New Public Transport System (BUS)
I've not taken the bus for oh such a long time now, and today I had taken some time to look at the bees and the birds and the busses. There's been so many new addition to the existing fleet of busses. What's most interesting is the Big Blue and Green round sticker which is very prominently placed on the top right of the main windscreen of the bus.
Green means area bus, while Blue means inter-zone bus, or something similar. People used to be able to get a bus from their own home to downtown KL city, but now with the new system, the public would be paying more, hassle more since they will be required to change bus. Traditionally, one will be able to travel to KL for a minimal price of RM 2.00 from my home. Now I would have to take a bus down to KL Central, then change of bus to KL city.
I have now actually ride on the bus and have a first hand experience, but listening to my mom who uses it frequently, its quite a hassle. Instead of waiting for a bus, we would now have to wait for a few busses, and the cream of the crop is that there's tens and hundreds of people waiting for the same bus getting into KL city. Imagine this, elderly people who has a hard time climbing up the stairs, would now have a field day getting up and down from one bus to the next.
The new ticketing system of a fixed price for a day's travel is also something to shout about. Wow, imagine spending the whole day in the bus rounding the city getting from one shopping mall to the next for a fixed price of RM2.00. What a steal, this would make the lives of taxi cab drivers miserable and turn into rogues as they can hardly earn a day's living. How do they overcome these obstacles? The only method I know is to overcharge the customers by either price negotiation (IMHO will be cheaper than the next alternative) or by tampering with the fare meter (which was highlighted in our local TheStar newspaper few days back). They can change the speed of the meter to charge at a faster rate.
The bus companies once wanted a fare increase but was declined by public dissatisfaction to buckle up before charging higher price, but with this move it seems to be a loophole for these busses operator.
Public have to take more bus trips.
Pay more since there are different bus operators.
Wait for a longer time as everyone will be bottlenecked at some point of transition.
Green means area bus, while Blue means inter-zone bus, or something similar. People used to be able to get a bus from their own home to downtown KL city, but now with the new system, the public would be paying more, hassle more since they will be required to change bus. Traditionally, one will be able to travel to KL for a minimal price of RM 2.00 from my home. Now I would have to take a bus down to KL Central, then change of bus to KL city.
I have now actually ride on the bus and have a first hand experience, but listening to my mom who uses it frequently, its quite a hassle. Instead of waiting for a bus, we would now have to wait for a few busses, and the cream of the crop is that there's tens and hundreds of people waiting for the same bus getting into KL city. Imagine this, elderly people who has a hard time climbing up the stairs, would now have a field day getting up and down from one bus to the next.
The new ticketing system of a fixed price for a day's travel is also something to shout about. Wow, imagine spending the whole day in the bus rounding the city getting from one shopping mall to the next for a fixed price of RM2.00. What a steal, this would make the lives of taxi cab drivers miserable and turn into rogues as they can hardly earn a day's living. How do they overcome these obstacles? The only method I know is to overcharge the customers by either price negotiation (IMHO will be cheaper than the next alternative) or by tampering with the fare meter (which was highlighted in our local TheStar newspaper few days back). They can change the speed of the meter to charge at a faster rate.
The bus companies once wanted a fare increase but was declined by public dissatisfaction to buckle up before charging higher price, but with this move it seems to be a loophole for these busses operator.
Public have to take more bus trips.
Pay more since there are different bus operators.
Wait for a longer time as everyone will be bottlenecked at some point of transition.
posted by Flasher @ 11:00 AM
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