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Effects Of Public Transportation

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Due to the increases in Malaysia population, the transportation demand also increases which results to the reducing of the public transportation usage. Furthermore, growth in private vehicles ownership has starting to cause several problems, especially in the urban area. Based on a report by Jeyapalan Kasipillai & Pikkay Chan (2008), it is stated clearly that the public transportation user has fallen because of the increased of private vehicles usage. According to Jeyapalan Kasipillai & Pikkay Chan (2008), between the years 1985-2005, the percentage of private transport usage has increased about 24%. At the end of 2005, approximately 15 million vehicles (motor cars, motorcycles, taxis, buses and freight vehicles) was commute on Malaysian roads. …show more content…

Jeyapalan Kasipillai & Pikkay Chan (2008) state that the capital city of Kuala Lumpur is serviced by four major bus fleets that run about 15,000 trips daily and by 24,721 licensed taxies. In 1998, the city’s urban rail services were complemented by two light rail transit (LRT) systems and a monorail. According to Abdalla Nurdeen Kamba, Riza Atiq O.K.Rahmat, and Amiruddin Ismail (2007) low fares and route accessibilities higher were considered to be the passenger transport options that would encourage private users to shift modes. There was significant support for improving passenger transport services as a means of reducing private vehicles use. The statistic shows us that the factor of most significance in encouraging private users to switch to public transport was the reliability of public transport (arriving on time) (37.2%) and route accessibilities of public transport (29.6%). Other factors that attract people to use public transportation is the low fare …show more content…

Based on the research done by Abdalla Nurdeen Kamba, Riza Atiq O.K.Rahmat, and Amiruddin Ismail (2007). It was found that among the factors that cause people to drive their own vehicle because of the longer travel time. Other than that, the service is not punctual in term of arrival. This can lead to the wasting of time when waiting for the

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