Thursday, August 21, 2008

搭公共交通才知人民不便‧首相兩度擠不上車, PM unhappy with City rail services

[星洲](布城)首相拿督斯里阿都拉今日週四,21日)早上兩度擠不進電動火車的車廂,深深體會和感受到城市上班族乘搭公共交通上班的不便。

日理萬機的首相於週四特地微服出巡,親身體驗乘搭電動火車和輕鐵的滋味,以及感受當中的不便,結果令首相感到很不高興,因為整個公共交通系統對人民根本並不舒適,這是必須要改善的。

阿都拉於早上8時15分在沒有官員的陪同下,到沙登電動火車站上車,然後到中環廣場轉搭輕快鐵到占米回教堂站。首相在抵達目的地時已是9時15分,車程足足1時。

阿都拉親眼目睹了上班族在巔峰時間擠搭公共交通的苦處,並且批評火車服務欠缺系統化,車廂不足,川行路線也不廣。

首相在車廂中也與搭客閒聊,瞭解公眾的感受。

批評火車服務欠缺系統化

首相在抵達占米回教堂站後,向《馬新社》記者表明不滿意鐵道系統服務,並且促請有關方面儘速改善。

他說,搭客每天早上都需要互擠才能上到車廂,看來毫無系統。


[the star]KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took rides on the commuter and Kelana Jaya rail line from Serdang to the city centre Thursday to get a feel of the transportation problems faced by the people and came away less than satisfied.

Throughout the one-hour journey, during which he switched trains, the prime minister noted the congestion, especially during the peak hours, and spoke to his fellow passengers to get their feedback.

Speaking to Bernama after disembarking at the Masjid Jamek LRT station, he said he was not satisfied with the rail services and wanted immediate improvements to be made.

He said the existing services were not systematic, there were not enough coaches and coverage was not comprehensive, leaving many areas not serviced.

“I just saw the plight of people using the trains to get to work every morning. They were jostling to get on board every time a train arrived. There appeared to be no system.

“I’m not happy with this because the people are not getting satisfaction from riding the trains. This, we must fix,” he said.

“I found the trains really packed with so many passengers. Some had waited for three trains and yet could not board. “There’s no queue. People push their way in, women with children and old people are pushed aside,” he added.

Abdullah arrived at the Serdang Komuter KTM station at 8.15am but could not get on board the first train that arrived because it was packed.

He got on the next train, which arrived 15 minutes later, and headed for KL Sentral, the modern transportation hub for the various rail services.

There he also had to wait a while to switch to the Putra LRT service to get to the Masjid Jamek station because again, the first train to arrive was full.

On both the trains that he took, the prime minister had to stand although the passengers offered him their seats.

Upon arrival at the Masjid Jamek station at 9.15am, he chatted with members of the the public and bought several types of local cakes from the sellers there before leaving.

“There were many more suggestions given me by the passengers for my attention. I will strive for improvements, I will propose changes,” he said. – Bernama


Fuuh..i really hope public transport in msia to improve.. coz i "duno" how 2 drive!! got to depends on public transport?! mayb PM shud try on d bus sys as well..

my dissatisfation on public transport (my one week experiences in kl):

1. nt frequent enuf (all especially monorail)

2. always got gangguan perkhidmatan (masalah technical - putra & star LRT)

3. station so big, bt d train has only limited coaches - add more & u can take in more! i always get sandwich lik sardin durin peak hrs (all trains)

4. nt on time (KTM)

5. nt all lane has touch & go.. i always has to queue until all d way to d gate only realise, this lane has no touch & go or rosak - encourage everyone to use touch & go? visible lane label?

6. impatient & rude bus driver - nv stop hons-ing

7. bad condition of d bus.. (saw "siu keong" on bus *geli*, dirty seats, aircondition sure working ar?..)

8. unservice bus & taxi - pollution!! also made my face super oily & pores get stucked wit dirt while walking pass them..

9. taxi drivers love nt to run in meters! overcharge! (celaka.. if am nt in a rush, n i need transport, i would hav gaduh teruk wit them!)

10. even d passengers, just hav no sympathy to others.. in one of my case, ppl just stand right in front of d door, tryin to push his way through d crowd tht is trying to come of of d coach.. i even yelled at tht stupid guy! u dont giv way, how d hell u gona get in?! then on my way to MV, their is dis couple who r both vision disable, were pushed by ppl behind them, makin them tripped over.. HELLO ppl! cant u just make way for them?! or at least dont PUSH! poor couple bt was lucky tht they were both nt injured..

10. ....... to b con't once i thought of it....... (welcome to giv me more views)

i dont usually feel so bad one years back, coz i oni need putra & star lrt.. now, no more mummy driver, susah betul..! sigh..

ps: i'm v in love wit spore public transport sys..

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