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New MRT Feeder Bus Routes |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 15 February 2011 |
Got revealed as all others the real proposed new MRT alignment. Little bonus was the feeder bus routes proposed (not featured on kvmrt.com.my website). Probably by the in-house planning team at SPAD and RapidKL, my guess is.
So for the benefit of all youse who didn't drag yourself to that little traffic island known as Midvalley, see below the feeder bus routes for the Curve, TTDI and Section 17 stations. Had to wait through several rapacious retirees (they do get more self-preservatory as they get older don't they?) who grabbed at the public display booklets. Therefore, didn't quite feel at ease to take pictures of all the feeder routes. Therefore, if anyone out there has the routes for the other stations, eg the southern Cheras stations, I would be very interested to have and publish them too.
Of course these are just proposed routes. Hopefully they stick to them because they look like they make sense, i.e. to make full use of the MRT lines. So that not just people who live within 10 minutes' walk of the stations would benefit from them. Of course no mention is made of frequencies of the buses. If they are once every 10 to 15 minutes, that should keep many happy.
Of course we know that the MRT is a bit of a hot potato as it is. The TRANSIT.my website has pretty much taken a stand against it, which is understandable since the MRT will cost a lot and you could get a bus rapid transit-type system (busways etc) for much cheaper. According to The Star, the MRT project will cost RM36bil.
Aside from the fact that the MRT looks more glamorous and sexy, and therefore there will likely be more uptake of services from the masses, there has been one point raised among friends that was quite interesting: the government probably spends close to that amount on its defence spending.
Well, according to Malaysiakini.com, in one weekend alone in April 2010, the government spent RM10 billion on arms at the Kuala Lumpur Defence Fair. So even if it's a lot of money, it would be much better spent on infrastructure project like this, which sounds true.
Of course defence spending itself is a controversial subject, a judgement for which is difficult to make.
Also, there are meant to also be the environmental costs to the MRT project, which would involve a lot more resources than a bus rapid transit system. I have to admit though, that as both a car and public transport user, I would prefer to leave the road space for cars, while at the same time the perception is that it is much faster and more reliable to sit on an MRT-type train than a bus. Then again, I've never gone to a place like Curitiba, Ottawa or Honolulu, where it's used. So maybe it could look really glamorous there too!
Anyway, as promised, here are the feeder bus routes:
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 February 2011 )
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