TRANSIT notes that the Secretary-General of the Transport Workers’ Union, Zainal Rampak, has gone on record saying that fake parts are one of the causes of the increased number of bus crashes. Zainal Rampak: Fake parts main cause of crashes (The Star) 29 December 2010 PETALING JAYA: The use of imitation spare parts is among […]
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What do we know about the “new” proposed New MRT line
Some time ago, in August 2009, TRANSIT posted about the Kota Damansara-Cheras LRT/MRT line, which had then been announced by Prasarana. Our posting “New MRT Line” aimed to summarize the information that we had at the time about the proposal for a rail line linking Kota Damansara to Cheras. You can see a summary (with […]
Updated with our comments on the politics, excuses, avoidance and inevitable blameshifting! Updated with more articles about the investigation! Updated with more information about the crash! The members of TRANSIT where shocked to learn of the horrific bus crash in the Cameron Highlands that caused the death of 27 passengers, Thai holidaymakers and Malaysians.
1. Article: No bus, so Khairy walks to Parliament House (The Star) – TRANSIT learned that Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin attempted to use public transport to get to Parliament and was forced to walk from Masjid Jamek to Pasar Seni to find a bus. Unable to find the bus he was forced to walk to […]
TRANSIT has many times addressed the issue of overcrowding and discomfort at public transport facilities. Unsolicited advice on broadband speed or anti-dandruff technology are among the few last thing fast paced commuters would want to encounter in their rush to their workplace or home. Take for instance, the photos below, taken during last Friday’s evening […]
The Sun yesterday revealed the news that four out of five buses that are running on Malaysian roads may be unsafe.
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ETP Analysis: What Idris Jala says
TRANSIT includes the following interview with Idris Jala featured in Star Biz as part of our analysis of the Economic Transformation Programme proposals for a Greater KL MRT and High Speed Rail link between KL and Singapore. Jala confident of ETP implementation (Star Biz) 1. Can you explain the funding aspects of the EPPs (entry […]
TRANSIT is surprised to learn on the NST’s front page coverage of Prasarana in the past few days. We are talking about massive involvement of taxpayers’ money on projects with undoubtedly similar progression and implementation pattern that we’ve seen with the STAR, PUTRA and KL Monorail lines. With Prasarana’s bonds guaranteed by the government, it […]
TRANSIT notes some very interesting images that have finally been posted on the hoardings for the construction project at Masjid Jamek LRT station. Click here for a larger version of the image above. More images after the jump!
TRANSIT took note of two very interesting posts on Jarrett Walker’s Human Transit blog which focus on the bus-oriented development of Almere, Netherlands. almere, netherlands as bus-oriented development (Human Transit) guest post: richard lenthall on the busways of almere, netherlands (Human Transit) Almere, Netherlands is a small community that was designed first and foremost around […]
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