Updated with a detailed brochure of the Malacca Monorail! Updated with a new photo of the fully assembled Malacca Monorail train! fully assembled Malacca Monorail train at station. Image courtesy of @tongtongmka at tongtongmka.blogspot.com TRANSIT notes that the proposed Malacca monorail, a 1.5 km, elevated line from Taman Rempah to Hang Tuah, is almost ready […]
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Updates #44 1. Article: Deputy Transport Minister Lau dies at 68 (The Star) – The Star and other Malaysian media covered the death of Robert Lau Hoi Chew, Sibu MP and Deputy Transport Minister. 2. Post: Penang Hill Railway: Selling the family silver? (Anilnetto.com) – Anil Netto explores reports that the mechanical hardware for the […]
More information about the shift to Bukit Jalil, including a map of the National Sports complex showing the approximate location of the terminal, can be found here! TRANSIT notes this announcement from Bernama regarding the status of the Puduraya terminal upgrading project and the planned shift of bus operations away from Puduraya Puduraya Terminal Bus […]
For those who are interested, Singapore’s City Circle Line (CCL or ‘Circle Line’) will open up to passenger service from Dhoby Ghaut to Bartley on 17 April 2010. This will add to the existing Circle Line service from Bartley to Marymount, which was opened earlier. General Info about Circle Line System Map About Circle Line […]
TRANSIT took note of this article, which mentions that the Sarawak government is looking at expanding the boundaries of cities by creating more suburban areas to accommodate population growth. TRANSIT hopes that Housing and Urban Development Minister Amang Abang Johari Tun Openg (Abang Jo) will take heed that suburban developments should be well planned, relatively […]
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Public Transport in Haiti
TRANSIT took note of this very interesting video documentary about ‘Tap-Taps” which are the Haitian versions of ‘Minibus’ / Ang-kot / Sam-lor / ‘Tuk-Tuk’ / ‘Jeepney’ services – small, privately-operated (and usually colourful) vehicles offering local public transport service over short distances. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/haiti/view/tap-tap.html?utm_campaign=various&utm_medium=bulletin&utm_source=sidebar1 Only 3% of the Haitian population own cars so for vast numbers […]
TRANSIT wants to remind everyone who is interested in attending the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit or the related activities around KLCC that it is in their best interest to use public transportation. Traffic police will be giving priority to buses this time around – and there are more buses than ever! […]
Updated with 4 interesting articles! Stickers to keep cabbies in line (The Star) – the CVLB responds to the Star’s feature about too many stickers; Letter: Stiff penalties will put brakes on errant cabbies (The Star) – M.M. Chih of KL argues that enforcement is needed as a solution, not stickers Letter: Taxi drivers will […]
Updated with information about the launch of the women-only coaches (see this link) scheduled for 28 April 2010; Updated with comments from Maria Chin Abdullah, Executive Director of NGO Empower! Updated with comments from Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Minister of Women, Family & Community Development! TRANSIT received a concerned tweet from someone asking us about the […]
Updated with even more reasons to sue! The members of TRANSIT were shocked & disappointed when we noted this article about the launching of a “Rapid Kuching” intercity bus service in Sarawak yesterday. While we are happy to see any improvements in public transport, and we are pleased that the Sarawak government is getting involved […]
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