Rapid KL Bus Service In Puchong
There’s a bus no.69 that passes by my housing area. Now it goes straight to Kota Raya. Soon it will be different. That bus will stop at IOI Mall. I will need to get on another bus that will take me to KL Sentral. Then from there I can hop on a bus to Kota Raya. That’s crazy. What is I’m an old man or if I have 5 kid with me. Imagine if I had a lot of luggage to carry. Its getting difficult to stay in Klang valley.
New bus routes in Klang Valley to be serviced by Rapid KL, initially planned to be launched on Sept 16, have been deferred by a week owing to inadequate buses.
Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (Rapid KL) said it needed more buses to ply the routes in 15-minute frequency for local shuttle and 10 minutes for trunk service.
RapidKL Chief Operating Officer Mohd Ali Mohd Nor said the company had received only 100 new buses and was expecting more buses to arrive next week.
“After that, the relevant documents have to be approved by the authorities before putting the buses on the road,” he told a press conference after a community briefing on the RapidKL operations in Klang here Saturday.
Areas to be serviced under the new road network are Klang, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Damansara, Petaling Jaya and Puchong.
Mohd Ali said RapidKL’s service in new routes in Klang would commence before the year-end.
The routes are from Kapar to Klang, Bandar Puteri Klang to Seri Muda, Hentian Bandar Shah Alam to Klang, Seri Muda to Klang, Bandar Puteri to Klang, Taman Sentosa to Klang, Pandamaran to Klang and Klang to Taman Botanic.
September 15th, 2006 21:00
Why take the bus? Fork out RM 3000, get a second hand national car & you can go where u want. If you say you can’t afford, please don’t live in the Klang Valley. it’s less stressful in the kampungs you know.
September 15th, 2006 21:27
yes…but that is so expensive. having a car is murder. you have instalments to make, servicing every 5000KM, road tax, insurance, toll, petrol, parking charges. crazy. I’d rather buy a house.
September 16th, 2006 14:24
if you understand the equation time=money, you can’t complain about those expenses. or rather please don’t go more than 2.5 km from where u live! further you don’t need to pay installment if you just a buy car for a few thousand RM. i see lots of people say those expenses are killing them but look at their lifestyle - astro->can’t live without it; dinner for 2 @ about RM20+; unsettled credit cards charges etc…they’re killing themselves. that’s why i suggest living in a kampung is better off.
September 16th, 2006 14:30
yes…I agree…better to live in kampung…A lot of internet marketers stay in small towns but make money from the internet like Allan from associateprograms.com in Australia…wat a great life!
September 19th, 2006 22:34
like warren buffett. he scorned the Big Apple & became the oracle of Omaha.
October 9th, 2006 23:30
please add more return rapid buses and trains from bas stand klang,kl or kotaraya,kl to puchong intan housing areas, and bandar bukit puchong areas, selangor!
October 20th, 2006 09:06
yes. I agree. Public transport in Malaysia is still not up to par. I’ve been to Holland and Rome recently and you dont even need a car there. Its so easy to move around in buses and trams and trains,