Resolving Public Transport Issues in Selangor

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Resolving Public Transport Issues in Selangor
Routes that the Selangor Government can take

• 30 April 2009

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Who are we?

• The Association for the Improvement of
  Mass-Transit (TRANSIT), Klang Valley
• A united voice for diverse public transport users
• Our Goal
• To ensure the voice of the passenger is heard in
  public transport planning, regulation, and
  operations
• To increase awareness about what public transport
  can bring to our communities

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Agenda

• Reasons to get involved
• What Selangor needs to make public transport work
• Why the Current System does not work
• Best Practices for Public Transport regulation,
  oversight, and governance
• Selangor Can! Specific solutions and Quick Wins
  ? Action Advocacy
• Summary and Conclusions

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1. Reasons to get involved
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1. Reasons to get involved

• Investment in public transport will
• Improve the Selangor economy through
• Reduced congestion
• Attract development to Selangor
• Increase consumer discretionary spending
• Improve quality of life in Selangor
• Improve the environment and reduce pollution
• Require very little government funding if it is
  realistic and effectively planned
• Bring about political and social benefits

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2. What Selangor needs to make public transport
work
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2. What Selangor needs to make public transport
work

• The State Government can act to improve public
• transport by doing the following
• Create Independent Public Transport Authority
  Council
• - Focus on Local and Community Shuttle
  Bus Service
• Align Local Draft Plan Development with public
  transport planning

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Hierarchy of the Independent Public Transport
Authority
Public Transport Committee, STATE ASSEMBLY
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A New Specialization model
The 4 stakeholders can improve efficiency through
specialization
REGULATION OVERSIGHT

• TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES
• Planning
• Oversee Operators

LOCAL / STATE GOVT Local Development
Plans Transit Oriented Development State
OversightFEDERAL GOVTNational Standards
Oversight
PENALTIES IF KPIs NOT MET
SELECT OPERATORS USING COMPETITIVE AND OPEN TENDER
PENALTIES IF KPIs NOT MET
PROVIDING FEEDBACK INFORMATION
COMMUTERS / RESIDENTS Participate in LA21
OPERATORSTime limited ContractsPrivate
local GLC-funded localPrivate foreign
PROVIDING FEEDBACK INFORMATION
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A new financing model
Fair allocation of benefits, risk and cost
Direct or Indirect FUNDING
TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES
LOCAL / STATE GOVT Quit rent rates depend on
proximity to transit connections Congestion
charges, summonsFEDERAL GOVTTaxes, royalties,
duties, levies
PENALTIES IF KPIs NOT MET
PENALTIES IF KPIs NOT MET
PAYOUTS BASED ONDISTANCE TRAVELLED AND DRIVING
MANHOURS
UNIFORM FEE COLLECTION(integrated ticketing
system)
COMMUTERS / RESIDENTS
OPERATORSContracted toPrivate local GLC-funded
localPrivate foreign
EXTRA FEE FOR VALUE-ADDED SERVICE
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Current State of Public Transport
Funds and compensation
Road Expenditures
Federal Government
Highway Concessionaires
competition
Funds
RapidPenang
INCOMETAXES ROADTAXES DUTIES LEVIES
TOLLS
Assets
KTMB
Local Council
Quit rents
confusion
RapidKL
ERL
Airport tax
Private operators
congestion
USERS
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Best Practices Regulation and oversight of
Public Transport services

• Create a State Public Transport Council that
  includes all 4 Stakeholders
• State Government and Civil Service
• Independent Public Transport Authority
• The public and public transport users
• Public Transport Operators
• Create Transparency Accountability

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Best Practices Regulation and oversight of
Public Transport services

• Transparency Accountability
• Introduce Realistic KPI
• Regular Assessment of KPI
• Reactive Enforcement
• Proactive Enforcement
• Public Transport Operators are placed on
  time-limited contract to the Authority

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Role of Local Governments

• Create Urban Transit/Public Transport departments
  in Local Councils
• Support Local Public Transport Authority and
  State Public Transport Council
• Implement public transport operations in local
  areas by providing infrastructure (bus stops, bus
  hubs, bus lanes busways)
• Encourage development that is Transit-Oriented
  (using Transit-Planning Zones and
  Pedestrian-scale developments) through Local
  Draft Plans
• Carry out Local Agenda 21

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3. Call For Action / Quick Wins
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3. Selangor Can! take action!

• Create a State Public Transport Authority
• Empower all 4 Stakeholder groups by creating a
  State Public Transport Council
• Use proposed organizational and financing model
  to operate Local Public Transport Community
  Shuttle service
• Mandate local councils to give attention to
  public transport Public Transport / Urban
  Transit departments and officers in local
  councils
• Align development planning with public transport
  needs to cut social and economic costs and
  increase the benefits for government,
  developers, community and residents

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3. Selangor Can! be an advocate!

• Call for Federal Government to restructure public
  transport and make it more efficient
• Call for increased local authority to manage
  public transport
• Call for a complete and effective, low-cost, high
  impact Rapid Transit networks to be built in
  urban areas
• Call on Toll Concessionaires to make room for
  urban public transport on expressways
• Call for improvements to existing LRT, KTM
  services

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6. Summary and Conclusion

• The current centralized and entrepreneurial
  model for public transport is not working
• There is a need for an Independent Public
  Transport Authority to regulate and govern public
  transport
• Public Transport Planning must be coordinated
  with the Local and State Government
• Quick wins in public transport can come with
  State and Local government support
• With proper organization and management costs can
  be kept low while the benefits will be very high

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Thank you for your time

• Prepared by
• Moaz Yusuf Ahmad (012-248-3330)
• Rajiv Rishyakaran (012-311-1585)
• Presented by
• Rajiv Rishyakaran (012-311-1585)
• On behalf of TRANSIT
• http//transitmy.org
• Klangvalley.transit_at_gmail.com
• klangvalley_transit-subscribe_at_yahoogroups.com

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Other Resources / Quick Wins
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Quick Wins Part 1?Improved Community Transport

• Invest in Community-Based Transport
• Coordinate town shuttle services
• Routes should have 2-way service with frequency
  of 15 minutes
• Clockface service demonstrates reliability
• 2-way service means shorter trips
• Private or public funding for capital costs
• approx. RM250k-300k per 12m bus
• Operating costs paid by/through local councils
• Advertising private public funding will
  support operations over the long term

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Quick Wins Part 2?Improved Community Mobility

• Selangor Minibus/Maxi Taxi service can enhance
  communities and improve quality of life by
  improving accessibility mobility
• Example of two types of services
• Minibus (Green)
• Government-controlled feeder bus service
• Uses fixed routes, regulated fares
• Maxi Taxi (Red)
• Privately operated point-to-point service
• Uses flexible routes, market fares

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Quick Wins Part 3? Improved rapid transit

• Call for direct express bus routes following toll
  highways for quicker access
• Bus Tag Bus Lanes to improve transport
• Greater growth opportunity lower costs overall
• Support for busways on feeder bus routes to link
  communities to KTM, LRT lines
• Encourages passenger demand to develop
• Greater cost recovery lower costs and no
  bailouts a more stable industry

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Quick Wins Part 4? Improved rapid transit

• Call for extension of
• proposed Kota Damansara-Cheras line to Sg. Buloh
  KTM
• Interchange of KTM LRT line
• Better access and a more complete network
• Kelana Jaya LRT line to existing Lembah Subang
  Depot
• Guideway, tracks and station already in place
• Reduces pressure on Kelana Jaya station and
  existing bus routes, roads
• Using fast buses will promote demand in Selangor