DBKL has updated Bangsar Baru playground! Also, they’ve scrapped the yellow line at Jalan Telawi Lima and turned it into legal car parks, just like how I advised in this post!
Will post pictures of them weekend!
In the mean time, I will continue with pictures of bus stops at Jalan Limau Manis and around Bangsar LRT Station that are long overdue.
The bus stop at 73, Lorong Maarof (opposite bus shelter at 52, Lorong Maarof).
It’s pretty much like any other bus poles in Kuala Lumpur – without any information on the buses plying the route.
This is probably just me but I find it annoying when cars are parked beside bus poles.
Bus Shelter at house number 52, Lorong Maarof.
It was installed by Ritz Outdoor Worldwide, a member of Stooer.
DBKL awarded Stroeer the contract to install and maintain bus shelters in KL back in 2008 but you can only find two four of these in Bangsar.
The other three is at Jalan Ara and they’re not bus shelters, they’re taxi shelters.
Even though the shelter comes with a built in sign board for the street name, Stroeer didn’t bother to write it in. Also, this bus shelter doesn’t come with an accompanying trashcan so commuters just leave their trash on the bench.
Apart from the missing trash can, I actually like Stoeer’s bus shelter. It looks good, sturdy and weather protective.
Why haven’t Stroeer replace all the bus shelters in Kuala Lumpur yet?
This bus stop is labeled as Klinik Haiwan, Lorong Maarof because there’s a long standing veterinarian clinic closeby.
Seriously, I don’t understand how people can confuse a bus stop with a landfill.
This bus shelter is between house number 134 and 136, Lorong Maarof.
I thought it was a disused bus shelter when I first saw it because there is *surprise* no signboard indicating that this is a working bus stop.
I wouldn’t have known that this is a working bus stop until I saw people alighting from the bus.
That’s not all, this bus stop doesn’t have any rubbish bin and the lights aren’t working. But that’s no excuse why it should be treated like a landfill.
Taxi stand several meters from this bus shelter.
I like the roof design of this taxi stand, it has a retro-futuristic vibe.
DBKL must really check the light fixtures periodically; most of the taxi/bus shelters in Bangsar have no lights.
Bus Shelter at 164, Lorong Maarof.
This bus shelter looks exactly like the one in 226, Jalan Maarof except the lights are working.
Bus Shelter at 226, Lorong Maarof.
During the day, this bus shelter looks bright and cheery but at night, with no lights, it looks spooky. Like any other bus shelter in Bangsar, there is no signboard to indicate that this shelter is a working bus stop, even the painted word “BAS” on the road has faded.
Although the design of this bus shelter is boring, it’s very tropical-weather friendly (it was installed more than a decade ago and it still looks pretty good). Also I think it’s easier to retrofit a solar panel on tiled roofs. To make the bus shelter more unique, perhaps DBKL can install a minangkabau styled roof.
Check out the wood-paneled roof (love it!)
Like I mentioned before, the tiled bench is great for the hot Malaysian weather. It’s quite lasting too, I don’t see any missing tiles on the bench, just stains that are easily washable.
Bus Stop at 114, Jalan Maarof.
The bus pole is almost fully hidden by the tree.
What’s more appalling is that people seem to treat the bus stop as a garbage disposal area.
A defunct bus stop in Jalan Ara (opposite Sri Wangsaria Condominium).
Unless you are familiar with Bangsar, there is no way you can discern between a disused bus stop and a working bus stop in here. The only difference (I can tell) is that this bus stop does not have the word “BAS” painted on the road and the PUTRA bus stop signpost, which no other bus stop has. (PUTRA was taken over by RapidKL years ago).
Then again the old signpost doesn’t really matter because almost all bus stops in Bangsar still have their old signposts from way back in the 90s.
I don’t understand why DBKL never took down this bus shelter, perhaps school students from the condominuim use it as their bus stop but still, why didn’t they take down the PUTRA signboard?
The sidewalk was just resurfaced; wouldn’t it make more sense to take it out then?
If you take it down now, there will be a small gaping hole where the signboard used to stand. Even if it’s patched up, it will look ugly.
DBKL, y u so disorganised?!
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