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Improve - upgrade operations and infrastructure to appropriate standards
Attract - provide investment in the corridors through new capacity (for example new rail lines)
and infrastructure
Push - define complementary policy measures through land use and travel demand
management allow the LPT modal share to achieve the targets
The Regional LPTMP is then an assembly of the policy instruments, proposals and transformation plans
for LPT in a region. Key to the success of the LPTMP is the dire need for integration of LPT modes and
the assessment of benefits. Often LPT is only one part of the passenger journey. Integration with other
modes (LPT, private transport, walking and cycling) is important to maximise the potential usage of
LPT. This can be referred to as the „first and last mile‟.
The Bus Transformation Plan (BTP) is to set the basis for the development and integration of bus
services in the GKL/KV region. Its purpose is to define the standards that should be adopted in
developing the bus network and to identify the regulatory framework to be adopted for procuring and
licensing operators and bus services in the region that will deliver the vision and proposed service
standards. At this stage of the process, it is not for the LPTMP to set the longer term detailed network
as this will evolve as land use patterns change and as other infrastructure and services are introduced,
particularly new and expanded rail services. Thus the LPTMP defines not only short and medium term
proposals but also the process through which longer term developments will be achieved.
In developing the BTP it is recognised that an analysis of existing conditions was undertaken as part of
the NKRA Urban Public Transport Lab (Pemandu, reported in December 2009). A series of short term
initiatives were identified as part of the NKRA with implementation between 2010 and 2012. The
NKRA initiatives related to bus included:
Implementing dedicated bus right-of-ways: Bus Expressway Transit (BET), Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) and Bus Lanes
Increasing coverage and quality of bus stops
Enforcing traffic and operator service standards
Improving and reorganising the bus network
In addition, other initiatives which also impact upon bus include:
The programme of relocated and improved transport terminals to relief city centre congestion
Establishing a single, better integrated ticketing platform across all operators
Improving station integration facilities for intra-modal and inter-modal transfers
Establishing and monitoring LPT operator performance standards
The BTP seeks to build on these initiatives, adding new elements to allow the roll out of a transformed
bus industry across the GKL/KV region.
1.6) Structure of the Bus Transformation Plan Document
This document provides a summary of the BTP for the GKL/KV region. The next chapter (Chapter 2)
outlines the current conditions in the region, particularly with respect to bus. Chapter 3 looks at the
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