SARAWAK PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

 

SARAWAK PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

12 Dec 2022

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE COMMITTEE


1. To improve the efficiency and management of the existing transport network in the State;


2.
To Provide a wide range of high quality transport options including BRT, Automated Rapid Transit, better quality river transport, cycle and pedestrianization;


3.
To reduce car dependency through promoting, informing and providing inducement to travel alternative and enhancing proximity to employment and services; and


4.
To ensure a resiliance, sustainable and eco-friendly transport system in the face of uncertain future energy challenge.





SCOPE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT


1.
The scope of Public Transport covers three (3) main areas namely;



a. Logistic and Land Transport;

b. Maritime and Riverine Transport; and

c. Aviation or Air Transport



MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE

  1.To identify issues and to propose solutions to issues on Public Transport in the State;
 
 2.To provide feedback and recommended spatial distribution of land use for Public Transport to the relevant authorities including SPA, Land
    and Survey Department and Local Authorities;
 
3.To give comments and endorse any proposed Public Transport projects submitted by both State and Federal Agencies;

4.To examine and recommend an equitable fare structure for Public Transport Service; 

5.To formulate policies on Public Transport Services which are reliable, comfortable, affordable, sustainable and eco-friendly to enhance the
   environment, including townscape and safety; 

6.To provide comments on any major Public Transport proposal to be implemented in the State; 

7.To act as venue for agencies to discuss and resolve Inter-Agency overlapping function or dispute on Public Transport;

8.To engage with Federal Transport Agencies on matters affecting Public Transport Services in the State including policies and standard of
   performance of industry's operators; 

9.To provide strategic advice to MOTS on the planning and implementation of Public Transport Services in the State; 

10.To engage with experts to review existing laws which are detrimental to or hampering the development of Public Transport in the State; 

11.To identify and delibrate on potential sources of revenue from the Transport Sector to the State Government; 

12.To provide feedback on human capital development in the Transport Sector in the State; 

13.To promote and ensure ubiquitous application of IoT or latest digital technology in the development of Public Transport in the State; 

14.To make sure emphasis is given to the development of Public Transport through the provision of adequate funding by the Government; 

15.To propose new Business Model to promote provision of high quality Public Transport services in the State; 

16.To establish Public Transport Research Centre in the State; 

17.To organize Seminar/Conference/Workshop to promote reliable, safe, affordable and clean Public Transport in the State; 

18.To set up the relevant Sub-Committee to plan and execute the various activities to promote the usage of Public Transport in the State; 

19.To propose incentives to encourage the public to use Public Transport in the State; 

20.To provide feedback to the Study Committee both Technical and Steering in the formulation of the State Integrated Transport Master
     Plan Study, 2020 - 2030; 

21.To propose strategies to develop Transport Industry and its contribution to the State'economy; 

22.To recommend strategies on how the Transport Industry especially the logistic industry could support or act as enabler to the
     development of other Sector of the economy particularly the Agriculture Sector; 

23.To include addtional functions as and when directed by higher authority from time to time. 



   
 

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