Government Will Continue To Provide Best Public Transport System - Najib

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the government will continue to provide the best public transport system for the people.

"We will continue to strive to provide the best public transport system," the Prime Minister said in his Tweet tonight.

He was commenting on the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) annual report that public transport usage in the Klang Valley continues to rise.

The report said the number of trips during morning peak hours rose 9 per cent to 5.7 million trips in 2013 compared to 5.3 million trips in 2012.

According to SPAD, the number of passengers during the morning peak hours daily rose to 827,000 in 2013 compared to 635,000 in 2012.

The report also found that city rail passengers surpassed bus passengers as rail accounted for 52 per cent of public transport users.