Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar opened the first meeting of the fifth session of the 15th parliament today. And with our YBs back in the Dewan Rakyat, the “Van Parlimen” is also back – Rapid KL has announced that the free T851 service will in service from tomorrow (January 20) till March 12.
As before, the van starts at KL Sentral’s ERL departure side and heads to the Taman Botani Perdana multi-storey carpark before going to parliament, specifically at the temporary building near the cafeteria. The Lake Gardens carpark is the nearest big parking facility to parliament.
The frequency will be every 30 minutes during peak hours (7am to 11am and 4pm to 8pm) and every hour during non-peak hours – see the route map and schedule above.
The ‘Van Parlimen’ is for those who have official business at the parliament, but those who want to go to the Lake Gardens can also take it. If you’re wondering why it’s needed, well, it’s not just MPs who need to ‘go to office’ – according to transport minister Anthony Loke, 2,000 cars enter parliament on average every day that it is in sitting, but there are only 500 parking bays.
“This means that three-quarters of cars that enter parliament will find it hard to find parking unless you come very, very early. This also affects those who have work at parliament, including the media and officers, who are forced to line up for a very long time every morning to enter parliament and to take their safety passes,” the Seremban MP previously said, adding that he process of entering parliament can take up to an hour.
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OK! itu macamlah. Public transport yang prihatin pada keperluan semasa. buat pertama kali, saya terbaca kenyataan bahawa apabile adanya persidangan parlimen, begitu banyak kenderaan keluar masuk. oleh itu dgn menyediakan perkhidmatan bas parlimen, memang tepat pada masanya dan menunjukkan ah loke ada prihatin dan bekerja! .. bagus
give it a rest dude