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Public bus terminal buildings are included as public buildings where providing access and facilities for everyone is crucial for both the internal and external environments of the buildings in order to ensure that every journey continues. However, literature review revealed that many of the access and facilities provided inside and outside public buildings are not disabled-friendly including public bus terminal buildings. Requirements to fulfill the Malaysian Standard (MS) code of practice related to access and facilities are clearly stated in the Uniform Building (Amendment) By-Laws (UBBL) 1991 for public buildings. Thus, this study aims at examining the MS conformity of the access and facilities for person with disabilities (PWDs), inside and outside of public bus terminal buildings. Access auditing has been conducted at three public bus terminals in Klang Valley by evaluating the existing access and facilities for PWDs with the established requirements. Results showed that improvement is still needed even though it received the highest score among the three public bus terminal buildings audited, especially upgrading elements that do not conform to the MS. Noncompliance of the MS suggests that more input of knowledge of the requirement is needed by the implementer and firmer enforcement should be engaged by the enforcement body.
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The authors thank the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Planning, and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam, Malaysia, for giving the opportunity to participate in this conference. The research was originally under the Research Intensive Faculty (RIF), Project No: 600-RMI/DANA 5/3/RIF (877/2012). Appreciation should also be given to Irna Nursyafina Binti Rosdi for assisting in data collection exercise.
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Kamarudin, H., Ariff, N.R.M., Ismail, W.Z.W., Isnin, Z., Bakri, A.F. (2015). Malaysian Standard Conformity on Access and Facilities for Person with Disabilities in Public Bus Terminal Buildings. In: Hassan, O., Abidin, S., Anwar, R., Kamaruzaman, M. (eds) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Research of Arts, Design and Humanities (ISRADH 2014). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-530-3_40
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