Evaluating the quality of services for bus performance in Alor Setars

Bus transportation; Buses; Disasters; Quality of service; Traffic congestion; Hours of services; On-time performance; Passenger loads; Public transport; Quality services; Service frequency; Service Quality; Transit capacity; Telecommunication services

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Main Authors: Norhisham S., Bakar M.F.A., Syamsir A., Zaini N., Baharin N.L., Shkuri N.S.M., Saad N.M.
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Published: IOP Publishing Ltd 2023
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-262402023-05-29T17:08:08Z Evaluating the quality of services for bus performance in Alor Setars Norhisham S. Bakar M.F.A. Syamsir A. Zaini N. Baharin N.L. Shkuri N.S.M. Saad N.M. 54581400300 57199742143 57195320482 56905328500 57189243561 57215193538 56104855700 Bus transportation; Buses; Disasters; Quality of service; Traffic congestion; Hours of services; On-time performance; Passenger loads; Public transport; Quality services; Service frequency; Service Quality; Transit capacity; Telecommunication services Traffic congestion is one of the issues raised as the development and urbanization moving forward. Bus services still considered as an public transport option to move from one location to another. Since 1957, bus services have been a primary selection not just a big cities like Kuala Lumpur and Georgetown as well as small town in like Alor Setar, Kota Bahru and others. As the demand increase year by year, the quality of service is expected to be improved as well. Recently, public transport in small cities in Malaysia also faced a huge competition with E-hailing services such as Grab and MyCar. Therefore, these paper is to determine the service quality of bus performance in Alor Setar, Kedah. These studies were conducted in April 2019. Service quality data have been taken at Terminal Shahab Perdana, Alor Setar. Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual (TCRPM) has been stated as a specific guidelines and key indicators to determine the quality service of bus performance in designated area. There were four specific areas would be focused in these studies such as service frequency, hours of service, factors of passenger load, on time performance. Based on the results, it shows that only passenger load factor has classified as A quality of service in these studies. The hours of services and on time performance were classified as Class D while the service frequency was classified as Class F. The overall quality of service in Alor Setar, Kedah is classified as Class D which consider as moderate as there is a lot of issues should be addressed. Some improvement on these three attributes should be made to increase the quality of service. Authorities also could use the outcome of these studies to determine and identifies the significant improvements for bus service on these areas. � Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Final 2023-05-29T09:08:07Z 2023-05-29T09:08:07Z 2021 Conference Paper 10.1088/1755-1315/708/1/012038 2-s2.0-85105326325 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105326325&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f708%2f1%2f012038&partnerID=40&md5=1db53a23e7d563ef6e29f5237621017a https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26240 708 1 12038 All Open Access, Gold IOP Publishing Ltd Scopus
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description Bus transportation; Buses; Disasters; Quality of service; Traffic congestion; Hours of services; On-time performance; Passenger loads; Public transport; Quality services; Service frequency; Service Quality; Transit capacity; Telecommunication services
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Norhisham S.
Bakar M.F.A.
Syamsir A.
Zaini N.
Baharin N.L.
Shkuri N.S.M.
Saad N.M.
format Conference Paper
author Norhisham S.
Bakar M.F.A.
Syamsir A.
Zaini N.
Baharin N.L.
Shkuri N.S.M.
Saad N.M.
spellingShingle Norhisham S.
Bakar M.F.A.
Syamsir A.
Zaini N.
Baharin N.L.
Shkuri N.S.M.
Saad N.M.
Evaluating the quality of services for bus performance in Alor Setars
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title Evaluating the quality of services for bus performance in Alor Setars
title_short Evaluating the quality of services for bus performance in Alor Setars
title_full Evaluating the quality of services for bus performance in Alor Setars
title_fullStr Evaluating the quality of services for bus performance in Alor Setars
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the quality of services for bus performance in Alor Setars
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