The Go KL free bus service will be expanded to include two new routes in the Lembah Pantai and Setiawangsa constituencies in conjunction with Federal Territories Day, the Kuala Lumpur mayor has announced, reported by The Star.
“The two additional routes will be launched by end February or early March, as part of DBKL’s efforts to reduce congestion and urban poverty in the city,” said KL mayor Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan. “We also want to provide an alternative for people to go to work or head to train or bus stations,” he added.
The mayor was observing traffic conditions at Jalan Kerinchi on Saturday with Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil, who contributed some input for the Lembah Pantai route. Fahmi said the free bus service would benefit some 30,000 residents staying in Kerinchi and Pantai Dalam, especially those in PPR and low-cost flats.
“Based on a site visit and route test by DBKL last month, they identified some local issues that need to be sorted out before the route is finalised,” he said. Both men were earlier briefed by the developer of Bangsar South on solutions to address traffic congestion in the area.
The Go KL bus service, launched in 2012, is intended to provide a reliable, affordable, accessible, safe and comfortable “first and last mile” city bus service for private vehicle users, public transport users and tourists in the KL central business district. There are currently four lines of the free purple bus.
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Go Lembah Pantai! good job PH
Please use another name. Oh FYI, I hardly see any GoKL buses in KL itself.
then you must be blind or living in cave. i see literally dozens of these purple buses pass by every day in the golden triangle CBD where i work.
Agree. So many purple bus and its very convenient
Problem with GoKL is the routes are not convenient for usage and the loooonnng intervals between buses with no scheduling whatsoever. I only see foreign workers & sometimes tourists use them. They should improve on the current service so that it benefits the locals rather than foreigners. Expanding now is just biting more than they can chew. Stupid move I say.
Using it before..its not true its full of foreigners..i say about 50% consist of local passengers..foreigners mix with workers & tourist
I use the Go KL bus everyday to head off to work or on weekends to go to the malls. So as a Malaysian public transport user for over 10 years, I can tell you that the blue and red line bus is very consistent at almost every 5 minutes, it will leave the main bus hub at titiwangsa. It is mainly used by locals not just your assumed foreign labourers. Blue and white colour workers, nurses, students, pensioners, etc… so before you state a blanket statement like this, you should really make an in depth study. Assumptions should not be stated as facts when you have none to back it up.
Free buses must be for locals only.
agree that free bus rides should be for malaysian only. currently the majority of passengers for goKL are foreign laborers. these foreigners are employed by companies. and these buses are funded by dbkl i.e. local taxpayers. foreign blue-collar labor do not pay income taxes. essentially, KL taxpayer are indirectly subsidizing private businesses.
I have recorded the route videos of two of the buses. Unfortunately, the bus captains of the other two buses required me to get authorization from DBKL. Who do I approach in DBKL?
a) Green line – https://youtu.be/AEnzQNRv2Yk
b) Purple line – https://youtu.be/7FlHJCi8NZE