Padang Besar Case Study

4.0 SOLUTIONS

4.1Bus condition and service

4.1.1 Bus schedule

In Padang Besar, Perlis, we find out that there no schedule for people that want to use the bus service. This situation makes people difficult to decide when the bus will arrive in accurate time. So, they need to take a long time to wait the bus. Besides that, people in Padang Besar, need to spend a long time wait the bus because they have no other options except use the bus only. They have to wait for bus in early otherwise they will miss the bus, because the next bus takes at least 2 hours to turning back. Based on our interview with the driver bus that derive from Kangar to Padang Besar, he said that, only he know the bus schedule. This is because the bus service that provide

Beside that, the company should think a proper cost that suitable to people use the bus. This is because there are many background that use the bus. Especially for student university, they should consider in case give a suitable price charge on student that use bus service. In term of time, the company should provide a efficient route where it not take a long journey that increase the time used.

4.1.3 Punctuality

The most important thing is the attitude of drivers comply with the management of bus time. The driver must follow the schedule that already provides to them. The driver needs on time to reach in certain place, it means that, the driver not too late. This is because their attitude will influence the movement of the bus, which is if they start or come late, it will disrupt the bus

The people no need to wait bus at the roadside because they just wait the bus at parking bus. 4.3 Infrastructure development

The third solution is provided bus terminal and bus stop at Padang Besar. From what we all observed, road transport infrastructure at Padang Besar is inefficient. The government should provide central bus terminal at Padang Besar. It is because Padang Besar is one of the attracting places for people to shopping. Provided bus terminal at Padang Besar is more convenient because the people outside Padang Besar can come through bus instead of rail terminal.

Others, the government should provide more bus stops at Padang Besar. According to Siti Aminah, a seller at Padang Besar, she said if she wants go to the city like Kangar or other cities, she just waiting for the bus at and many bus stop at Padang Besar. At Padang Besar, the transport infrastructure are provided by the government is only rail transport service which are KTM rail and high speed rail. Padang Besar does not have bus terminal. The people who live at the Padang Besar should go to Kangar if they want to travel outside the Perlis by using the bus service. The government should provide bus terminal at Padang Besar. As we knowthe government provided high speed rail for people live outside the Perlis especially for people who live in KL. It is more