Evaluating Level of Service (LOS) for service coverage in Kuala Lumpur transit system using GIS / Saritha Paramasivam
Because of heavy traffic and congested roads, it is crucial that most main public transport services in Kuala Lumpur—that is, Putra LRT, STAR LRT, KTM Komuter, KL Monorail, and RapidKL buses—must be continuously improved by the transit agencies to fulfil the commuters’ requirements. Transit plann...
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2013
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| Summary: | Because of heavy traffic and congested roads, it is crucial that most main public transport
services in Kuala Lumpur—that is, Putra LRT, STAR LRT, KTM Komuter, KL Monorail,
and RapidKL buses—must be continuously improved by the transit agencies to fulfil the
commuters’ requirements. Transit planning is essential for transit agencies in all transit
systems because commuters rely on these transit systems to travel from one place to
another. The quality of service would determine the efficiency and the accessibility of
every transit system for a better ridership. Therefore, evaluating the level of service (LOS)
for service coverage in the Kuala Lumpur transit system has been determined using a
geographic information system (GIS) as a tool for transit planning in this study. The service
coverage measures of the quality of service that have been chosen in this study consist of a
three-part analysis—namely, service coverage area, transit-supportive area (TSA), and
service coverage LOS—for each of the transit system. The detailed census data of the
region along the line of services have been collected from the Department of Statistics
Malaysia. TSA covered 93% of the area, and only 7% is not a TSA in Kuala Lumpur. The
service coverage LOS is calculated with the percentage of TSA served by each transit
system. Overall, the percentage of TSAs serving every transit system was less than 60%,
and the combination of all transit systems falls below 80%, which is still not efficient for a
significant ridership. This study has proven that transit planning is important for transit
agencies to provide a superlative quality of service for the commuters. |
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