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Buses
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Rail
watching brief for Regional Cities and Corridors’
Public Transport Initiatives
As most of the UPT NKRA’s initiatives are focused on Kuala Lumpur
and the Greater Klang Valley, a mechanism to monitor UPT in other
areas including the economic corridors is necessary. The results of this
brief will be integrated into the Land Transport Department’s regional
masterplan.
Greater Kl Business Revitalisation and Car-Free Zone
The goal of this enabler is to enhance the attractiveness of Greater KL
by discouraging the use of private vehicles. The revitalisation of the
city centre is also expected to help encourage the public to spend
more time out of their cars and in the city.
The UPT NKRA aims to continue to enhance and
deliver changes building on the successes and
achievements of GTP 1.0. The focus will again be
placed on the modes of public transport, but the
aim is to place greater focus on specific areas.
Accordingly, the aspirations of GTP 2.0 for UPT
NKRA are divided into five workstreams:
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Taxis
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Integration
The introduction of the five workstreams allows
the UPT NKRA to take a more crystallised
approach in dealing with each individual section
as they all have been assigned their own specific
key performance indicators (KPIs).
For example, the rail workstream will see
specific initiatives implemented to further boost
the reliability and capacity of the rail network
through exercises such as track rehabilitation
and the upgrading of the KTM’s power network.
These initiatives will be carried out in response
to complaints of unreliability and regular
breakdowns in the system.
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Travel Demand
Management
The introduction of the five workstreams
allows the UPT NKRA to take a more crystallised
approach in dealing with each individual section
as they all have been assigned their own
specific key performance indicators (KPIs).
Busy LRT lines will also be expanded
and extended to allow for greater
accessibility, and will complement
the introduction of the Klang Valley
Mass Rapid Transit System being
developed under the Economic
Transformation Programme.
The extension of the Kelana
Jaya and Ampang LRT lines, which is
expected to be completed in 2015,
will see the current daily peak
morning capacities of both lines
increased by 100,000 commuters.
The KL Monorail capacity will also
be expanded in GTP 2.0 under the
Urban Rail Development Plan of the
Land Public Transport Master Plan
drafted by SPAD.
The bus and taxi services will
receive similar treatment as the
UPT NKRA strives to improve the
region’s public transport network.
This is in line with the overall
GTP programme of development,
which has identified GTP 2.0 as the
phase in which the initial changes
introduced in GTP 1.0 are intensified
throughout the system.
For instance, there will be the
introduction of Inter-Urban Transport
Terminals (IUTT), city-bus service
within the central business district,
and reorganising the stage bus and
feeder bus network. These efforts are
aimed to increase UPT ridership to
750,000 daily by 2015.
The taxi workstream is of particular
interest after weaknesses in the
administration of the system came
to a head in 2012. Taxi drivers
publicly voiced their displeasure
with the present system that leaves
some economically disadvantaged.
The UPT NKRA is committed to
responding to these concerns and
improving the working standards
for the taxi driver community.
The initiatives under this work
stream include the implementation
of a Centralised Taxi Service System
(CTSS) to enhance the enforcement
and monitoring capabilities of
industry regulators and operators
of taxi fleets. There will also be
introduced of a new taxi business
model that will help taxi drivers
with their vehicle maintenance
and financing packages.
Meanwhile, the UPT enabling
projects will include a review of
public transport fares in the
Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley,
the setting up of a bus driver’s
academy, the establishment of a
joint enforcement task force to
monitor the UPT system, a watching
brief for public transport initiatives
elsewhere in the country and the
introduction of car-free zones.
More information about the
initiatives of this workstream can be
found in the GTP Roadmap 2.0.
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