My comment for this time, it's really stressful to see the signage because 1. it has a RED background; 2. it's SMALL.
The pictographic looks cool.
Bus stops a little bit off topic "LRT/MONORAIL/MRT Train Announcements and Signage at the station" ...
But why do you think bus stops in KL (and Klang Valley) do not have unique identification (names and code number)?
Which authorities are in charge or owns the bus stops?
Who should put the "identification code" on bus stops in KL and rest of Klang Valley?
Mmm ... I understand that ... There are about 5,000 bus stops in Klang Valley, used by the various bus operators (CityLiner, Seranas, RapidKL etc). Out of those about 3,000 bus stops are used by RapidKL. And some of these 3,000 bus stops are not used solely by RapidKL, but are shared use with CityLiner etc.
As is currently, RapidKL seems to choose *only* to put bus stops identification in their website journey planner but *not* physically on the bus stops.
It would be difficult (not impossible) for RapidKL to put bus stops identification on bus stops that they don't use.
You will see Rapidkl starting to rot as there are no other competitors. Not all are horrendous though. I can see cityliner done quite a good job at least in maintaining their bus.
What Malaysia faces is very typical of oil-producing nations. The oil and car is cheap, and road networks are more superior than public transport options. Up until the KVMRT - I'd argue that the monorail, LRT lines, commuter and airport links were vanity projects - there was no real serious attempt to get the public to shift to public transport.
Are Malaysians too comfortable in their driver's seat? I don't know, it's hard to say for now.
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SZE HONG or other moderators, please take note and ban this member anantha92 as a lesson for others to follow rules.
The pole with the orange RapidKL Bus icon is certainly RapidKL's.
The iron fence blocking the pavement to the road is certainly not RapidKL's.
I hope you can answer some of these questions ...
(1) Where is this bus stop? Google Maps link to it perhaps?
(2) Was the pole there before the fence? or otherwise?
(3) Which road authority installed the fence? JKR? Sprint Highway?
i believe that the rapidkl pole were in placed after the fence were installed, if not mistaken, batu caves area was in zone 3 for the rapidkl buses, together with wangsa maju and ampang, I still remember, the rapidkl bus signage/pole were install by prasarana early this year, especially in ampang area that time.....
so I think, we already know, to who we should put the blame for,... :lol:
That's why I say it won't be surprised if in the future, countries like Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos or Vietnam will even have much better public transportation system than Malaysia in terms of quality and services.
Yes, you need to have an "electronic" copy of a sign first before you can get a hard copy. Have a look at http://www.ktmkomuter.com.my/tickets/timetable.php . Click on Pelabuhan Klang > Batu Caves. It will lead you to http://www.ktmkomuter.com.my/tickets/ticket_doc/Pklang - Bt Caves-14052012.xls . Yes, the "electronic" copy of of KTM's Komuter TimeTable sign is an Excel Spreadsheet. After having an electronic copy you can get it printed out as physical sign.
You can have "electronic" copy in other formats such as DWG, VSD, PDF etc.
Anantha92, we are talking about electronic copy of timetables/schedule for buses (and physical copy thereof).
Yes, it's also a schedule, didn't you see the upper right corner they stated when the bus start to operate and cease operation??? The time??? They even tell you when is the last trip, what time. No matter what, the signage is still much better than what you get in Malaysia.