The Sahasara Bus Reforms was conducted on the Digana and Kadugannawa corridors starting August 2018 including 48 routes and 350 private buses by the CPPTSA. This project was aimed at improving the operations of buses through
(a) pooling of revenues
(b) use of technology for real time bus operations
(c) use of smart card technology for ticket payment
(d) improving quality of bus operations
(e) improving regulatory processes.
Through this programme, the commuter is ensured of a good quality service and the entrepreneurial mindset of the bus owner and bus employee are changed. Collaterally, bus drivers and conductors become more disciplined and have no reason to resort to risky or dangerous driving. The responsibility of the bus employees is to ensure that their buses run on time, that they take in only the number of commuters that can be comfortably seated in buses and be concerned for their comfort. Such assurance of service quality ensures that those using private vehicles return to public transport for their daily commutes increasing the revenue of public bus services. In a nutshell, the SAHASARA programme is a massive revolution in public transport.
The pilot project were done in 2018 with the massive support of CPTSA and now the government has decided to implement that project in all island.
