difficult for her to sustain her business as times were bad and even Singaporeans who patronise her stall had stopped going there.

Johor Baru City Council mayor Datuk Mohd Naim Nasir, who was on a site visit to the terminal said that he would look into the matter and come up with a solution as soon as possible.

“These traders are in a tight situation and we will try our best to solve their problem,” he said.

He also explained that the management was in the process of renovating the terminal for the betterment of traders as well as the public and the first phase of renovations had already started.

Mohd Naim said the renovation cost is about RM10mil and construction would be conducted in phases.

Law-abiding bus operators hard hit by underhanded monopoly
Story and photo by YIP YOKE TENG

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/6/23/central/m_01busstand1.jpg
IRRESPONSIBLE reckless stage bus operators in the Klang Valley are laughing their way to the bank while the law-abiding transport operators bear the brunt and lose hundreds of thousands of ringgit in ticket sales every month.

The selfish and reckless bus operators use all sorts of illegitimate means to hog popular boarding areas to corner passengers, causing other bus operators to be denied access to the customers.

According to an industry source, several stage bus companies had closed down or were considering shutting down as they could not cope with the unfair and high-handed competition.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/6/23/central/m_03busstop.jpg
Alternative: As enforcement at Pudu Raya has been beefed up, bus companies have found other places to stop their buses illegally.

“My company loses up to RM800,000 each month since it relocated its operations to the new bus terminal at Klang Sentral in Meru in December last year,” the source said.

He said while the law-abiding bus operators moved to the new bus terminal when ordered by the local authorities despite its inconvenient location, a company still stationed all its buses at the old terminal.

“The company disobeying the order is enjoying brisk business while the law-abiding ones operating at the new but unpopular location are losing customers and money,” he said.

“This is a major problem facing the transport industry as a result of the notorious pajak (leasing) system that the authorities have failed to act on. The situation is becoming worse and it is affecting even the major market shareholders,” he said.

Similar problems are also faced by the law-abiding bus operators at the Klang Bus Stand in Kuala Lumpur, near the Pasar Seni LRT station, where the die-hard law-breaking bus drivers park their vehicles by the road, blocking the other buses, to wait for passengers.

The companies like Cityliner, Ceria and RapidKL are left with no business. Ironically, they have to pay a monthly rental of RM4,000 per lane to station their buses at the terminal.

“It is really demoralising that companies who follow the rules suffer such huge losses every month, but those who don’t pay, and who break the laws, are making a fortune,” one company official said.

He said his company, out of frustration, had tried to secure a space in front of the bus stand but was forced out by the violent bus operators.

“Our drivers had been threatened and the windscreen of our buses were also broken several times.

“We had lodged police reports but our employees work in fear at the station,” he said.

He said the authorities had conducted four raids on the unscrupulous operators this year but had not succeeded to stop or even curb the problem.

“Worse still, the culprits have made the public road near the station into their exclusive area, even charging the smaller bus companies as much as RM4,000 for 10 days to park their vehicles or pick up passengers,” the company official said.

“They are actually snubbing even the police because that road they occupied is just next to the KL traffic police headquarters,” he said.

Last week, StarMetro reported on the worsening impact of the pajak system as each driver has to pay up to RM700 a day in leasing charges for the bus and permit.

To make up for the exorbitant leasing charges, the drivers zoom through city streets to make as many trips as possible, giving nary a thought to the safety of other road users.

According to the former CVLB chairman Datuk Markiman Kobiran, the leasing system or what has been wrongly labelled as a “franchise system” is illegal as the practice contravened the CVLB Act 1987, the Public Transportation Regulations as well as the conditions attached to the issuance of permit.

Markiman had said that when he was still the CVLB chief, he was aware of the problem and the CVLB enforcement officers were gathering evidence to nab the culprits.

Traders complain of unfair competition
By DESIREE TRESA GASPER


JOHOR BARU: Traders at the Larkin bus terminal had voiced out their concerns on losing their business due to unfair competition by other food vendors on the ground-level of the complex.

Trader Pathmawati Othman, 35, said all food outlets were supposed to be housed on the same level when they initially signed the tenancy agreement.


http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/6/23/southneast/se_01larkin.jpg

“The management assured us that no other food stalls would be placed at the lower level of the terminal,

“At first a few shops began to spring up on the lower levels. But now, there are so many stalls that sell the exact food as us,” she said adding that her income is about RM50 a day, which was not enough to cover her overheads.

Another trader Mohd Abu Sulaiman, 52, who has been operating in the food court for the past 15 years, said that business had gone down so much that he might have to close down.

“We are lucky that our rental is only RM287 a month, but the situation has become so bad that most of the other stalls had closed down.”

Mohd added that the traders only wanted a fair share of the business from commuters at the complex.

“If they want to start a food stall, they should do it the proper way and open their business at the food court area.”

Another trader, Salimah Bibi, 52, who has been selling Indian food at the food court for over 13 years said that she was fed up of complaining to the authorities.

“All the traders have jointly signed a petition, which was directed at the management about six years ago but nothing has been done.

“The management should consider our situation and help to level the playing field by placing everyone in one single level,” she said.

She added that it was difficult for her to sustain her business as times were bad and even Singaporeans who patronise her stall had stopped going there.

Johor Baru City Council mayor Datuk Mohd Naim Nasir, who was on a site visit to the terminal said that he would look into the matter and come up with a solution as soon as possible.

“These traders are in a tight situation and we will try our best to solve their problem,” he said.

He also explained that the management was in the process of renovating the terminal for the betterment of traders as well as the public and the first phase of renovations had already started.

Mohd Naim said the renovation cost is about RM10mil and construction would be conducted in phases.

Puduraya will be for city buses only
Friday June 26, 2009
By PRIYA MENON

KUALA LUMPUR’S famous Puduraya inter-state bus terminal is set to lose its major role as the hub for long-haul outstation buses.

The busy terminal, opened in 1976 by the late Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn, will soon be turned into an inner-city terminal.

With the impending relocation of south-bound inter-state buses to a new transport hub called the Bandar Tasik Selatan Integrated Transportation Terminal (ITT-BTS), the stall traders at the Puduraya terminal are worried about the adverse impact on their businesses.

The traders are uncertain of their business prospects once the inter-state bus service operations are relocated to the new hub in Bandar Tasik Selatan in November next year.

As it is, business has not been too good for them currently, and most of the profits they now make are mostly from the tourists and outstation bus travellers.

They fear the move will affect them badly but they understand the necessity for the relocation.

“The traffic congestion is bad so they have to make changes in the city centre. The change will affect us but we have to redesign our business concept,” tailor Y.C. Tan said.

He said that business 15 years ago was better but now he could only rely on contract orders instead of walk-in customers.

Asked if he would consider moving to the new hub, Tan said that he would not mind opening up a branch there.

Bookshop owner Ujang Saladdin, 50, said that he would not move as most of his customers were long-time regular clients.

“The people have known us for so long, we rely on their business so we are definitely staying here,” he said.

Ujang said that he heard there were plans to renovate the Puduraya terminal complex and he hoped that he would be given a front lot.

“My bookshop is now located at the back portion of the ticket counters, out of sight to the people. Visitors will not know that there is a bookstore behind the ticket counters,” he said.

Ujang is confident that if he is given a new lot at the front portion of the complex, his business would definitely improve.

Souvenir stall owner Lily Low, 56, earns just about RM100 a day now but is confident she can survive if the station can attract more tourists and inner city travellers after the revamp at the end of next year.

“We earn more during festival seasons so now I can only hope that tourists using the inner-city buses will buy my goods,” she said.

There were also rumours that the food court would be shifted to the fourth floor after the renovations and the food stall operators are not happy with the idea.

They feel that locating the food court to the fourth floor was not strategic to their businesses as bus passengers, especially the inner city travellers, would need to be near where their buses are picking up passengers.

“I heard that they are planning to upgrade this place to a little upmarket complex. If they do that, then maybe business will improve for us,” said food stall operator Amy Choong, 30.

According to Choong, the traders and food stall operators met with officials of complex owner Uda Holdings to discuss their fate last month.

She said that the company might install some bullet lifts as part of the complex’s upgrading, and if such improvements were implemented, then the Puduraya terminal would have a new lease of life.

Perhentian bas kian usang
Oleh Jamaludin Husin
bhnews@bharian.com.my

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3662198016_6b17ec4c96_o.jpg
KEADAAN bangunan tempat menunggu yang usang di Perhentian Bas Bentayan, jejaskan pemandangan dan imej bandar Muar.



Majlis Perbandaran Muar perlu pantau elak kesesakan lalu lintas

MUAR: Perhentian Bas Bentayan di sini, sudah tidak sesuai lagi beroperasi kerana selain ruang meletak bas yang sempit, bangunan tempat penumpang menunggu bas juga terlalu usang.

Paling menyedihkan, ruang tempat meletak bas yang sempit itu menjadi semakin sesak apabila sebahagian besar digunakan pemilik kereta termasuk peniaga gerai sebagai tempat meletak kenderaan masing-masing.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3662198064_5fde42aaed_o.jpg
Sikap pemandu yang tidak bertanggungjawab memberhentikan kereta di bahu jalan turut menghalang lalu lintas sehingga menimbulkan kesesakan di sepanjang Jalan Salleh di hadapan perhentian bas berkenaan.

Tinjauan Berita Harian mendapati kesesakan lalu lintas di depan perhentian bas itu bermula dari Jambatan Sultan Ismail apabila banyak kenderaan dari arah utara menggunakan jalan itu untuk ke selatan.

Selain itu, jalan menghala ke perhentian bas itu turut digunakan kenderaan dari dua arah berlainan dari persimpangan lampu isyarat berhampiran jambatan itu iaitu Jalan Maharani dan Jalan Bakri.


RUANG meletak bas menjadi sempit kerana digunakan pemandu persendirian.



Pada masa sama, laluan itu turut dilalui kenderaan dari lorong susur keluar Jalan Abdullah di persimpangan lampu isyarat Jalan Bakri yang juga menggunakan laluan sama untuk ke perhentian bas itu.

Pernah berlaku kenderaan dari tiga arah itu menggunakan laluan yang sama serentak untuk ke perhentian bas sama ada dari arah Jalan Maharani-Jalan Bakri dan jalan susur keluar dari Jalan Abdullah, selain kenderaan yang turun dari Jambatan Sultan Ismail.

Timbalan Ketua Umno bahagian Bakri, Mazlan Sabari, yang turun padang meninjau kesesakan lalu lintas di jalan berkenaan turut kecewa dengan sikap pemandu bas ekspres yang menurunkan penumpang di bahu jalan di depan perhentian berkenaan.

Beliau percaya tindakan itu dilakukan berikutan pemandu sukar untuk masuk ke ruang meletak bas kerana keadaannya sempit dan dipenuhi kenderaan persendirian.

"Keadaan itu menyebabkan perhentian bas itu mengalami kesesakan teruk terutama pada waktu puncak, apabila jalan itu dilalui pelbagai jenis kenderaan termasuk bas sekolah, kenderaan pekerja serta lori berat.

"Justeru, pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) perlu memantau keadaan itu termasuk mengubah laluan kenderaan terutama yang datang dari arah Jalan Bakri dan Jalan Maharani supaya tidak menggunakan laluan di persimpangan lampu isyarat berhampiran Jambatan Sultan Ismail ke perhentian bas itu," katanya.

Mazlan berkata, Majlis Perbandaran Muar (MPM) perlu memperluaskan lagi ruang meletak bas ekspres di perhentian itu bagi memastikan bas tidak berhenti di bahu jalan ketika menurunkan penumpang.

Pengarah Urusan Syarikat Bas Ekspres Mayang Sari, Azman Mohd Arof, berkata beliau bersetuju dengan cadangan untuk memperluaskan lagi ruang meletak bas ekspres di Perhentian Bas Bentayan.

Katanya, ruang yang ada terlalu sempit sedangkan jumlah syarikat bas yang menggunakan perhentian berkenaan semakin bertambah.

"Pada hemat saya perhentian itu sudah tidak sesuai lagi beroperasi dalam keadaan sekarang kerana selain ruang meletak bas yang sempit, bangunan tempat penumpang menunggu bas juga sudah terlalu usang.

"Bangunan itu sebelum ini ialah bangunan Pasar Awam Muar yang dibina pada sekitar 1950-an dan antara satu daripada bangunan tertua peninggalan penjajah di bandar ini," katanya.

Azman berkata, agak memalukan apabila dalam kesibukan kerajaan menaikkan taraf perhentian bas di seluruh negara, Perhentian Bas Bentayan yang menjadi tumpuan lebih 10 syarikat bas ekspres beroperasi masih menggunakan bangunan zaman kolonial.

Pesara guru, Aladin Bahari, 65, menyarankan pihak berkuasa membina jejambat dua lorong bermula di Bulatan Jalan Bakri ke Jambatan Sultan Ismail dan sebaliknya.

Beliau berkata, langkah itu dapat mengelak berlaku kesesakan lalu lintas di Jalan Maharani ke Jalan Salleh kerana kenderaan yang turun naik jambatan boleh menggunakan jejambat tanpa melalui jalan di depan perhentian bas berkenaan.

"Saya berpendapat pembinaan jejambat lebih penting berbanding projek lain termasuk landskap dalam bandar dan menara jam di depan jambatan itu.

"Usaha mengindahkan bandar dengan membina pelbagai projek rekreasi memang baik, tetapi pada masa yang sama orang awam tidak dapat menikmatinya berikutan keadaan jalan yang sesak dan sukar untuk meletak kereta di tempat letak kereta," katanya.

Aladin berkata, lebih menimbulkan masalah apabila pemandu kenderaan sengaja melanggar peraturan dengan meletakkan kenderaan di bahu jalan walaupun ada garisan kuning.

"Selain itu tiada sebarang tindakan diambil terhadap pemandu yang meletak kenderaan untuk menjamu selera di kedai minuman dan makanan serta berbelanja di premis di seberang jalan itu," katanya.

KK bus terminal, Sabah
by The JASS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasnimuda/3668553256/in/photostream/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/3668553256_7f7e8633a0_o.jpg

KK bus terminal, Sabah
by The JASS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasnimuda/3668553256/in/photostream/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/3668553256_7f7e8633a0_o.jpg

apa kat sebelah tu???

Kuching Sentral U/C, Sarawak
Source: http://www.catscity.com.my/

http://www.catscity.com.my/uploads/newbb/2553_4a4840709a39a.jpg

http://www.catscity.com.my/uploads/newbb/2553_4a4840336228e.jpg

Nga: Go ahead on RM38m bus hub






IPOH: With Perak's political and constitutional crisis taking a back seat, the public transport system woes here have once again gripped the attention of city folk.

The issue regained top spot in recent days with numerous letters sent to newspaper editors and telephone calls to press offices to urge the state government resolve the problem speedily.

Even a former Pakatan Rakyat executive councillor has asked Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir to act fast.

Zambry gave his word yesterday that he would resolve the problem quickly, stressing that he understood the frustration of the city folk who had to put with the "miserable condition daily".

"I want to assure the rakyat that I am serious about this issue. It has been going on for years now."

Nga Kor Ming, former PR state executive councillor in charge of public transportation, had asked him to implement the Ipoh Terminal Hub project which was launched by the previous state government in August last year.

The hub, a privately funded initiative estimated at RM38 million, is akin to the Rapid KL/Rapid Penang model.

He said the PR state government had signed an agreement with Combined Bus Services Sdn Bhd, a consortium of 14 Ipoh-based bus companies, to construct a modern terminal about 5km from here.

Equipped with a shopping complex and wireless broadband facility, the hub was projected to be completed by the end of next year.

"I urge Zambry to resume the project. The state government is not losing anything because the whole project will be funded by the consortium," he said, adding that the previous state government had approved a 3.5ha plot of land for the project.

Nga said the consortium had agreed to replace the old stage buses by purchasing 300 new ones.

Zambry said the state government needed time to restudy the details of the project before giving its go-ahead.

BUS TERMINAL: Complete all such abandoned projects
By : GURSHARAN SINGH, Kuala Lumpur

http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Letters/2593812/insidepix1
Plaza Rakyat stands out like a sore thumb next to Puduraya.


THE government is proposing to limit the use of the Puduraya bus terminal to city buses to solve the traffic chaos in the area.

This is a long overdue solution.

While action is being taken to solve the traffic problem around Puduraya, it is equally important that the government take a serious view of the abandoned Plaza Rakyat project on the former KTM Sultan Street Station.

It stands out like a sore thumb that is seen by all who go to Puduraya.

Meanwhile, the abandoned Jelatek fire station in Kuala Lumpur, on which RM400,000 had been spent, is being revived at an additional cost of more than RM2.2 million.

A new contractor is reported to have been appointed, with the completion of the project set for November.

Here, again, there is silence as to what action has been or will be taken against the contractor who abandoned the projects or whether the government has forfeited the performance bond.

The government should complete all abandoned projects throughout the country.

This can act as a stimulus package and solve many outstanding problems.

cant wait 4 the Puduraya makeover...new foodcourt, new and better toilet, new taxi system,new LRT connected bridge and others....good move!!!

Consortium Asked To Submit New Proposal To Improve Public Transportation System
June 29, 2009 20:26 PM

IPOH, June 29 (Bernama) -- The Perak state government has asked a consortium that is interested in improving the public transportation system to submit a new comprehensive proposal.

Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the state government had asked the consortium to revise the proposal to ensure it did not burden the public.

He said the Consortium had earlier submitted a proposal but the government felt there were a number of issues that needed to be improved or included to improve the system.

"From the proposal they had submitted earlier, we see a number of issues. So, I have asked them to come back with a new proposal," he told reporters after launching a Yayasan Perak programme here Monday.

However, the state government had not set any time frame for the submission of the new proposal, he said.

The Consortium, comprising 14 bus operators and known as Combined Bus Services Sdn Bhd, had initially made a proposal to the government to acquire 3.4 hectares in Meru Raya to build a new bus terminal.

Combined Bus Services, currently managing the public transportation system in Perak, had proposed to invest RM38 million to build the new bus terminal and RM150 million to buy 250 new air-conditioned buses.

"Although the government has set the public transportation system on the top priority list, we want the public to enjoy a better and more effective system," he said.

Zambry said the state government was also studying the need for local councils to bear the cost involved in introducing the new system at their respective areas.

The state government is also considering upgrading two existing bus terminals in Medan Kidd and Medan Gopeng, he said.

BUS TERMINAL: Complete all such abandoned projects
By : GURSHARAN SINGH, Kuala Lumpur

http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Letters/2593812/insidepix1
Plaza Rakyat stands out like a sore thumb next to Puduraya.


THE government is proposing to limit the use of the Puduraya bus terminal to city buses to solve the traffic chaos in the area.

This is a long overdue solution.

While action is being taken to solve the traffic problem around Puduraya, it is equally important that the government take a serious view of the abandoned Plaza Rakyat project on the former KTM Sultan Street Station.

It stands out like a sore thumb that is seen by all who go to Puduraya.

Meanwhile, the abandoned Jelatek fire station in Kuala Lumpur, on which RM400,000 had been spent, is being revived at an additional cost of more than RM2.2 million.

A new contractor is reported to have been appointed, with the completion of the project set for November.

Here, again, there is silence as to what action has been or will be taken against the contractor who abandoned the projects or whether the government has forfeited the performance bond.

The government should complete all abandoned projects throughout the country.

This can act as a stimulus package and solve many outstanding problems.

:)

Ipoh terminal plan still alive
Wednesday July 1, 2009
BY CLARA CHOOI

THE Ipoh Central Terminal Hub, a Perak Pakatan Rakyat project aimed at easing the city’s public transport problems, is still on but the group undertaking the project must give the state government a proper proposal.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said he had instructed the group to hand him a more comprehensive proposal than the present one so that they will be able to work things out as soon as possible.

“I have already instructed the state authorities to allow the group to acquire the piece of land where the bus terminal will be built,” he said.

Dr Zambry, who was speaking to reporters after distributing education aid to 442 students at the State Secretariat on Monday, said the current city bus terminals in Medan Kidd and Medan Gopeng needed to be improved instead of being relocated.

In September last year, the Pakatan Rakyat-led government signed an agreement with Combined Bus Services Sdn Bhd, a consortium of 14 city bus operators which agreed to invest RM38mil to construct the terminal in Meru Raya and a further RM150mil to equip the city with 300 modern air-conditioned coaches.

According to former exco member in charge of public transport Nga Kor Ming, a groundbreaking ceremony had already been held at the 3.4ha site allocated for the terminal.

“The consortium has already spent some RM2mil on its first batch of buses which were supposed to be plying the city routes earlier this year,” he said when contacted.

“There was even a competition to name the buses and we had already decided on the name ‘Perak Flyer’.”

Nga alleged that Dr Zambry had offered the consortium the land premium at market rate while Pakatan’s agreement was to give them a nominal premium.

“How can the investors pay so much?” he asked.

Projek pengangkutan awam terbengkalai digerak semula

IPOH 30 Jun - Kerajaan Negeri Perak akan menggerakkan semula projek mempertingkatkan sistem pengangkutan awam di bandar raya ini yang terbengkalai sejak Februari lepas.

Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir berkata, beliau menyedari sistem pengangkutan awam di bandar raya ini sangat teruk dan tindakan segera perlu dilakukan.

''Memang ada pihak datang menghantar kertas cadangan untuk projek itu kepada kerajaan negeri dan mereka juga dah buat kertas cadangan itu semasa pemerintahan pakatan pembangkang.

''Namun, saya minta pihak tersebut menyediakan kertas cadangan yang lebih menyeluruh kerana kita tidak mahu lakukan sesuatu yang akhirnya tidak menyelesaikan masalah tetapi mendatangkan masalah lain," katanya.

Beliau bercakap kepada pemberita selepas menyampaikan dermasiswa kepada anak Perak yang memasuki institusi pengajian tinggi sesi Julai 2009 di sini semalam.

Zambry diminta mengulas usaha kerajaan negeri untuk menaik taraf sistem pengangkutan awam yang tidak memuaskan di bandar raya ini.

Pada 22 Oktober tahun lepas, bekas Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin melancarkan projek bas bersepadu, Ipoh Sentral di Meru Raya di sini yang merupakan kesinambungan usaha BN sejak Julai 2006.

Bagaimanapun, sehingga kini projek usahasama kerajaan negeri dan The Combined Bus Service Sdn. Bhd. bernilai RM38 juta itu tidak menunjukkan sebarang perkembangan berikutan masalah kegawatan ekonomi.

Zambry berkata, kerajaan negeri mengambil pendekatan berhati-hati tentang isu tersebut kerana mahu memastikan apa yang dilaksanakan benar-benar dapat menyelesaikan masalah.

Menurut beliau, kerajaan negeri juga sedang mengkaji untuk memberikan subsidi kepada pengusaha pengangkutan awam bagi memastikan mereka dapat memberikan perkhidmatan terbaik kepada rakyat.

''Saya sedar pengangkutan awam tidak beri banyak untung. Model terbaik sistem pengangkutan awam ialah yang dikendalikan oleh kerajaan dan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT).

''Bagaimanapun, kita tidak tahu sama ada PBT mampu untuk turut serta tetapi sekurang-kurangnya diharap dapat memberikan subsidi kepada pengusaha pengangkutan awam," katanya.

Zambry juga mencadangkan kepada semua pengendali pengangkutan awam di negeri ini bekerjasama dalam satu kumpulan bagi memberikan perkhidmatan terbaik.

Melaka Sentral
by James

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8070/022ksi.jpg

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3294/83339388.jpg

UDA plans RM30m Puduraya upgrade
Published: 2009/07/02

UDA Holdings Bhd will upgrade and refurbish the 33-year-old Puduraya bus station in Kuala Lumpur and hopes to recover the investment in the next five to six years, managing director Datuk Jaafar Abu Hassan said today.

He said RM30.3 million was needed for the project which would be implemented in three stages. The company had channelled RM5.3 million for the first phase while the government would inject RM25 million, he told a media briefing today.

The first phase which includes painting the entire building and to upgrade the anti-fire system, footways and air-conditioners in the waiting area was expected to complete in September, he said.

The second phase would include upgrading the lift system, building new ticket counters on the first floor and a foodcourt on the rooftop, as well as to replace the basement exhaust fan.

The whole refurbishment is expected to be completed by end of 2010.

Asked whether Uda Holdings would raise shoplot rentals after the refurbishment is completed, Jaafar said: "It may increase but even if it increases, it would take into consideration like the current economic climate as well as the sales that we can make.

"Certainly any increase would be staggerred looking at their (the tennants) capacity to pay," he added. Currently, the rental rates are between RM700 and RM1,000 per unit. - Bernama

UDA tidak ambil alih Plaza Rakyat
Oleh WAN NAJIB WAN DAUD
3 Julai 2009

http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2009/0703/Utusan_Malaysia/Korporat/ko_03.1.jpg

JAAFAR Abu Hassan (kiri) menunjukkan pelan penambahbaikan
Hentian Puduraya di Kuala Lumpur, semalam.

KUALA LUMPUR 2 Julai - UDA Holdings Bhd., (UDA) tidak berhasrat untuk mengambil alih Plaza Rakyat yang telah terbengkalai sejak sekian lama.

Plaza Rakyat terbengkalai sejak 10 tahun lalu akibat krisis kewangan serantau 1999 bernilai RM419 juta merangkumi bangunan utama pusat membeli-belah tujuh tingkat, enam tingkat bawah tanah dengan 1,600 ruang letak kereta dan hotel bajet mengandungi 157 bilik.

Pengarah Urusan UDA, Datuk Jaafar Abu Hassan berkata, tiada sebarang cadangan untuk mengambil alih Plaza Rakyat yang terletak bersebelahan dengan Hentian Puduraya meskipun ada beberapa pihak mencadangkan kepada pihaknya.

Katanya, jika difikirkan kedudukannya adalah strategik namun UDA mempunyai komitmen lain iaitu membuat kerja-kerja penambahbaikan terhadap hentian pengangkutan awam yang berusia berusia 32 tahun itu.

"Tugas kami sekarang adalah untuk membaikpulih dan menaiktaraf Hentian Puduraya selepas kerajaan meluluskan RM30.3 juta untuk kerja-kerja naik taraf bagi keselesaan pengguna," katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia selepas taklimat status penambahbaikan Hentian Puduraya di sini hari ini.

Selain itu, kata Jaafar, Hotel Puduraya yang kini dikendalikan oleh pihak ketiga akan diambil alih oleh pengurusan UDA Holdings berkuatkuasa 1 Januari 2010.

Katanya, hotel 174 bilik itu akan dikendalikan oleh bahagian pengurusan hotel UDA Holdings, Ancasa Hotel & Spa selepas kontrak pengendali hotel itu ditamatkan.

"Kita telah menghantar notis kepada pengendali hotel tersebut dan tiada sebarang pampasan dibayar kepada mereka," katanya.

Beliau memberitahu, hotel tersebut akan diubahsuai dan dinaiktaraf sebagai hotel tiga bintang dan bakal memberi keselesaan kepada para pengunjung apabila ia siap nanti.

Major facelift for Puduraya bus terminal
Friday July 3, 2009
By BAVANI M

THE 30-year-old Puduraya bus terminal in Kuala Lumpur infamous for congestion, pollution and crime will soon be losing its seedy image once it undergoes a facelift that will see it transformed into a modern inner-city terminal with contemporary design and first- class facilities.

The facelift, which is estimated to cost RM31mil, with a government funding of RM25mil is aimed at providing travellers and visitors a more conducive and comfortable environment, UDA Holdings managing director Datuk Jaafar Abu Hassan said.

The major upgrade and facelift will include three phases — short, medium and long term that will start immediately and is expected to be completed in November next year.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/7/3/central/m_04puduraya1.jpg

Modern: The waiting area will have small
kiosks for the traders in Puduraya.

Upon completion, travellers can expect to see several posh waiting areas with better ventilation and brighter lighting and newer toilets within the building.

“Our short-term plans include upgrading the fire-fighting systems, building a sheltered pedestrian walkway from Puduraya to the Plaza Rakyat Star LRT station, upgrading of the toilets and the waiting areas at the mezzanine floor and setting up a taxi coupon system to curb touting,’’ Jaafar said, adding that for this the company has allocated RM5.3mil.

The medium phase will see the lifts upgraded, the construction of tickets counters at Level 1, construction of a food court at Level 4, which is now operating as a car park and replacing the exhaust fans at basement level.

Long-ter m plans will see the upgrading of the various waiting areas located at Level 1, mezzanine floor.

Ten escalators will be added, as well as lifts for the public and cargo to increase passenger mobility and curb congestion.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/7/3/central/m_04puduraya2.jpg

To be ugraded: The fourth floor that is currently
a carpark will be converted to a food court.

UDA Holdings will also be taking over the management of Hotel Puduraya, which will also be upgraded eventually.

Apart from the modern facade, traders operating at the terminal will eventually have to be relocated to a more modernised kiosk-like setting.

When asked if there would be an increase in rental rates, Jaafar said: “We will look into the needs of the current traders who are renting there.

“While I cannot say much about that now, rental will be staggered,’’ he said.

Jaafar added that UDA Holdings would be working together with the Federal Territories Ministry, the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board under the Prime Minister’s Department and the Finance Ministry to tackle the problems relating to the city’s oldest bus terminal.

He added that after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s walkabout session in April, the Puduraya area was identified as a major source of the daily massive traffic congestion in Kuala Lumpur and that immediate steps were needed to improve the situation.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/7/3/central/m_01facade.jpg

Incredible!!!

E-ticketing system to curb touting activities
Friday July 3, 2009

THE illegal ticket touting activities at the Puduraya bus terminal in Kuala Lumpur will hopefully be a thing of the past, if Uda Holdings managing director Datuk Jaafar Abu Hassan manages to initiate and implement the e-ticketing system at the bus terminal.

This is in order to solve the one of the bus terminal’s perennial woes such like touts charging exorbitant rates.

“At the moment I cannot do much about this problem since it comes under the jurisdiction of the CVLB under the Prime Minister’s Department, but what I can do is push for this system to be implemented as soon as possible,’’ he said.

Jaafar said that e-ticketing is a necessary change for Puduraya to succeed as a proper bus terminal.

“This is something that must be done if we want to move forward,’’ he added.

Under the proposal, according to Jaafar, the e-ticketing system works on a two tier basis.

“The first would be interaction between the e-ticketing system and the bus operators,’’ he said, adding that some major bus companies like Transnasional and Mara Liner already have its own e-ticketing system.

“Our system will be linked to the system used by Transnasional or Mara so the public will have direct access to these bus companies,’’ he said.

The second system is where passengers could directly purchase tickets via the internet and even SMS.

“If its computerised than you won’t have third parties like touts coming into the picture,’’ he said.

Jaafar also added that the system would also limit the number of tickets that a person could purchase.

Meanwhile, to tackle the issue of congestion outside the terminal, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall had stationed eight officers outside the premises from 9am to 12am to prevent buses from double parking.

Physical barricades had been put in place to ensure that buses don’t park and wait.

Currently 1,000 buses use the terminal on a daily basis with the number hitting 1,400 during weekends.

Almost 100, 000 people utilise the bus terminal during the weekends.

'Sentral' hubs seldom central
By : MOAZ YUSUF AHMAD for Association for the Improvement of Mass Transit





NGA Kor Ming, the former Pakatan Rakyat state local government, housing and public transport committee chairman, had asked Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir to implement the Ipoh Terminal Hub project launched by the previous state government last August.

Zambry appears to be receptive to the idea, saying he is serious about resolving the public transport problem.

And yet, the Association for the Improvement of Mass Transit wonders how serious these two players are about improving public transport.

Although the Penang government has taken some slow steps forward, the other state governments have done little. In Selangor and Perak, it appears that the commitment to improving public transport is limited to providing space for new terminals.

Although the idea of a new terminal seems like a good one, experience has shown that new terminals often create more problems.

In the Klang Valley, we have the experience of Klang Sentral, a suburban terminal located outside of the city centre intended to replace a popular urban terminal.

In the Kinta Valley, we have the current bus terminal, itself replacing a popular urban bus terminal.

Klang Sentral has turned into a white elephant because it cannot attract urban bus operators. One can expect the same thing to happen to the proposed Ipoh Sentral.

Suburban "hubs" (usually named "Sentral" but rarely centrally located) are poor replacements for urban terminals, which is why Transit has stated that urban public transport terminals need to be maintained.

It is said that the new bus hub is akin to the RapidKL or RapidPenang model, but having a new terminal is meaningless without new and improved services.

That is why RapidPenang, which has focused on service, is far ahead of RapidKL, and why both companies are miles ahead of their competition.

In Ipoh, the Pakatan government signed a deal with a consortium of bus operators, Combined Bus Services, to take over the operations of public transport and build the Ipoh Sentral terminal.

But in the one year since the consortium was created, nothing is known about the operators in the consortium. Nor is there any information about plans to improve bus routes and bus services or any requests for public feedback.

Contrast this with KCBS Sdn Bhd, a consortium working to improve bus services in Kuching, Sarawak.

KCBS is also looking at building a new terminal but it is also revamping the bus system to improve the quality of service and is seeking public feedback.

Transit does not accept the idea that public transport services can be improved by private companies or by the government alone.

This is why we promote the "four-stakeholders model" which brings together the four stakeholders in public transport -- an independent public transport authority, bus operators, the public and the people's representatives.

State governments need to realise they will not be able to really change public transport unless they are willing to work with the other stakeholders. Transit is ready to do its part.

Kurangkan kesesakan di Puduraya
3 Julai 2009
Oleh ardyhansah amat

KUALA LUMPUR 2 Julai - UDA Holdings Berhad bercadang membuka kaunter tiket E-Ticketing untuk menjual tiket-tiket bas di Hentian Puduraya sebagai langkah mengurangkan kesesakan di pusat perhentian bas utama ibu kota itu.

Menurut Pengarah Urusan UDA, Datuk Jaafar Abu Hassan, sistem E-Ticketing tersebut akan beroperasi di luar bangunan Hentian Puduraya.

"Ia seolah-olah berfungsi seperti sebuah bank yang menyediakan perkhidmatan kewangan di beberapa lokasi yang strategik.

"Orang ramai tidak perlu pergi ke Hentian Puduraya semata-mata untuk membeli tiket dan boleh mendapatkannya di beberapa premis perniagaan seperti di Bangsar, Bukit Bintang dan mungkin di setiap daerah.

"Ini dapat mengurangkan kadar jumlah orang ramai di Hentian Puduraya dalam satu-satu masa. Mungkin orang ramai yang pergi ke sana ketika hendak menaiki bas sahaja," ujarnya kepada media selepas taklimat mengenai penambahbaikan Hentian Puduraya hari ini.

Walaupun idea tersebut baru di peringkat cadangan sahaja, tetapi ia dilihat sebagai munasabah bagi mengatasi masalah kesesakan di perhentian itu.

Antaranya ia akan mengurangkan kesesakan jalan raya dan kesesakan orang ramai di Puduraya kerana tempat membeli tiket dan bas menunggu adalah berasingan.

Malah E-Ticketing ini juga dilihat mampu untuk mengatasi masalah ulat tiket yang menjual tiket secara haram.

Ini kerana orang ramai tidak akan keliru kerana mereka tahu bahawa tiket hanya boleh dibeli melalui sistem E-Ticketing sahaja.

Berfungsi seolah-olah sebuah mesin juruwang elektronik (ATM), hanya beberapa kaunter akan dibuka dan orang ramai boleh mendapatkan tiket bas untuk semua syarikat pengangkutan bas.

Jika sebelum ini, setiap syarikat pengusaha bas akan membuka kaunter tiket masing-masing tetapi kali ini penjualan tiket semua pengusaha bas akan dilakukan oleh satu pihak sahaja.

Orang ramai hanya akan memilih syarikat bas, tarikh dan jadual perjalanan dan urusan jualan tiket berjalan seperti biasa.

"Cuma ia memerlukan kajian dan perancangan yang rapi serta mendapat persetujuan daripada semua pengusaha bas ekspres," kata Jaafar lagi.

Mengenai penambahbaikan Hentian Puduraya, Jaafar berkata, UDA selaku pemilik hentian tersebut akan menjalankan kerja-kerja berkenaan bagi memberikan lebih keselesaan kepada ribuan penggunanya.

Katanya, projek yang menelan belanja hampir RM31 juta itu akan bermula pada bulan ini dan dijangkakan siap sepenuhnya pada November 2010.

"Ia merangkumi tiga fasa pembangunan yang dilakukan secara berperingkat.

"Secara keseluruhannya, projek ini menekankan penambahbaikan ruang menunggu yang lebih selesa dan banyak, peningkatan mobiliti pengguna melalui penaiktarafan lif serta penyediaan eskalator.

"Selain itu, penambahbaikan juga merangkumi tandas awam dan sistem siar raya," katanya.

"Sebelum ini, kami telah membelanjakan sebanyak RM11 juta untuk tujuan yang sama dalam tempoh tiga tahun kebelakangan ini.

"Ia merangkumi kerja-kerja mengecat bangunan dan membaik pulih tandas," ujarnya lagi.

Kerja-kerja penambahbaikan, katanya, akan dilakukan bermula pukul 9 malam hingga awal pagi bagi mengelak daripada menghalang kelancaran aktiviti di hentian itu.

Antara perubahan yang akan dilakukan ialah penstrukturan semula setiap tingkat di bangunan berkenaan seperti penambahbaikan ruang menunggu, pemasangan penyaman udara serta medan selera yang lebih luas dan bersih.

Selain itu, pemasangan lampu dan beberapa kemudahan yang lebih mesra pengguna termasuklah kepada golongan orang kurang upaya akan memberikan satu visual yang lebih canggih terhadap hentian bas yang dibina pada 1976 itu.

'Sentral' hubs seldom central
By : MOAZ YUSUF AHMAD for Association for the Improvement of Mass Transit Nice headline - not exactly related to the content of the letter, but what to do? :bash::ohno:

Cheers, m

@ Pasar Seni P&R
by Y-Xiang
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57794752@N00/3693787778/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3598/3693787778_46393cc1ac_b.jpg

^^klang bus stand!!!

Bus Terminal, Kuching
http://www.akimedia.com.my/portfolio/public/pic/busterminal1.jpg

http://www.akimedia.com.my/portfolio/public/pic/busterminal2.jpg

Wangsa Maju LRT/ Bus Terminal

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f170/baang76/P1100146.jpg

Klang’s Terminal B closes after nine months
Nine months — that’s how long it lasted
Nevash Nair
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 05:45:00

http://www.mmail.com.my/sites/default/files/imagecache/large/Klang%20terminal.jpg

THE shutters have finally come down at Terminal B of the ill-fated Klang Sentral after nine months. The only shop that was operating within Terminal B closed when the terminal was closed two months ago.

The terminal looks like a ghost town — an apt description as the deserted building has no passengers and no bus operators. No one was around.

It was said that Terminal B had been sold to an inter-State bus company operator and would reopen in October but the Klang Municipal Council brushed this off as “a rumour”.

Malay Mail visited Klang Sentral yesterday and it was a sorry sight. Only Terminal A, the terminal that caters for outstation buses, is operational and buzzing with activity.

However, traders at Terminal A are still finding it hard to make ends meet.

“We are only catering for the inter-State bus passengers. We are barely making money. We can only hope for local buses to move back here like how it was initially planned,” said Akhbar, a newsstand operator.

The controversial Klang Sentral opened its doors for operations last November — and nothing much has changed. The RM12 million terminal along Jalan Meru has been the subject of controversy as many residents in Klang complain of its location which is too far from town.

Until today, all bus operators, including RapidKL, are adamant they will not use Klang Sentral due to its poor location and the lack of passengers.

The Klang Sentral bus terminal also created a rift between Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam and Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim that saw Manikavasagam handing in his resignation letter.

The first-term MP stayed on after Khalid promised to look into the matter personally. But meeting after meeting has not found any solution.

The Klang Municipal Council is also clueless on how to resolve the issue and is seemingly powerless as well. Many bus operators initially expressed their displeasure at the relocation, saying that it added to operational costs and was “a waste of time”.

Bus operators in Klang Sentral are charged RM900 monthly rental compared with just RM150 at the former Klang bus terminal.

Chronology of Klang Sentral

May 13 — Six months since the controversial Klang Sentral opened its doors for operations nothing much has changed. Malay Mail visited Klang Sentral and it was a sorry sight. Only Terminal A that caters to outstation buses was fully operational with lots of people. Terminal B, on the other hand, looked like a ghost town. Within
the terminal, there is only one newsstand. At 1.30pm, this reporter was the first customer of the day and the shop had been open since morning.

April 23 — Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim pledged to solve the Klang Sentral fiasco by next month.

April 22 — RapidKL decided to cease its operations at the RM12 million terminal in Meru, moving back to the Bandar Klang terminal in the town centre.

April 20 — The Klang Municipal Council is sticking by the various bus routing changes announced when Klang Sentral was opened to replace the old bus terminal.

April 6 — Traders near the old Klang town bus station expressed frustration after their businesses had gone from bad to worse since the bus station was moved to Klang Sentral. Traders claimed that business plunged by more than half.

Feb 20 — Bus operators were still operating from the old terminal in the middle of Klang town, causing traffic congestion. Many passengers at the old bus terminal said certain bus operators had refused to use the new terminal and continued to pick-up and drop-off passengers at the old terminal.

Feb 13 — Klang MP Charles Santiago offered to mediate between the Klang Sentral management, bus companies, traders and consumer groups to resolve various problems plaguing the new terminal.

Jan 16 — Many bus operators refused to move to the spanking new bus terminal, stating that it would increase cost of operations.

Dec 27, 2008 — Stage and express bus companies and taxi operators start operations from the new bus terminal.

Terminal Bas Wawasan sesak

Oleh ZULHISHAM ISHAK
utusansabah@utusan.com.my


http://www.utusan.com.my/pix/2009/0806/Utusan_Malaysia/Sabah_&_Sarawak/wb_01.1.jpg
TERMINAL Bas Wawasan, Kota Kinabalu berubah secara tiba-tiba menjadi sesak dan sibuk apabila semua operasi bas di bandar raya itu dipindahkan ke situ sejak pertengahan Jun lalu.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



KOTA KINABALU 5 Ogos - Sejak pertengahan Jun lalu, Terminal Bas Wawasan menjadi tempat paling sesak dan tumpuan utama pengguna pengangkutan awam di bandar raya ini.

Ini kerana terminal itu merupakan satu-satunya hentian bas yang dibenarkan beroperasi di bawah program penyusunan semula jaringan pengangkutan awam di sini oleh Lembaga Pelesenan Kenderaan Perdagangan (LPKP) Sabah dan Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu (DBKK).

Sebelum ini terdapat dua hentian untuk bas mini dan bas henti-henti di bandar raya ini iaitu di Terminal Bas Wawasan dan hentian bas depan Kompleks Mahkamah Kota Kinabalu.

Sebelum ini Terminal Bas Wawasan menyediakan lebih 1,100 perkhidmatan bas mini dan bas henti-henti yang bernaung di bawah Persatuan Pengusaha Bas Bumiputera Sabah (PPBBS).

Sementara itu di hentian bas depan mahkamah pula menempatkan kira-kira 80 bas henti-henti milik syarikat persendirian ia-itu Syarikat Penampang Union Transport (PUT) dan Tuaran United Transport (TUT).

Selepas penyusunan semula itu, Terminal Bas Wawasan kini menempatkan lebih 1,250 buah bas PPBBS, PUT, TUT termasuk perkhidmatan bas dalam bandar (City Bus) yang turut dibenarkan mengambil penumpang di situ.

Keadaan tersebut menyebabkan terminal itu sesak kerana kawasannya terlalu sempit dan kapasiti penumpang dan bilangan bas yang bertambah secara mendadak.

Ramai melihat penyelarasan satu hentian bas sahaja di terminal itu yang mula beroperasi sejak 2007 dibuat tanpa perancangan teliti dan menimbulkan banyak masalah.

Seorang penumpang, Jamil Tahir, 45, berkata, terminal tersebut sekarang mengalami kesesakan luar biasa terutamanya pada pukul 8 pagi dan 5 petang ke atas.

''Pada waktu puncak keadaan sukar digambarkan kerana terlalu ramai penumpang secara tiba-tiba dan keadaan menjadi tidak terkawal sehingga menimbulkan situasi yang tidak selesa.

''Sekarang bukan sahaja masalah sesak tetapi juga insiden ragut dan terlalu bising kerana sekarang sudah mula digunakan pembesar suara,'' katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia, di sini baru-baru ini.

Beliau berkata, sepatutnya sebelum keputusan memindahkan operasi bas PUT dan TUT, tinjauan pendapat orang ramai perlu dilakukan sama ada setuju dengan langkah itu.

Penumpang lain, Jamal Tan, 49, pula berkata, sebelum pemindahan itu dilakukan seharusnya terminal tersebut dinaik taraf untuk keselesaan dan kemudahan asas.

''Sekarang tandas pun DBKK sudah hadkan penggunaannya mungkin kerana penumpang terlalu ramai dan tandas pula tidak cukup. Apabila ditutup pada waktu tertentu, ini menimbulkan masalah baru.

''Terdapat segelintir penumpang yang menjadikan kawasan sekitar tandas itu untuk melepas 'hajat' mereka dan ini menimbulkan suasana kotor dan pencemaran bau," ujarnya.

Bagi Francis Alin, 58, kekotoran bukan sahaja di kawasan tandas tetapi di seluruh terminal tersebut kerana sejak semua bas beroperasi di situ dan pembuangan sampah-sarap semakin menjadi-jadi.

Selain sampah, katanya, pencemaran lain ialah habuk dan masalah air bertakung di pekarangan terminal berkenaan apabila hujan yang sama seperti banjir kilat.

''Begitu juga jumlah kerusi penumpang menunggu bas pun tidak cukup, ditambah pula dengan penjaja kecil meletak barang jualan atas kerusi penumpang menunggu bas," katanya.

Selain itu, katanya, kesesakan itu bukan sahaja berlaku di terminal tetapi juga kawasan berdekatan apabila orang ramai yang menuju ke situ melintas sesuka hati.

Francis berkata, sebuah jejantas dan kemudahan asas lain seperti kedai makan dan kaunter tiket perlu dibina segera.

Sementara itu salah seorang pemandu bas, Indra Muliadi, 29, meminta supaya petak meletak bas ditambah serta disusun semula supaya tidak berselerak dan lebih sistematik.

Katanya, jika masalah itu tidak ditangani segera, pemandu bas akan berebut-rebut dan keadaan tersebut secara tidak langsung akan lebih menyesakkan terminal.

Dana naik taraf terminal bas sudah dilulus

KOTA KINABALU 5 Ogos - Kerajaan Pusat memperuntukkan sebanyak RM5 juta untuk menaik taraf Terminal Bas Wawasan di sini bagi menyelesaikan masalah kesesakan yang berlaku di situ.

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz berkata, kerajaan sudah pun meluluskan dana tersebut dan berharap ia dapat disalurkan secepat mungkin.

"Saya akan berjumpa dengan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yang juga Menteri Kewangan dalam masa terdekat supaya dana ini dipercepatkan," katanya selepas melawat terminal itu baru-baru ini.

Sementara itu, Pengarah Perancangan Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu (DBKK), Alijus Sipil berkata, selain menaik taraf terminal itu, pihaknya juga mempunyai perancangan lain.

Beliau memberitahu, DBKK merancang untuk membina beberapa lagi terminal bas baru di sekitar bandar raya ini sebagai langkah mengurangkan kesesakan di terminal itu.

"Kita rancang terminal-terminal bas baru ini dibina di daerah berdekatan Kota Kinabalu supaya bas terlibat tidak masuk ke kawasan bandar raya, ini untuk mengelakkan kesesakan," katanya.

Menurutnya, antara terminal yang akan dibina berdekatan Kota Kinabalu ialah di Kepayan, Inanam, Penampang dan sebuah terminal khas yang akan menjadi penghubung ke empat daerah terbesar.

"Pembinaan Terminal Bas Selatan di Kepayan akan menelan belanja RM50 juta manakala pembinaan terminal di Inanam akan melibatkan kawasan seluas 1.6 hektar.

''Bagaimanapun, nilai kos masih belum diketahui dan terminal khas pula dijangka melibatkan kos RM5 juta," katanya.

Beliau berkata, semua projek itu diharap dapat dimulakan sebelum Rancangan Malaysia Kesepuluh (RMK-10) bagi menyelesaikan semua masalah di Terminal Bas Wawasan atau bandar raya ini.

Dalam pada itu, Presiden Persatuan Pengusaha-Pengusaha Bas Mini Bumiputera (PPBMS), Mohd. Lokman Sunggim berkata, perancangan tersebut adalah yang terbaik dan paling sistematik.

Lokman berkata, sudah sampai masanya infrastruktur dan kemudahan pengangkutan awam di ibu negeri di naik taraf seiring dengan kepesatan pembangunannya.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/8/12/central/m_02terminal.jpg
High-tech features: An artist’s impression of the new bus terminal to be built in U1 Shah Alam.

Shah Alam bus terminal plan still on
Story and photos by SALINA KHALID


VARIOUS efforts have been taken to improve the public transport system. Yet somehow, for most Shah Alam residents, their hope for having such a system is almost like wishful thinking.

“Everybody is aware of the benefits of taking public transportation. It helps (preserve) the environment, saves money and reduces traffic congestion. But the system is so unreliable here in Shah Alam,” said Mohd Amin Ismail.

He claimed that the lack of reliable buses and taxis in the capital city of Selangor had forced him to drive a car.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/8/12/central/m_02terminal.jpg
High-tech features: An artist’s impression of the new bus terminal to be built in U1 Shah Alam.

The 35-year-old said he wasted a lot of time travelling between his house in Klang and his workplace in Shah Alam when he was commuting by bus even though his house is only a few kilometres away from Shah Alam.

“My wife had to use the car as she has to travel to Putrajaya, so I thought I could use the public transport.

“It was so frustrating and in less than a month I started looking for my own car,” said the father of two.

He added that it did not help that most of the taxi drivers in Shah Alam did not use meters and would quote a fixed rate instead.

With the escalating price of fuel and toll rates, most residents agreed that they would use the public transport only if it was convenient. To most, using their own transportation seems to be the only choice.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/8/12/central/m_02terminal1.jpg
Earmarked: The site where the new bus terminal will be located.

“There has been a lot of talk before this about improving the system.

“There was even a plan to build an integrated bus terminal for the residents in Shah Alam. But I do not know what happened to it,” said Azhar Abdul Rahman, a Section 16 resident.

Currently, Shah Alam residents can use the inter-city and express bus services (mostly for East Coast-bound passengers) at Section 17.

The City Centre station which is located behind the Maybank building, opposite the Wisma MBSA, caters for the city buses.

At the same time passengers can also wait for the buses in front of Kompleks PKNS.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/8/12/central/m_02terminal2.jpg
Soon to go: The temporary bus terminal in Section 17 will cease operations once the new bus terminal in U1 is completed.

For now, residents can heave a sigh of relief as plans to build a new bus terminal complex to replace the existing Section 17 terminal is still on.

When asked, Shah Alam mayor Mazalan Md Noor said, “We are going ahead with the plan to build the terminal.

Mazalan said the plan for the terminal, located at U1, near the old Batu Tiga Police Station, had been submitted to the state government and was still waiting for the final decision.

Once the approval is received then the project could resume, he said, adding that the project would be completed in two years.

The bus terminal complex will be constructed in stages. The first phase is estimated to cost about RM20mil. Under the first phase, 45 bays (for the buses) would be provided for bus companies to operate in the complex.

The three-storey complex would also be equipped with ticketing counters, retail and food outlets on the first floor. Car park and drop off points are located on the second floor.

The second phase will include pedestrian crossing from the terminal to the Komuter Station situated across the Federal Highway.

The site was picked since it is located near the Stadium Shah Alam and the indoor stadium.

The location is also easily accessible from the Federal Highway and the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE).

With the opening of the terminal, the express buses do not have to enter the city centre, thus traffic congestion will be averted.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/8/12/central/m_02terminal.jpg
High-tech features: An artist’s impression of the new bus terminal to be built in U1 Shah Alam.
:rock:

patut buat yg ini
futuristic...

Shah Alam Terminal Complex

http://www.senireka.com.my/_repository/seni/projects/Commercial/4-ShahAlamTerminal/4-Comm-SATC-01.jpg

http://www.senireka.com.my/_repository/seni/projects/Commercial/4-ShahAlamTerminal/4-Comm-SATC-02.jpg

http://www.senireka.com.my/_repository/seni/projects/Commercial/4-ShahAlamTerminal/4-Comm-SATC-03.jpg

http://www.senireka.com.my/_repository/seni/projects/Commercial/4-ShahAlamTerminal/4-Comm-SATC-04.jpg

tapi LAKARAN grafik pandangan itu sokongan berita terkini!

Klang Sentral Terminal B temporarily closed for renovations
By ELAN PERUMAL


THE Klang Sentral’s terminal B has been temporarily closed to facilitate renovation works at the complex.

Developer NPO Sdn Bhd director Chairmaine Lim said a covered walkway connecting the terminal B and A was being constructed.

She said the terminal would be reopened in two months after the walkway was completed.

“The walkway will enable commuters to walk from one terminal to another with comfort.

“It will provide them cover from the sun and rain,’’ she said, adding that the construction work was underway now in anticipation of the rainy season at the end of the year.

As a temporary measure, Lim said, terminal A would serve both local and express buses.

With this, Lim also quashed speculations that the terminal had been closed permanently due to lack of commuters and buses.

She said there was no truth in the rumours.

“We are upgrading our facilities and it is meant to provide better service for the commuters,’’ she said.

RM50mil bus terminal gets lifeline


SEREMBAN: The RM50mil Terminal 2 express bus station at Era Walk near here which was supposed to have started operations more than two years ago received a lifeline when Konsortium Transnasional Bhd (KTB) agreed to house its operations there.

KTB, the country’s largest private bus operator with a fleet of 1,500 vehicles, runs the Transnasional, Nice, Plusliner and Cityliner companies.

Era Baru executive chairman Datuk Chua Tiong Moon hoped that the state authorities would soon direct all express bus operators to move their operations to Terminal 2.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/8/18/nation/n_p26Transnasional.jpg
Revival: Tengku Hasmadi and Chua (left) checking out one of the express bus counters at Seremban’s Terminal 2 on Monday.

“The terminal has been ready for more than two years and we hope it would soon become a hub for all express bus operators in the state.

“Since we constructed Terminal 2 with the consent of the state government, we hope this could be expedited,” he said at the launch of KTB’s operations at Era Walk near here.

KTB executive director Tengku Hasmadi Tengku Hashim said the company decided to move to Terminal 2 as it had several more advantages that the present main bus station.

“The waiting area for passengers is air-conditioned, the toilets are clean and our drivers have a place where they can bathe and rest before starting work,” he said.

At present, the company operates some 200 buses in Negri Sembilan