FTS & PIS

RapidKL's Fleet Tracking System (FTS) and Passenger Information System (PIS)

See also RapidKuantan & RapidPenang BIS and Passenger Information .

2015

• • World class mobile bus stop - TheSun 23apr15 - "Thanks to Rapid Point, a makeshift mobile bus shelter invented by Rapid KL, public can utilise diligently of the precious time waiting for the bus via the Passenger Information System fitted inside the unit."

2014

• • Newly improved bus hub to transform urban transport system - TheSun 6jun14 - "RapidKL have specifically installed nine units of the Passenger Information System (PIS) around the hub that would provide the passengers with the estimated time of arrival and estimated time of departure of the buses."

2013

• • Passenger Information Systems for Public Transport in Klang Valley, An Overview - Hazril, MUTRFC 23-24 Dec 2013 - "A clear arrival/departing schedule, signage, and informative journey planer websites can cause public transport user to travel efficiently, thus increasing their confidence in using public transport. In this paper, the authors will review all the existing PIS in Malaysia and benchmarking it with PIS in oversea countries."

  • Getting Journey Planner Information into the Mobile Application: Role of GTFS in Klang Valley Area - Aqilah, MUTRFC 23-24 Dec 2013 - "The  purpose of this study is to review how GTFS could benefit RapidKL journey planner and to determine the usefulness of GTFS to Public Transport user in delivering static and real time transit information. "

  • Complaints on irregular RapidKL bus services - TheStar 5mar13 - "It is because the buses hardly arrive on time and the Passenger Information System (PIS), commonly known as the electronic signboards, are of no use as the arrival times are inaccurate ... However, the most frustrating fact is when the electronic signboards flash the sign “Tiba” which means arrived but there is no bus in sight, even after 30 minutes sometimes."

2012

• • Big Brother watching RapidKL’s buses - FMT 1mar12 - "In the last few months, national transport company Syarikat Prasarana Nasional Bhd has been setting up a Fleet Tracking System for RapidKL’s 1,450 buses. Expected to be fully up and running by mid-April, the system will keep a close eye on RapidKL’s bus drivers, and tell waiting passengers when their next ride was going to arrive. [...]

  • Zohari was, however, coy about revealing the project’s cost. He said that these details would be revealed when Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin offically launches the system this month."

2011

• • Know your bus with RapidKL's iPhone App next year - MMail 17jun11 - "By next year, commuters can find out bus arrival times through iPhone. This real-time information service will be introduced by Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (RapidKL).  "This is part of RapidKL's fleet tracking system (FTS) via global positioning system (GPS) devices installed in the buses," said Shahril Mokhtar, the group managing director of Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) which operates RapidKL." 

  • Fleet Tracking System: Visit to ItraMAS Factory - Wan Azdi - "Start: May 23, '11 07:30a End: May 24, '11 11:00p Location: Pulau Pinang"

  • Technology Update: RapidKL to provide real-time info on services - TransitMY 2apr11 - "the use of GPS & fleet tracking technology allows bus operators to make their service more efficient and improve the customer experience"

  • RapidKL bus schedule please - ChanJerPing 27mar11 - "How difficult is it to produce bus schedule for the convenience of passengers? Can’t afford to print? Put it online. Paste on notice board at all bus stops. Just take a look at the bus schedules from SBS Transit (Singapore):"

  • RapidKL to provide real-time info akin to train stations - MMail 11feb11 - "Bus commuters can soon look forward to getting real-time information on how long it would be before the next bus arrives in a system similar to the electronic schedule display boards at LRT train stations.  Initial trials have begun and Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd group managing director Shahril Mokhtar is hopeful the information displays could be active at all designated bus stops before year-end.  He said the Fleet Tracking System (FTS) for the RapidKL bus fleet in the Klang Valley would use Global Positioning System (GPS) devices installed in the buses"

2010

• • ItraMAS 2010 Milestone - ItraMAS - "Awarded Rapid KL Bus Fleet Tracking System project by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB)."