GTP 2.0 - Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia

mINIstER’s FoREWoRD
Dato sERI koNG Cho ha
minister of transport
The year 2012 has been a
banner year for the UPT NKRA
with the public transport
infrastructure put in place
two years ago yielding
visible results. The extensive
infrastructure we have laid
down has increased public
transport ridership to 334,598
persons during peak hours in
2012 from the baseline number
of 226,184 in 2010.
Despite our best efforts, we did not meet the
25% public transport modal share1 for 2012,
partly due to the large preference for and rapid
growth of private vehicle use. However, the target
remains an aspiration for the Improving Urban
Public Transport NKRA as it is still very relevant
towards realising our main goal of reducing
traffic congestion in KL.
We believe that we had a good start and are
on the right track. For one, GTP 1.0 addressed
the problem of congestion by introducing 35
four-car train sets for the Kelana Jaya LRT line in
2011, increasing the daily passenger capacity by
4.3% to 226,602 passengers from 217,084 in the
previous year. As a result, there was an increase
of 10.4 million commuters in 2012, or 18%,
compared with 2010.
Despite our best efforts, we did not meet
the 25% public transport modal share 1 for
2012 partly due to the large preference for
and rapid growth of private vehicle use.
In terms of the KTM Komuter service, the four
six-car train sets started operations in March
2012 and eased the morning rush by increasing
ridership by an additional 10,000 persons daily.
These accomplishments are especially meaningful
since rail usage presently contributes about 40%
of the daily public transport ridership.
GTP 1.0 also saw the upgrading of 1,116 bus
stops while the installation of 272 new bus stops
in 2012 is currently underway within Greater KL.
Meanwhile, the 35 year-old iconic landmark of
Puduraya Terminal, now renamed Pudu Sentral,
has been massively refurbished and transformed
into an inter-urban use bus terminal.
Apart from the refurbishments, 470 RapidKL
buses were also introduced in 2012 to increase
the frequency of buses in the Klang Valley,
resulting in 4.04 million more passenger traffic
compared to the preceding year. We have also
acknowledged that the best transport systems in
the world are those which are the most integrated.
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Public transport modal share refers to the percentage of commuters that
use public transport to travel within the city, as well as in and out of the city,
against the percentage of commuters that use private vehicles.
With this in mind, GTP 2.0 contains a number
of initiatives that will better integrate existing
facilities including the LRT, Monorail and the
up-and-coming MRT.
Despite current congestion in the greater
Kuala Lumpur area, and expectations of an
increased population of 10 million people in
eight years time, the use of private vehicles
continues to increase.
We need to work closely with all stakeholders
and create awareness among the rakyat to
get greater public participation. It will not be
easy, especially given how hard we know it is
to convince the public to make the switch from
private to public transport, but we are hopeful
that we will succeed.
Raising the modal share of UPT to 25% from
12% remains a tall order, but the public can
expect a build-up of momentum on the many
initiatives we have already put in place to achieve
this goal.
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Government transformation Programme—Annual Report 2012 Chapter Nine