THE HISTORY OF MINI BUS

Hello people. Well everyone knows what is transportation right. Most of people are using public transport to go to somewhere especially in Kuala Lumpur. Basically KL have many types of public transport and it is easier for them to go to their work place,shopping mall or else. Transportation is the movement of human,animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transportation include air,rail,road,water ,cable,pipeline and space.Transport is important because it enables trade between people, which is essential for the development of civilization. So i will explain one of the example of public transport which is bus.

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers. Buses can have a capacity as a high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker rigid bus,with larger loads carried by double-decker and articulated buses and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses,coaches are used for longer distance services. Many type of buses such as aty transit buses and inter-city coaches,charge a fare,other types such as elementary or secondary school buses or shuttle buses within a post. Secondary education campus does not charge a fare. In many jurisdictions, bus drivers require a special licence above and bayond a regular driver's licence.

Other than that, buses may used for scheduled bus transport,scheduled coach transport,school transport,private hire or tourism. Promotional buses may be used for policital campaigns and others are privately operated for a wide range of purposes,including rock and pop band tour vehicle. A few years ago,mini bus was one of the oldest and popular Malaysian public bus service,having served in Kuala Lumpur and the klang valley region. The buses were primarily painted pink with a white stripe on the sides and had a capacity of 20-30 passengers,due to its similar size.

The mini bus service was discontinued from 1 July 1998 onwards to be replaced by the intrakota bus service and later rapid KL buses in 2005. Rapid bus Sdn Bhd is the largest bus operator in Malaysia operating mainly in urban areas of Klang Valley, Penang and Kuantan. As of 2011,Rapid Kl service brands unit of rapid bus,has operated 167 routes with 1400 buses covering 980 residential areas with a ridership of about 400000.

In a nutshell, even if there is new public transport in town but bus is always be the choosen one because many people loves to use the service of bus. Whatever it is, everyone should use public transport wisely and never misude public transport.