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How Central is KL Sentral?

The members of TRANSIT noted with interest the official ground breaking of a new project at KL Sentral Lot G, to be called NU Sentral. The ground-breaking by Prime Minister Najib took many opportunities to highlight the role of KL Sentral as Malaysia’s “Integrated Transport Hub”. One important piece of information was the mention of […]

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Concession fares for college students

TRANSIT takes note of this letter by Esther, a college student from KL who argues that the college students with current college ID should have the opportunity to benefit from the concession fares and Pas Bulanan Konsesi / Concession Monthly Pass offered by RapidKL. At present, these fares and Pas Konsesi are only offered to […]

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What is the solution for our public transport woes?

What is the solution for our public transport woes? Like many others, the people at TRANSIT have asked this question again and again. Unfortunately, the answers are as tough to understand as the questions. Public transport is facing challenges throughout the world, with a lack of funding and poor organization and service being the main challenges […]

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Updates #19

Updates 1. Nap at surau proves costly (NST) – A young undergraduate loses his laptop after taking a nap in the surau at a bus station in Kuantan. [TRANSIT: Whoever would steal from a person, especially in a Surau, especially at a public transport station – deserves serious punishment. But we must also remind people to […]

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Is fast tracking mega projects going to help public transport recover?

TRANSIT took note of this article in the business section of the Star Newspaper which focuses on the implementation of mega projects to help with the economic recovery. 2 of the mega projects that are being pointed to are the extension of the two existing LRT lines to Putra Heights and the new LRT line […]

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Our 200th Post

TRANSIT stops for a moment and celebrates 200 posts on our website, http://transitmy.org. It is also nearly a year since TRANSIT first started it’s activities – it has been a long, tough and challenging year and there is a long ride ahead … but we are on track for great success. We just need people […]

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Small kerb, big difference?

TRANSIT received these photos of a new kerb put in place at the loading/unloading area opposite Kelana Jaya LRT station. This area has been notorious for congestion especially during afternoon hours, as people, buses and taxi drivers wait to pick up passengers from the LRT. It got so bad that buses were dropping off passengers as […]

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New fare gates being tested at Taman Bahagia LRT Station

Moaz from TRANSIT was planning to meet his wife for dinner in SS2, Petaling Jaya, so he stopped at Taman Bahagia LRT station instead of Kelana Jaya. As he was exiting the fare-paid area, he noticed some new fare gates placed in the LRT station. He recorded a few photos on his camera phone and […]

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New Prasarana HQ – Menara UOA, Bangsar

TRANSIT brings it to you first … even before Prasarana does (sorry Dato’ Idrose). TRANSIT is pleased to announce that Prasarana has started shifting their headquarters from Jalan Raja Abdullah near Dang Wangi LRT station to the new Menara UOA in Bangsar, located next to the Bangsar LRT station. Prasarana’s new contact info, as posted […]

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Should we have parking at urban LRT stations?

We do not often see RapidKL commenting in the news media but occasionally they do respond to customer letters that are sent. This response discusses a complaint about the closure of open parking space at the Dang Wangi LRT station. Streets mail: LRT service is to reduce congestion The complainant also questioned why the parking […]