It is disappointing to see the government’s lack of political will to improve the public bus system and make it the main public transport mode for the people of Malaysia.
It is now 2025 and government leaders are still dragging their feet on resolving these systemic problems that burden the people!
Traffic congestion is getting worse.
The reason is simple: people cannot rely on public buses and end up having to depend on personal transport mainly private motor vehicles.
It is the government’s responsibility to change people’s minds by making public transport system much more appealing.
The government has to take the following measures:
- Provide a lot more public buses (preferably powered by either electricity or hydrogen gas)
- Increase the frequency of public bus services in towns and cities.
- Improve the quality of public buses such as their cleanliness and punctuality
- Raise parking charges to encourage more people to use public buses instead of their cars
The obvious solution is to provide eco-friendly public buses so the public feels more confident in using them instead of their own vehicles.
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Don’t just focus on rail and train services, which aren’t at all relevant for most Malaysian cities.
This longstanding traffic congestion problem raises a key question: why is the government so slow in improving public bus services and providing a lot more buses?
Do certain parties, like highway toll companies, have a powerful influence on the government in maintaining a high volume of private cars on the road so they can reap more profits?
Why is it taking such a long time for the government to effectively resolve traffic congestion? This is just one of many other resolved social problems such as low wages, high living costs, expensive healthcare, expensive tertiary education and unaffordable housing.
If the main reason is, as usual, not enough funds, then for goodness sake, just develop the political will. Work with our Asean neighbours to collectively raise corporate taxes.
Can’t we see that these neoliberal capitalist practices are hurting us?
Slash the high salaries and financial benefits of MPs, ministers, and other high-ranking government officials.
Direct the money saved to improve the bus services.
Allocate existing funds towards improving the poor bus service, instead of more development and commercial projects in already high-density areas.
Government leaders clearly are more interested in pandering to the corporate class. They lack strong political will to truly solve society’s many systemic problems. Just how much longer are we going to allow such systemic problems to worsen?
Bottom line: Solve traffic congestion by improving public bus services, especially by boosting the number of buses on the road.
- Tegakkan maruah serta kualiti kehidupan rakyat
- Galakkan pembangunan saksama, lestari serta tangani krisis alam sekitar
- Raikan kerencaman dan keterangkuman
- Selamatkan demokrasi dan angkatkan keluhuran undang-undang
- Lawan rasuah dan kronisme
