Persons with disabilities will soon get to use public transport services for free, according to women, family and community development minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, as transport minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook has agreed to it in principle, Bernama reported.
The mechanism to allow free rides on public transportation for disabled persons will need to be looked into, Nancy said, adding that the group is currently entitled to a 50% discount on fares however not many are benefiting from the existing discount.
“I spoke to the minister [Loke] on this matter and in principle, he has agreed to the proposal,” Bernama quoted Nancy as saying, and added that the transport ministry will decide on the date of its implementation.
Within the Malaysian unity government, the pledges made by the two largest coalitions from a transportation standpoint – with regard to persons with disabilities in particular – included that from Pakatan Harapan, which is to increase the number of facilities and public transportation which are OKU (disabled persons)-friendly, while pledges from Barisan Nasional included the assisting of OKUs in utilising ride-hailing services by providing financial aid through ride-hailing vouchers.
Sebelum mesyuarat Kabinet, saya sempat berbincang dengan @anthonyloke untuk memberi tambang percuma kepada OKU yang mengunakan pengangkutan awam seperti LRT, MRT dan Stage bus.
Beliau bersetuju secara prinsip dan akan memikirkan mekanisme yang terbaik untuk melaksanakannya.
— Nancy Shukri (@NancyShukri) January 18, 2023
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This is a great development. Syabas!
Why the previous backdoor regimes cant think like AhLookKor…OKU must be delighted to get some freebees.
KIPIDAP..PM Anwar n team.
Nice slogans like keluarga Msia is not enough..the benefits must be felt by the rakyat.
how to apply free transport.
Last month I took LRT to Pandan Jaya Station and walk over to Maju Jaya bus station in front of the LRT link bridge. RapidKL bus did not stop at the bus stop and it drive very fast from the outer lane instead of the bus lane and I am a low vision person, when I realize and saw the bus, it is already too late for me to stop them. 2 Busses being passed like that and end up I forced to walk from the bus stop to Pandan Perdana back home. What is the point to increased or give discount when public transport train their staff to drive in speed to skip stops and not allowing citizen / OKU to ride? And now those buss number change to thin and not contrast enough to be read by OKU (Low Vision), how can we take the correct bus when one bus stop (example Maluri LRT Station & Kelana Jaya Lrt Station) have more then 1 line of bus that heading to different places.
Last month I took LRT to Pandan Jaya Station and walk over the bridge to the bus stop at Maju Jaya side. 2 RapidKL busses drive very fast on the outer lane instead of bus lane. As a low vision person, I am standing there wait for the bus and when I realize and saw the bus, is too late for me to stop the bus. No point by just increased the transportation or giving discount but did not train driver properly until OKU unable to ride. Also, the number of the bus is thin and not contrast enough for low vision OKU person to see/read, end up how to know which bus we should ride especially in bus stop that not only 1 line/type of bus is stopping there. The number also small and is like purposely to make it that way until low vision OKU unable to see so lesser OKU people will took public transport. Same goes to those long distance bus where need OKU to go to counter and buy ticket without knowing whether ticket is available or not, and need OKU to find the right bus and terminal that not properly highlight or created for low vision disable friendly.