The Penang state government and Rapid Penang recently launched the CAT Bridge bus service, which links the mainland to Penang island. The service is currently free of charge and will continue to be so till December 31, 2020.
The CAT Bridge bus starts from Seberang Jaya on the mainland (Hotel The Blanket) and will make stops at Megamall Pinang and Queensbay Mall before reaching the Bukit Jambul Hub and Bayan Baru Hub. From the latter, one can reach various factories in the Free Industrial Zone (FIZ), which is divided into three zones.
The bus service runs from 6am to 11pm both ways and the frequency ranges from 15 minutes to every one hour, depending on the time of day. A total of 18 green buses will ply this bridge route. CAT Bridge replaces the previous BEST FIZ bus service that connected Seberang Jaya to the FIZ and Bayan Lepas Industrial Park.
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This after they run iconic Penang ferry service into the ground. No thanks.
smokey Ferries are mega polluters bad for the environment.
smokey Ferries are mega polluters bad for the environment
i dunno… i think itll be more polluting, transporting pedestrians (lets say for argument sake, the same number that’ll fit in one ferry ride) to the island via the bridge, on multiple buses, in which the travel distance between the mainland and the island is much farther (11 to 13km) than the travel distance of the ferries, which moves between the two closest point of these two places (3.2km).
i think the reason theyre doing this is because they shot the ferry service to pieces and now need a way for pedestrians to move in a timely fashion to the island.
correct me if im wrong please.
Good or bad….Malaysians really love anything, everything that is free….
Anyone complained for having freebies?
Any news when they want to start building LRT/tram/monorail/whatever?