Sustainable urban public transportation system in Malaysia: a comparison of bus services in Kuantan and Penang

Transportation refers to the mobility of activities and goods from all economic sectors. Transportation is the key towards sustaining goods, services and people mobility in economic activities. Public buses in Malaysia, in general, and Kuantan and Penang, in particular, have faced many challenges...

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Main Authors:	Ponrahono, Zakiah, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Bachok, Syahriah, Ibrahim, Mansor
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/48245/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48245/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48245/1/48245.pdf

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spelling	iium-482452017-03-21T06:34:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48245/ Sustainable urban public transportation system in Malaysia: a comparison of bus services in Kuantan and Penang Ponrahono, Zakiah Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Ibrahim, Mansor NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture Transportation refers to the mobility of activities and goods from all economic sectors. Transportation is the key towards sustaining goods, services and people mobility in economic activities. Public buses in Malaysia, in general, and Kuantan and Penang, in particular, have faced many challenges, including dwindling number of passengers. This research focuses on the passengers’ perspective of the bus services from the aspects of frequency, travel time, as well as comfort and convenience. It aims at analysing passengers’ aspiration and perspectives of sustainable urban public transport and focuses on the assessment of Malaysian urban bus services within selected areas in Kuantan and Penang. Satisfaction of the current patronage is assessed against several measurements. Buses function as feeders to these socioeconomic traffic generators on a daily basis, especially for commuters. Thus, comparison of sustenance of passengers is also made of both Kuantan and Penang users. The research found that some socio-demographic and trip characteristics indeed influenced the current satisfaction level of the passengers. Recommendations have been made to the bus operators to ensure future sustainability of urban stage bus services in Kuantan and Penang. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48245/1/48245.pdf Ponrahono, Zakiah and Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Bachok, Syahriah and Ibrahim, Mansor (2016) Sustainable urban public transportation system in Malaysia: a comparison of bus services in Kuantan and Penang. In: International Conference on Development and Socio Spatial Inequalities 2015, 18th-20th Aug. 2015, Penang. http://aspi.or.id/?p=622
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spellingShingle	NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture Ponrahono, Zakiah Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Ibrahim, Mansor Sustainable urban public transportation system in Malaysia: a comparison of bus services in Kuantan and Penang
description	Transportation refers to the mobility of activities and goods from all economic sectors. Transportation is the key towards sustaining goods, services and people mobility in economic activities. Public buses in Malaysia, in general, and Kuantan and Penang, in particular, have faced many challenges, including dwindling number of passengers. This research focuses on the passengers’ perspective of the bus services from the aspects of frequency, travel time, as well as comfort and convenience. It aims at analysing passengers’ aspiration and perspectives of sustainable urban public transport and focuses on the assessment of Malaysian urban bus services within selected areas in Kuantan and Penang. Satisfaction of the current patronage is assessed against several measurements. Buses function as feeders to these socioeconomic traffic generators on a daily basis, especially for commuters. Thus, comparison of sustenance of passengers is also made of both Kuantan and Penang users. The research found that some socio-demographic and trip characteristics indeed influenced the current satisfaction level of the passengers. Recommendations have been made to the bus operators to ensure future sustainability of urban stage bus services in Kuantan and Penang.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ponrahono, Zakiah Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Ibrahim, Mansor
author_facet	Ponrahono, Zakiah Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Ibrahim, Mansor
author_sort	Ponrahono, Zakiah
title	Sustainable urban public transportation system in Malaysia: a comparison of bus services in Kuantan and Penang
title_short	Sustainable urban public transportation system in Malaysia: a comparison of bus services in Kuantan and Penang
title_full	Sustainable urban public transportation system in Malaysia: a comparison of bus services in Kuantan and Penang
title_fullStr	Sustainable urban public transportation system in Malaysia: a comparison of bus services in Kuantan and Penang
title_full_unstemmed	Sustainable urban public transportation system in Malaysia: a comparison of bus services in Kuantan and Penang
title_sort	sustainable urban public transportation system in malaysia: a comparison of bus services in kuantan and penang
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/48245/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48245/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48245/1/48245.pdf
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Sustainable urban public transportation system in Malaysia: a comparison of bus services in Kuantan and Penang

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