Updated with some feedback from drivers! TRANSIT took note of this interesting story in The Star, referring to a call from bus operators to allow them to deduct the salaries of their errant drivers. Responses from some drivers to the proposal can be seen here. The irony is that bus operators do not really pay […]
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Prasarana may raise up to RM10bil to finance LRT extension. Or described another way, Prasarana may take on another RM10 billion in debt, in addition to the RM9 billion that it currently carries (notes which are coming due soon). The sweet irony is this: Prasarana, which has been the vehicle (pardon the pun) for government […]
TRANSIT was again shocked when we took note of this article, describing harassment and assault by taxi drivers at the Bukit Jalil terminal. Cabbies who were like thugs (The Star) I AM a foreigner who is disabled. I normally use a wheelchair to get around. As you know, Malaysia is not very wheelchair-friendly at the […]
TRANSIT took note of this article at the end of last month and have spent the past week trying to get more information about the plans for the new LRT + Monorail ticketing system. Unfortunately, the hoped-for integration of the KTM Komuter and LRT system (promised as one of the NKEAs) is not expected to […]
TRANSIT: Shah Alam stadium would make a great Park & Ride facility
TRANSIT took note of this interesting article, which describes concerns some residents have over the use of a section of the parking lot at Stadium Shah Alam for a used car lot: Residents unhappy with council for renting out part of carpark at Shah Alam Stadium (The Star 1 March 2011)
TRANSIT took note of the updates on the progress of the Bridge Express Shuttle Transit (BEST) service introduced in Penang on 1 March 2011. B.E.S.T. is an effort from the Penang Government to reduce the number of private vehicles crossing the Penang Bridge by providing an alternative free public transport shuttle bus service to the […]
Members of TRANSIT were left shocked by this news today: Dead baby boy left in plastic bundle on commuter train (Malay Mail) Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 21:56:00 PORT KLANG: The body of a baby boy with the umbilical cord still intact was found bundled in a black plastic under a seat on a commuter train […]
TRANSIT took note of this article which describes a complaint about continued traffic mayhem in Brickfields, despite the change to 1-way operation on Jalan Tun Sambanthan as well as increased amounts of parking space. Check out the double parking – now on both sides of Jalan Tun Sambanthan! Brickfields traffic mayhem (Malay Mail) Police pledge […]
Updates #75 1. Article: 15 flee as bus burns (NST) – Fourteen passengers on a double-deck express bus, including foreigners and children, escaped death when they managed to get off the vehicle before it was engulfed in flames during an incident at Km224.2 of the North-South Expressway, heading south near Pedas here, on Saturday. There […]
MRT Update: AWER tells DoE to reject EIA from ERE for KVMRT (SBK)
TRANSIT woke up this morning and decided to confuse as many people as possible by using as many acronyms as possible in one post heading. We have already done this in the past (for fun), but once the GTP and ETP were introduced, we felt that they really raised the bar on acronym use so […]
