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Looking at the region as a whole, there are 50 bus „terminals‟ which serve the region (see the
Interchange and Integration Plan). The terminals are defined principally as:
1 Integrated Transport Terminal
22 Bus Stations
27 Bus and Rail Interchanges
2.11) Roadside Infrastructure
NKRA report published in 2009 identified that there are
currently in the region 4,150 bus stops across the GKL/KV
region. Key issues identified was that the majority of bus
stops in the CBD area are badly designed, not well built or
maintained, not bus friendly (i.e.: lack of bays), poorly lit
at night, posing a threat to the safety of users and not userfriendly
facilities. Many are poorly located in relation to
the principal facilities they serve and in particular do not
relate well to highway crossing points. The route network
especially within centre KL means that boarding and
alighting stops for any given location can be a long distance apart, and thus this places great
emphasis on good information for users, which is unfortunately lacking at present.
What should be provided at each stop is currently dependent upon its location and the number of
services that use the stop. Where roadside infrastructure is provided, it varies between a bus stop
pole, timetable case and bus stop flag (or a combination of one or both of the latter two).
In addition, in city centre locations there are a number of high quality bus stops that also have
open-ended cantilever bus shelters, which provide waiting customers with shade and shelter. These
shelters often carry heavy advertising, and are located in tourist or high catchment locations. Many
stops further away from the city centre have much poorer shelters and which requires upgrading.
It is not uncommon to see shelters in outlying areas, but these are typically not modern, are of
varying quality, and are often poorly maintained or not maintained at all.
NKRA classified bus stops in four categories. These are defined in Table 2.6 along with the numbers
of stops per category in use at the time of compiling the report. NKRA included proposals to
increase the number of bus stops by around 850 and provide upgrades to around 640 current bus
stops.
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