Bridge Express Shuttle Transit (Best) park and ride system to ferry employees living on the mainland but working in the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone (FIZ) may be implemented within the next six months. The target is to reduce the number of cars using the bridge during peak hours by 20% and this will solve 80% of the congestion problem on the bridge from 6am to 9am and 4pm to 7pm. If this project is successful, we may have a similar system from Komtar to the FIZ too.The bus service would be totally free and the commuters only have to pay for the parking. It is belived the state would generate funds to run the system through advertising revenue and the local councils.Rapid Penang operations chief Mohd Azam Omar said Best would only be successful if the terminal facilities were good. Air conditioned shelters,comfortable waiting areas, WiFi access, surau and route information systems are a must he added .There is also a need aggressive promotion to create awareness besides making sure that the buses are frequent and reliable and this project is projected to require 10 to 15 buses .The park and ride sites identified are at the Sunway Carnival area, Seberang Jaya expo site and a piece of land before the Penang Bridge toll plaza..To all Penangnite lets make this a success by project and lets make a change towards the betterment of our beloved Penang.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Penang Bridge Express Shuttle Transit (Best)
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You guy have no vision nor foresight. :'( Go to Singapore Boon Lay MRT and conduct a study on the bus drop off and pick up points. Why do you need a bus terminal? The buses are supposed to run like MRT or LRT. It should stop for a short interval and continue the journey without delay. All it need is buses drop off and pick up points. For the bus services to be successful, there should be buses drop off and pick up points for private vehicles like cars, vans or buses to pick up the commuters. Without it, there will be chaos. Traffic flow and congestion management will be a nightmare.
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Not only private buses charted by factories will be waiting at the drop off and pick up points, taxi, illegal sapu, private cars, illegal vans or vans charted by factories might also be waiting at the drop off and pick up points. A bus terminals are impractical to the need of all those vehicles, the traffic generated will be a nightmare to be managed. A well designed bus drop off and pick up point will be able to solve this problem.
The cost to conduct a study at Boon Lay MRT drop off and pick up points is not some thing the state government can not afford. In stead of blindly implement the BEST services, PTC should send it's members to Boon Lay MRT drop off and pick up point to make an observation, do measurement, gauge the member of vehicles waiting at the points, see for yourself how Singapore manage the MRT drop off and pick up points, look for the weakness.