Transport Ministry to improve public transport facilities, says Loke

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Transport Minister Anthony Loke said his ministry is intensifying efforts to improve public transport facilities and walkability in Kuala Lumpur.   Giving an example he said many public bus stands in the capital city lack proper infrastructure, having only one pole.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Public transport, of course, we are continuously encouraging people to use.

00:08That's why we have come up with many, many schemes, including the monthly pass.

00:13Recently, Prasarana also launched a certain daily pass for people who are outside of Klang Valley.

00:19When they come to Klang Valley, we encourage them to use public transport.

00:23So definitely in terms of maintenance, in terms of facilities, we are encouraging and keep improving.

00:30And we also discussed just now how to improve in terms of our walkability and the usage of public buses.

00:37There are a lot of public bus stands in Kuala Lumpur which is not proper.

00:42So they only have one pole.

00:44So we want to upgrade that into bus stands.

00:46That's why it was discussed earlier.

00:50We have asked for a location for that purpose.

00:53And so we want to tie up with the private sector.

00:55So we are encouraging the local councils to have cooperation with the private sector.

01:01Those who are willing to sponsor bus stands, we can give them certain rights to advertise their companies.

01:08So to encourage more bus stands and bus stops in our city.

01:15So once we have more bus stops and bus stands, definitely the usage of buses can be increased.

01:19And we are increasing the number of buses as well.

01:22So we are increasing the number of buses and we are adopting EV buses in the years to come.

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