The full opening of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang line has also opened up plenty of opportunities to go places without a car, and the fact that one can switch to and from the LRT without tapping makes it even more convenient. A single, integrated ticketing system is the way to go, and by 2019, all modes of public transportation will be covered, The Sun reports.
Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, minister in the prime minister’s department, which also oversees the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), said the single ticketing system is work in progress. The MRT, LRT and Monorail lines (all under RapidKL) have already adopted the system, which uses the Touch n Go platform.
“The complication now is we must make sure all transport providers are ready (for the system). Because at the moment, not all are. We would actually love to apply the system as early as possible. But we target it to be fully completed by 2019,” she told reporters yesterday.
Which means that by 2019, public transport riders would no longer need to use different payment methods for different services, including buses and the KTM Komuter rail service. In July, transport minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said that he hoped that KTM Komuter will be integrated into the single payment system by the end of this year.
The daily’s report mentions that the cost to install such a system is understood to be substantial with the need for GPS and other technologies to be fixed onto vehicles, especially buses, in order to determine distance-based fare.
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Biar lambat asalkan selamat….
“Hai, saya nak top up Touch n Go ….”
“Maaf encik system down/offline/dah mampos”
“Sila lah pegi ATM untok reload, encik. Bukak 24 jam, no problemo.”
RFID…auto reload
They should’ve planned/figured out this common ticketing platform since during the initial planning stages of the star/Putra line, waaay back then, that’s when they should’ve done it, to justify the cost of overseas ‘learning’ trip. They should’ve started to use their brains and not arses back then not just now. 2019???… should’ve done it from the beginning!!!
Carpenter’s rule: measure twice, cut once.
No Apple Pay Samsung Pay Ali Pay support??
at bank ATM, a notice that says ” touch-n-go is no longer available. Please make your way to Touch-N-Go kiosk” and the kiosk is no where to be seen except at the furtherest point at the parking lot
Wait till 2019?. How about now???
Our Public transportation is more like public stress system. Everyone uses it surely complaint.
I suggest each and every minister and their directors to anonymously test ride public transportation for a week. See if they like it or not. Please dont ask your cronies to call ahead and clear-line first.