Thursday, September 22, 2011

car-free, anyone?

Yesterday was the Car-Free day. And i found out that everybody around the world is celebrating by commuting to their workplace by mass transporting,walking or cycling. And yet i found out that this day are irrelevant by myself. Why?
  1. I am a non-working,basement dwelling,socially introvert person and my solely activity for now is mengabihkan karan kat rumah mak aku.
  2. The public transport system in Malaysia doesnt had enough coverage especially in those suburbs like where am living currently. Even buses and taxi are not present in this small village at the very end of Selangor. My dad almost daily went to work by motorbike to save some gas money.
  3. Yeah i admit it, Malaysian public transport are crappy. Even for me whom rarely leaves home going to KL sometimes, I can say that. The fare itself is one thing that we can tolerate, the reliability is the one that needed to be revised. I dont think that ERL and LRT had any problem with this, but the KTM yeah youll need shitload of perserverance especially my pals that are based on Serdang and UKM areas.
 And what can we do about this? Basically i think that Malayians need a new mindset. You dont need to ride your motors or drive to buy some kicap or telurs at the shop in the radius of 1km near you. Even Pakciks who went to suraus drive themselves there. Padahal satu taman je.

The government too need to revise the transport system in Malaysia. And yeah maybe those systems are integrated but the companies are privatized. So the fare will be different. Do it like Hong Kong with their MRTs. Efficient as hell. Or be like Egypt even. Go anywhere with the same fare of 1 pound but still efficient enough for me. Diorang siap nak tambah lagi dua line, berbanding 3 line yang ada sekarang. Maksudnya dia orang still mendapat keuntungan walaupun dengan tambang yang murah gila. Baru orang lain nak naik public transport.