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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: 2015
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spelling my.usm.eprints.35071 http://eprints.usm.my/35071/ 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 H Social Sciences (General) 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. 2015-08 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/35071/1/PPIK4.pdf Ponrahono, Zakiah and Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Bachok, Syahriah and Ibrahim, Mansor (2015) 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, 19 – 20 August 2015, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
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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 2015
url http://eprints.usm.my/35071/1/PPIK4.pdf
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