I am responding to the article submitted by Alfie Nur titled “Stop attacking Penang Transport Master Plan” published on Feb 17.
There’s no doubt over their capacity to deliver these projects successfully. However, what many fail to realise is that the PTMP is an unnecessarily costly, top-down, infrastructurally heavy approach to allegedly “fix” congestion without any empirical analyses on the appropriate response to local traffic and public transport issues in Penang.
This is not necessarily a reality especially when the very foundation of a robust public transport network, namely the humble bus, has almost always been conveniently overlooked and consistently under-invested in comparison to shinier and more politically expedient rail solutions. Hence, “trying to sprint before learning how to walk”.
Cities often cited for their excellent public transport systems almost always share a common trait – that their first urban rail line were built on entrenched corridors with high public transit demand generated by buses. To this day, buses remain the core transport mode for their citizens to move around with rail-based services serving to complement the bus network.
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