Rapid KL City Shuttle

Hi Everyone



Ive posted a lot of information about the new bus fares, include scanned images of many of the bus routes like this image of U81 below.



Im also working on creating a map of the fare zones around KL so that people have an understanding of what zones they are travelling through.

The map will be based on the BastrenKL map,


If you are interested in helping me out, how about scanning the bus route info from the brochures, or helping me mark zone boundaries on the bastrenkl map.

See http://transitmy.org/2009/09/02/change-to-zonal-fares/ for more info

Cheers, m

RapidKL sets up task force to curb A(H1N1)
By BAVANI M


RAPIDKL or Rangkaian Pengang–kutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd has formed a special task force to curb the spread of influenza A (H1N1).

The taske force, led by RapidKL security, safety and health adviser, Ahmad Samsuri Ahmad Mukri, comprises 13 heads of department who will monitor the situation and take preventive action.

“An independent consultant has also been hired to disinfect and sterilise all RapidKL buses and LRT trains every day.

“All 13 depots have established a team of sanitation experts who will clean the buses and trains,” Ahmad Samsuri said.

“We are also spraying anti-bacterial solution in the train during breaks at the Kelana Jaya, Gombak, Ampang and Sri Petaling stations,” he said,

He added that the stations were also cleaned using special chemicals to ensure it was safe.

Sanitisers are also provided at all LRT stations, bus depots and RapidKL offices.

“Employee temperatures are taken every morning and if the reading is high, they will be sent for treatment,” Ahmad Samsuri said.

He added that frontliners such as ticketing staff, security officers and bus drivers were provided with protective masks.

Ahmad Samsuri said there were an average of 700,000 commuters using RapidKL services each day, which showed that people were still using public transport to get around.

“It is important that we do everything to keep the public safe,” he said.

Yesterday, RapidKL employees were seen urging commuters to use the sanitising gels placed at the stations.

Most stations reported that the bottles had to be replaced every hour as the response was good.

Four more booths to sell RapidKL passes
By BAVANI M


APART from the RapidKL bus hubs and LRT stations in the Klang Valley, RapidKL has set up

an additional four booths to sell its passes from now until Sept 7, from 10am to 7pm.

The areas are PKNS Shah Alam, Bus Stand Jaya Jusco Maluri, Jalan Tun Sambanthan Monorail station and Tesco Puchong.

RapidKL corporate communi-cations manager Ebi Azly Abdullah said since Sept 1, when the new bus rates came into effect, there has been a rush to get the RapidKL passes.

It’s been selling like hot cakes. In fact, in some areas we ran out of passes,’’ he said.

Ebi Azly said that so far over 15,000 passes have been sold, with a majority being the passes for the Tempatan, Bandar and Utama buses (RM100) followed by the Integrated pass (RM150).

Passes are sold at 11 hubs and bus depots as well as at all 48 LRT stations of the Kelana Jaya Line and the Ampang Line. (See list below)

For more information, call the helpline at 03-7885 2585.

— Jalan Sultan Mohamed Bus Information and Ticket Counter

— Jalan Chow Kit Bus Hub

— Jalan Silang Bus Hub

— Titiwangsa Bus Hub

— Maluri Bus Hub

— Warta Lama Bus Hub

— Putrajaya Sentral Bus Hub

— KL Sentral Bus Hub

— Pandan Bus Depot

— Jalan Klang Lama Bus Depot

— Chan Sow Lin Bus Depot

Asia Media to spend RM50m to boost TV service on buses
By Azlan Abu Bakar Published: 2009/09/18



ASIA Media Sdn Bhd plans to invest more than RM50 million over the next three years to upgrade its television service on buses, allowing it to broadcast live and interactive shows.

It plans to complete the upgrade by 2010, said founder and chief executive officer Datuk Ricky Wong.

It has invested RM12 million so far to set up and mantain the infrastructure for its flagship channel - Asia Media TV.

Asia Media has over 3,000 TV screens on 1,450 buses that belong to RapidKL, Plusliner and Handal Indah. It draws a total of 3.5 million viewers a week.

Speaking at a media briefing in Petaling Jaya yesterday, Wong said Asia Media has applied for a transit broadcasting licence and expects to get approval from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia by year-end.

He said the company will be the first in the country to deploy digital video broadcasting (DVB) for Transit-TV.

"Our roll-out for Klang Valley is scheduled to be completed by 2010 and will be extended to Johor Baru and Penang by 2011," he said, adding that programs will be delivered in high quality digital audio-visual format.

"With the expansion of our services and the introduction of live interactive TV, we expect our revenue to jump by more than 20 per cent in 2010," he said.

Besides growing its business in Malaysia, Wong said Asia Media is looking to set its foot in other countries soon.

"We are in discussions with parties from Dubai and Indonesia who are interested in our business. They want to learn more about our business model."

Talks are due to be completed soon.

Set up in 2007, the company had received awards like The Rising Star Award and the MSC Malaysia (Asia Pacific ICT Awards) Best Start-up Company Award.

Terajui TV digital
18 September 2009 Oleh AZMAN IBRAHIM



Ricky Wong (kanan) dan Mohd Najib Abdul Aziz menunjukkan contoh
tv transit yang dipasang di dalam bas di Petaling Jaya, semalam.

PETALING JAYA 17 Sept. - Penyedia rangkaian televisyen (tv) transit terbesar di Malaysia, Asia Media Sdn. Bhd. (Asia Media) bakal mencipta sejarah sebagai syarikat pertama menggunakan sistem penyiaran video digital (DVB) di negara ini.

Di bawah sistem baru itu, tv transit berkenaan dinamakan saluran Asia Media TV.

Langkah itu sejajar dengan hasrat kerajaan untuk beralih kepada sistem penyiaran digital sepenuhnya menjelang 2015 berbanding sistem analog.

Asia Media menyasarkan pelaksanaan DVB akan dimulakan pada pertengahan tahun depan di sekitar Lembah Klang dan bakal menyiarkan sebahagian besar program tempatan termasuk program secara langsung (live) di dalam bas.

Sistem DVB turut akan memasuki pasaran Johor Bahru dan Pulau Pinang pada tahun 2011.

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Asia Media, Datuk Ricky Wong berkata, Asia Media telah melabur sebanyak RM12 juta untuk melengkapkan infrastruktur untuk saluran Asia Media TV.

Beliau berkata, pelaburan tersebut diperoleh melalui inisiatif kewangan peribadi dan syarikat turut merancang meningkatkan nilai pelaburan sebanyak RM50 juta lagi dalam tempoh tiga tahun akan datang.

Katanya, sebuah menara pemancar (transmission tower) juga sedang dibina di Lembah Klang, Pulau Pinang dan Johor.

"Pelaburan tambahan itu adalah untuk menaiktaraf sistem rangkaian transit tv sedia ada kepada sistem transit tv digital secara langsung yang lebih jelas bunyi serta mutu gambar berkualiti tinggi.

''Dana untuk pelaburan tambahan itu akan diperoleh melalui dana dalaman, pelabur-pelabur swasta, ekuiti dan pinjaman,'' katanya selepas mengumumkan sistem penyiaran digital secara langsung Asia Media di sini hari ini.

Hadir pada majlis Pengerusi Asia Media, Tan Sri Mohd Najib Abdul Aziz.

Asia Media kini mempunyai 3,000 skrin di dalam 1,450 bas dan meraih tontonan sebanyak 3.5 juta orang.

Selepas peningkatan taraf itu, Asia Media TV dapat menyediakan program secara langsung seperti berita, pengumuman-pengumuman termasuk mengenai dasar kerajaan, tv interaktif, sukan dan ramalan cuaca.

Menurut Wong, pihaknya juga merancang untuk memuatkan tayangan filem blockbuster dari Hollywood ataupun Bollywood.

Ketika ditanya tentang peratusan kandungan program setelah melaksanakan sistem DVB, Wong berkata, 80 peratus kandungan akan diisi dengan dokumentari dan drama manakala 20 peratus lagi merupakan iklan.

Katanya, pihaknya masih belum bersedia untuk menawarkan program secara langsung buat permulaan berikutan masih dalam peringkat perbincangan dengan pihak tertentu seperti agensi berita dan sebagainya.

Berkaitan perolehan syarikat pula, Wong menambah, 70 peratus perolehan disumbang oleh pengiklanan manakala 30 peratus lagi daripada program-program lain.

Katanya, daripada sumber pengiklanan itu, 70 peratus diperoleh melalui sektor swasta manakala 30 peratus lagi melalui kerajaan.

''Kami menyasarkan satu lompatan besar dalam perolehan syarikat pada tahun depan setelah pelancaran sistem DVB tersebut berikutan sambutan yang amat baik dalam segmen pengiklanan,'' ujarnya.

Ditanya mengenai perancangan perkembangan perniagaan, Wong berkata, Asia Media dijangka membuka medium pasaran baru iaitu melalui kereta api, transit aliran ringan (LRT), teksi dan feri di negara ini.

Jelasnya, tidak ada pertambahan transit tv dalam bas buat waktu sekarang, sebaliknya, ia akan dilaksanakan dalam kenderaan pengangkutan awam yang lain.

''Kami juga mahu pelaksanaan transit tv yang menggunakan sistem DVB ini dilaksanakan di kawasan pasaran berpusat (market centric),'' ujarnya.

Mengenai perancangan lain, Asia Media dijangka membawa teknologi dan model pengurusan perniagaan berkaitan aplikasi sistem DVB di Dubai, Emiriah Arab Bersatu dan Indonesia pada tahun depan.

Katanya, kedua-dua negara itu berminat untuk berkongsi kepakaran dan pengetahuan mengenai pelaksanaan sistem berkenaan.

''Kita diberi penghormatan untuk berkongsi pengetahuan tersebut walaupun kita masih baru dalam melaksanakan sistem DVB,'' tambahnya.

Wong turut menjangkakan pertumbuhan ekonomi kekal stabil sepanjang tahun ini berikutan syarikat banyak memperuntukkan wang dalam infrastruktur bagi menjayakan sistem DVB.

Menurut beliau, tahun depan disasar memberi pengukuhan ekonomi kepada syarikat dan dijangka menokok sebanyak 20 peratus kepada perolehan.

Rapidpass mula dijual hari ini

PETALING JAYA 23 Sept. – Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (RapidKL) akan mula menjual pas bulanan Rapidpass di pelbagai lokasi di seluruh Lembah Klang mulai esok.

Pas bulanan berkenaan yang menawarkan diskaun perjalanan sehingga 50 peratus sebulan, boleh diperoleh di semua 48 stesen transit aliran ringan (LRT).

Pengguna juga boleh mendapatkan Rapidpass di 11 lokasi lain.

Pas berkenaan boleh dibeli di Kaunter Tiket dan Informasi Bas, Jalan Sultan Mohamed serta Hab Bas Jalan Chow Kit, Jalan Silang, Titiwangsa, Maluri, Warta Lama, Putrajaya Sentral, KL Sentral.

Selain itu, ia juga dijual di Depot Pandan, Jalan Klang Lama dan Chan Sow Lin.

Warga emas juga boleh mendapatkan pas berkenaan dengan mendaftar di Kaunter Tiket dan Informasi Bas Jalan Sultan Mohamed.

Pas berkenaan juga disediakan di stesen LRT Kelana Jaya, Gombak, Masjid Jamek, Ampang dan Bandar Tasik Selatan mulai hari ini.

Pemohon pas warga emas perlu membawa satu keping gambar berukuran MyKad/passport dan satu salinan fotostat MyKad.

Untuk maklumat lanjut, pengguna boleh menghubungi talian Helpline 03-7885 2585 dari 7 pagi hingga 8.30 malam (Isnin–Jumaat), 8.30 pagi hingga 5.30 petang (Sabtu–Ahad) atau layari www.rapidkl.com.my atau memberi maklum balas melalui e-mel ke alam [email protected].

Live news for bus commuters


COMMUTERS on RapidKL buses can look forward to more interesting ads and programmes from Asia Media’s Transit-TV next year.

According to Asia Media CEO Datuk Ricky Wong the company would be the first to deploy digital video broadcasting (DVB) for Transit-TV.

To date, Asia Media had invested RM12mil in setting up and maintaining the infrastructure for its flagship channel — Asia Media TV and plans to invest a further RM50mil over the next three years to upgrade their existing Transit-TV network system to a live narrow casting digital Transit-TV system.

Wong said after the upgrade commuters would be able to view live programs such as daily news, latest government policies, announcements, interactive TV, sports and weather forecasts.


More to come: Najib (left) and Wong during the bus tour

“At present, we have over 3000 LCD TVs on some 1500 stage and express buses providing info-tainment programmes and advertising in Klang Valley, Johor, Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia,” said Wong during the announcement of the live digital broadcast initiative recently.

He said the digital Transit-TV would be able to serve not only bus but ferry, trains and taxis too with a larger screen display providing extensive coverage with proven commercial applications.

During the briefing recently, Wong together with Asia Media chairman Tan Sri Mohd Najib Abdul Aziz took media representatives on a short bus tour to view its current Transit-TV screens in RapidKL buses.

Last month an agreement was signed between Star Publications (M) Bhd and Asia Media Sdn Bhd advertisements promoting Star Group’s products such as StarJobs, The Star Online, Red FM, Galaxie magazine, etc will run on all RapidKL buses.

In return, Star will feature Asia Media products on its various platforms which include newspaper and magazines, as well as new media platforms like mobile, Star Online, radio and online radio

Public transport still unpopular


KUALA LUMPUR: The Transport Minister wants more Klang Valley folk to use public transport but recognises that services first need to be improved.

Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said he was willing to hear the concerns of consumers as well as players in the public transportation sector.


Pleasant surprise: A bus commuter greeting Ong during his visit to the Taman Maluri bus station in Cheras yesterday. — Pic courtesy of Nanyang

Currently, only 16% of the Klang Valley’s population uses public transport and the Government would like to increase this figure to 25%.

Ong said that among the main complaints were irregular service in certain areas, lack of service during non-peak hours, vehicle breakdown and poor maintenance of bus terminals and bus stops.

He added that he would also look at having unpopular residential roads being properly serviced by public transport.

Ong, the Urban Public Transport panel head, said it was on his agenda to meet with not only public bus operators but also representatives of other modes of public transport such as the Light Rail Transit and KTM Komuter.

On bus companies complaining of unfair pricing compared to fares set by the Govern-ment for RapidKL buses, Ong said he would gather feedback.

“We are here not just to promote only one company’s interest but also to look into national concerns.

“If we want to allow competition, then it should be on a level playing field but not at the expense of the public,” he said during a fact-finding walkabout at the Taman Maluri bus station in Cheras yesterday.

Ong also pointed out that his ministry was not the only one with the power and jurisdiction over public transport.

The Transport Ministry is not the licensing agency for bus services nor is it responsible for the recent fare hike.

On whether the ministry might provide subsidies to encourage the use of public transport, he said: “Let us not be obsessed with the subsidy psyche — the main thing now is improving the areas of concern.”

He said the ministry was also looking into the possibility of introducing inter-company passes but it was not easy to convince all the companies.

RapidKL-RapidPenang takeover: Not bailout
Published: 2009/11/04

The takeover of RapidKL and RapidPenang by Prasarana Sdn Bhd, a government-linked company, was not a bailout but to ensure the smooth operation of the public transport services, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussein said both companies provided a social service and if the operation was managed by the private sector, commuters might not get the full benefits.

"In the hands of private companies, which are driven by profit, no buses would ply unprofitable routes with very few passengers travelling. But to the government, it does not matter.

"We look at it as a service to the people. The question of a bailout does not arise," he said when replying to a supplementary question from Datuk Zahrain Mohamed Hashim (PKR-Bayan Baru).

Zahrain wanted to know the losses incurred by RapidKL and RapidPenang and the reason why both companies were bought over by Prasarana.

Awang Adek said RapidKL and RapidPenang incurred losses due to high cost of repair and maintenance of the buses.

"Through the takeover, RapidKL and RapidPenang would be more focus in running the operation and eventually overcome the problem of integrating the public transport system," he added.
-- Bernama

rizalhakim said:

RapidKL bus drivers display ID tags

http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/11/2/central/4956822&sec=central

Click to expand...

sigh...we asked RapidKL for 4 pieces of info to be placed in clear view on the inside of the buses:

1. Bus Registration Number
2. Bus Driver ID number
3. phone number to call rapidKL in case of emergency or feedback or complaint
4. a clock

sometimes I feel like they dont want to listen..... :bash: hno:

Cheers, m