TRANSIT wishes to highlight a complaint letter published in Berita Harian on 21 December 2009. The letter was about the lack of stage bus service in Taman Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. Since bus no 172 operated by Len Sen or Permata Kiara stopped serving the area 5 years ago, residents had no choice but to endure […]
Category: Complaints – Bus Services
Complaints about bus services
The recent controversy about comments by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd. Nazri Aziz about taxi service in KL being ranked worse than Malaysia’s dirty toilets is an interesting controversy and deserves attention. But this post is not about that issue. TRANSIT noted an interesting picture in this article from the Star & Bernama […]
Updated with more complaints! TRANSIT covered the sudden change to 45 RapidKL bus routes (beginning 16 November) as soon as we heard about the changes (on 12 November). Frankly, we are disappointed by RapidKL for making a decision to change routes so quickly, without giving enough time for the public to even become aware of […]
Updates #32 1. Feature: KL- Ipoh 1 jam 55 minit (KOSMO!) – Kosmo magazine features the KL-Ipoh High Speed Rail service in their latest edition. 2. Letter: KTM increases frequency (The Star) – letter from KTM responding to complaints about the new KTM Komuter schedule. [TRANSIT: We find the statement that KTM plans to purchase […]
Klang Valley public transport operator RapidKL has announced that they will be making changes to 45 bus routes as of 16 November 2009. According to a statement from RapidKL, these routes will go directly to the ‘City Centre’ reducing the need to change buses in the city centre. This is expected to reduce the amount of money […]
TRANSIT notes a very interesting set of articles in The Star Metro section on 26 October, which focus on the issues of public transport in Petaling Jaya. Pushing the need for better public transport Close encounter with PJ’s community bus service Both of the articles focus on very interesting messages related to development and public […]
Updates #30 1. Article: MPV plunges onto railway tracks (The Star) – various newspapers caught this article about a Naza MPV that plunged off an expressway on ramp and onto the KTM Komuter track, just west of the Subang Jaya KTM station. 2. Info: RapidKL Launches Bus Driver ID on its buses (RapidKL) – RapidKL […]
This letter by Lily Fu of Ampang caught the attention of TRANSIT. Moaz from TRANSIT even decided to read out the letter as part of his speech at the National Summit on Urban Public Transport – and one member of the audience was Naimah Ramli, Deputy Director of the CVLB. Be fair with the bus […]
Zul from TRANSIT has sent the following letter to Utusan in response to the article “Permit lama punca bas tak singgah Klang Sentral“. We will share an english translation of the article in the space below. We also hope to add a translation of the letter in a day or two. Permits not renewed, Klang Sentral deserted […]
Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat, who is also the head of Urban Public Transport for the Prime Minister’s Key Result Area of Public Transport, took the bus yesterday. Yes, we are shocked too. You can read all about his short trip from Taman Midah to Taman Maluri in the article and blog posting below. Public […]
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