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 […]
Category: Planning
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 […]
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 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 […]
Updated with FAQ about the 4-carriage trains (Courtesy of RapidKL’s website)! TRANSIT was present on 31 March 2010 when Prime Minister Najib Razak officially launched the 1Malaysia 4-carriage LRT train at Subang Depot at approximately 4:00 pm. [TRANSIT: Scroll down for a nice .pdf portfolio show of the trains] The Prime Minister boarded a 4-carriage […]
TRANSIT dedicates this post to stories from up north, namely Penang and the Northern Corridor Economic Region (comprising Penang, Perlis, Kedah and Northern Perak). Information For more information about RapidPenang bus routes, please visit the informative website http://www.rapidpg.com.my, the RapidPenang facebook page or Twitter Feed. TRANSIT Says: We find that RapidPenang has really become a […]
NOTE 1: If you were affected by the recent LRT disruption, please contact TRANSIT and share your story, by email at klangvalley.transit@gmail.com, tweet to twitter.com/transitmy (@transitmy) or comment in the space below! NOTE 2: If you have signed up for RapidKL SMS Alerts and email alerts, please let TRANSIT know if you did/did not receive […]
TRANSIT took note of this article in the Star newspaper discussing the impact of automobile-centred planning in Penang and the effect on pedestrians. The irony is that much of Georgetown was planned to a pedestrian scale, with narrow streets and low-rise houses. Pedestrians in Penang are ‘completely neglected’, says urban planning expert (The Star) Monday […]
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