PETALING JAYA: The Kuala Lumpur-Klang Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project should be revived to promote public transport, says Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associa­tions (Fomca) senior vice-president Datuk K. Koris Atan. He said the project, under the previous government, which was shelved in 2017, could pave the way for other BRT projects in other parts of Malaysia. Rather than spending huge sums on acquiring and building rail lines, he said it would be cheaper to convert two Federal Highway lanes to dedicated bus lanes. With elevated, dedicated bus lanes, he added, more people could board and get to their destinations quicker, and not be hampered by single or low-occupancy cars on the normal lanes. Instituting dedicated BRT lanes, he said, would mean also having to improve the last mile connectivity with shuttle buses or cars for hire.

Source: The Star December 30, 2018 00:22 UTC