Future for Land Public Transport Agency

THE Land Public Transport Com­mis­sion (SPAD) was established on June 3, 2010 following the passing of the Land Public Transport Act 2010 in Parliament, which was gazetted in January 2011.

SPAD took over the functions of the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board, Department of Railways and the tourism vehicles licensing function of the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry in Peninsular Malaysia and was responsible for drawing up public transport policies, plans and regulations covering all aspects of land public transport.