The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) is expected to issue a Request for Proposal to construct a bus rapid transit (BRT) line along the Federal Highway by next year, according to a Bernama report. SPAD CEO Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah said the BRT line will be built from Klang to Kuala Lumpur.
“To improve bus services, we would either invest in enforcement (on normal vehicles taking advantage of bus lanes), or build a dedicated infrastructure, so that we don’t need enforcement. Furthermore, BRT buses are cheaper than the LRT,” he said.
Azharuddin said the current bus lanes around the city centre were not very effective as buses had to move alongside the traffic. Last October, it was reported that the BRT project will get underway this year, with completion targeted for 2018. At that point, the KL-Klang BRT line was said to be 34 km long and have 25 stations along the route.
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Do u know the current BRT is HEAVILY UNDER UTILISED?
Why? The pricing is too high.For 3 stops it is rm5.40 per person one way.A family of 4,to and fro cost more than rm40/plus.
Idea is good.Implementation is BAD TO WORST.
I HAVE A FEELING,cronies are pushing for this project.Not genuinely interested to help rakyat.
of course, cronies want to make money. Project 10 billion, RM7 billion masuk pocket.
Kunta
I forgot, Rm1 more billion to buy Birkin handbags…you know for who.
Daylight robbery!!!
Never heard of donation?
Sunway BRT is for proof of concept. When real commercial BRT implement, it will be much longer than sunway.
put the fare like sunway BRT and it will fail miserably..they think majority BRT passengers are managers & executives is it?
What to do, Crony want projects.
They could just get KTM to improve the Kommuter. Isn’t that the purpose of the Kommuter?
Sunway BRT Fare rates are ridiculous.
The project will be good if given to other operators. If it still operated by rapidKL, it is no use. After LRT extension opened, waiting time still no improvement.
This plan to have a BRT on the Federal Highway is going to be a waste of funds, in my opinion. You will have the LRT3 running north of this stretch, which links to the existing LRT extension at Glenmarie. It will also link to Bandar Utama MRT Station.
The other issue is the bottleneck created by Mah Sing at the former Panasonic factory. Their exclusive access ramp has taken away the emergency lane at tht stretch, right before the FH integrates with LDP. Construction will make a thorough mess of the FH, making the rush hour longer.
yea i still cannot understand the logic..how on earth that could get approved..smack right in the middle of busiest intersection on FH
Whatever happens at FH is Federal Gov. But whatever connnects to FH, well, lets just say states under the other team cannot be persoaled
The cost of BRT buses may be less than LRT, but the fares are not. BRT from KL-Klang is much needed – apart from the traffic congestions at various spots, the kommuter is full during peak hours. The kommuter service is expected to improve by 2019, but the Klang Valley population is expected to increase from 7M to 10M by 2020, so this is definitely needed. It would be best for BRT to have its own infra so the service becomes predictable – which is what most commuters want.
What the commuter need/want has nothing to do with what these cronnies will do