CHAPTER 3

Land Transportation in Malaysia

3.1 Introduction Land Transportation in Malaysia

Land transport such as road and rail transport is the main

mode of transport in Malaysia. Thus, to coordinate all

activities, the Land Division function an important role as

a generator and driving the development and implementation

or National Transport Policy. To meet the general

requirements, the various public transport policy designed

to ensure that public land transport sector remains a safe

and efficient based on current needs. According to the Road

Transport Act and the Railways Act 1991, the enforcement

and regulatory duties are under the roles and

responsibilities of agencies such as the Road Transport

Department (JPJ), Department of Railways, Railway Assets

Corporation (RAC), Road Safety Department (RSD) and the

Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS). All of these

agencies are regulated by a set of units such as Unit LRT,

KTM Unit, Roads Transport Unit and NTTCC Unit directly.

3.2 Land (Road) of transportation in Malaysia

3.3 Public Transport

Refers to any and all of the family of transit servicesavailable to urban and rural residents. Modes oftransportation in public transportation include:

a. Mass transit is characterized by fixed routes andpublished schedules that make use of vehicles suchas buses and light rail or rapid transit, thattravel through designated routes with specificstops.

b. Paratransit is characterized by a more flexible andpersonalized services compared to mass transit, andit is available to the public on demand, bysubscription or on a shared-ride basis.

c. Ridesharing is characterized by two or more peoplewho travel together by prearrangement such ascarpool, vanpool, buspool or shared-ride taxi.

3.3.1 RapidKL/ Rapid Penang

Road Transportation in

PublicTransport

Private

a) RapidKLb) Rapid

Penangc) Electric

Busd) Intercity

buse) Express

bus/Luxury

Motorized vehicles

RapidKL is a company that own by another government-own

company, Prasarana Berhad which formed back in the 2004 in

objectives to provide solution for the public transport

services of Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding cities.

RapidKL services are including the RapidKL buses services

and rail services which include the Kelana Jaya line,

Ampang-Sri Petaling-Sentul line LRT and Kuala Lumpur

Monorail.

RapidKL owns approximately 1500 buses which basically

contain fleets such as Dong Feng, Volvo, Mercedes Benz, Kin

Long, An Yuan, Iveco, and some small fleets of Nissan,

Higer and etc. In year 2011, Scania K270 which is the same

model used by the RapidPenang will be added to RapidKL

buses collection. Old fleets from Park May Sdn Berhad and

Interkota Composite were either refurbished or eliminated.

These allow RapidKL to provide large area of coverage to

the area further from Kuala Lumpur. However, RapidKL today

still suffer from insufficient number of buses and cause

the bus services come with low frequency. Some of buses are

poor maintained and are weared out.

The RapidKL buses services can be divided into Trunk line

(Tagged with Utama and blue background), Local Line (Tagged

with Tempatan and green background) and City Line (Tagged

with Bandar and red background). Trunk lines are used to

link between Kuala Lumpur and its surrounding cities while

local line are serve as feeder from the main trunk line to

the small residential areas or from the LRT Station.

Meanwhile the city line routes cover the services between

different bus interchanges in Kuala Lumpur. In year 2010,

RapidBet routes were introduced by RapidKL which provides

Buses services through the expressway with less stop to

save time.

Figure 3.1 : RapidKL shuttle bus

(sources taken:

http://www.mypublictransport.com/2011/02/rapidkl.html)

Whereas Rapid Penang was founded in year 2007 to solve the

Penang public transport problems. Since then, Rapid Penang

had perform well in providing public transport that cover

almost everywhere in Penang island and most part of the

Seberang Perai. The routes cover major tourism spot make it

a favorite for tourists who do not want to use

the notorious Penang taxi services. 

3.3.2 Electric Bus

Scheduled to commence operations in June, the Bus Rapid

Transit – Sunway Line will make history as Malaysia’s first

ever full-fledged electric bus service and the first fully

elevated Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in South East Asia. A

collaboration between Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana)

and Sunway Group under the government’s Public Private

Partnership (PPP) programme, Bus Rapid Transit(BRT) –

Sunway Line will also make history as the country’s first

project of its kind in Malaysia.The record statistics

aside, more importantly, the project will help tackle the

issue of traffic flow in Bandar Sunway and Subang Jaya, and

in turn, promotes higher productivity and healthier

lifestyle for the residents.

Launched by Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak

on June 9, 2012, the BRT combines the convenient features

of a LRT system with the usage of dedicated lanes,

environmentally friendly buses and customer-friendly

infrastructure.Ridership is forecasted at 2,400 passengers

per hour this year and increase gradually over the years.

By 2035, ridership is expected to reach 5,200 passengers

per hour.Fully elevated with a distance of 5.4km, the BRT-

Sunway Line will be serviced by 15 environmental-friendly

buses, seven stations including one with ‘Park n Ride’

facilities and a depot. With a top speed of 80km/hour, the

buses are fully equipped with universal access facilities

and has a capacity of 67 passengers with 25 seated.

The seven stations are Station Sunway – Setia Jaya,

Mentari, Lagoon, SunMed, SunU-Monash, South Quay and USJ7

as the final station. Station SunU-Monash houses the ‘park

‘n ride’ facilities; providing a total of 1,153 parking

bays including 102 special bays for lady drivers and 23 for

the handicapped group.

Figure 3.2 Electric bus (Eco-friendly bus)

(sources taken: http://www.myrapid.com.my/projects/brt-

sunway-line/alignment-halt/eco-friendly-bus)

3.3.3 Intercity bus

Kuala Lumpur

Metrobus company buses are famous with its white-green-blue

lively which provides bus services between Kuala Lumpur

city center and surrounding city. The company is based at

Subang Jaya with its driving institute, Metro Driving

Academy. Large fleet of Nissan diesel and Hino buses allow

them to provide high frequency services. They are still

using bus conductor services for collecting the bus fares.

The advantage by doing this is to speed up the bus services

system.

Figure 3.3 Intercity bus – Metro bus

(sources taken:

http://www.mypublictransport.com/2011/02/metrobus-

nationwide-malaysia.html)

3.3.4 Taxi (Cab)

Metered Taxi Budget Taxi Fares Executive Taxi Fares

For the first 1km RM6.00

For every subsequent 100metre RM0.20

RM3.00 for the first 1 KM or first 3 minutes

RM0.10 for each consequent 115 metres or consequent 21 seconds

50% surcharge from 12a.m - 6 a.m

RM6.00 for first1 KM or first 2 minutes

RM0.20 for each consequent 150 metres or consequent 45 seconds

50% surcharge from 12a.m - 6a.m

(Sources taken: http://www.onemalaysiataxi.com/fares.html)

3.4 Private Transport

3.4.1 Car

MPVs SUV Hybrid multi-purpose

vehicle versi

ons of small

family cars 

sport

utility

vehicle

hybrid

vehicle and e

lectric

vehicle combi

nation compact cars "four- uses two or

wheel

drive",

often

abbreviate

d to "4WD"

or "4x4"

more distinct

power sources

to move the

vehicle

five and

seven-seaters 

Considered

light

trucks and

often

share the

same

platforms

of

pickups. 

Fuel

consumption

and emissions

reductions

3.4.2 Lorry (Truck)

Transporting goods from one point to another.

Types of lorries:

Cargo

Container

Flatbed

Dump/Tipper

Refrigerated

Cement

Table 3.1 Types of lorries