Updated with new information! Updated with a letter from TRANSIT! Updated with new articles! Important NOTE 1: UDA Holdings has postponed the March 19 closure of Puduraya Bus Terminal to an unknown date in the future. See this post. Important NOTE 2: According to the Managing Director of UDA Holdings, Jaafar Abu Hassan, there will […]
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TRANSIT took note of this commentary from Star Reporter Lim Chia Ying, discussing traffic congestion outside the Puduraya Bus terminal this past week as part of the Chinese New Year travel activities. Chaos outside Puduraya (The Star) Monday February 22, 2010 By LIM CHIA YING chiaying@thestar.com.my THE temporary bus depot at the junction of Jalan […]
TRANSIT noted this article in the Hotline section of the Malay Mail, asking a question about the Auxiliary Police (Polis Bantuan) present at some RapidKL LRT stations. LRT station ‘policeman’ poser (Malay Mail) Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 DARREN of Setapak is wondering about the presence of a ‘policeman’ at the Wangsa Maju LRT station. “I […]
The tour of the ERL Depot on December 9 was a great success The tour was mentioned in the Metro Section of the Star Newspaper in this article: 40 taken on a tour of ERL depot Friday December 11, 2009 By FAZLEENA AZIZ IT was a trip that left many happy during the tour of […]
TRANSIT took note of this article in the New Straits Times which announces that hybrid (diesel-electric) buses will arrive in Malaysia soon, with test buses brought into the country in April. Hybrid buses to make debut soon (NST) 2010/02/12 By Ben Tan JOHOR BARU: Public transport in the country will become greener with the usage […]
TRANSIT has been following the development of public transport in Perak, with the recent launching of PerakTransit. We also note the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ipoh City Bus Terminal Cum Commercial And Business Centre Complex which took place earlier this week. The interesting thing about this (aside for the horrible name) is that the state […]
Updated with comments from a PAC member! The members of the Public Accounts Committee visited the bus ‘graveyard’ at Sg. Buaya on 9 February 2010 as announced earlier in the media. Unfortunately, no one from TRANSIT was able to attend due to transport concerns and conflicts with work schedules. We are following up with the […]
TRANSIT has noted another interesting posting on the Prasarana Tender Information page inviting tender proposals. The project is the integration of the fare-paid areas of the Ampang Line and Kelana Jaya line at the Masjid Jamek interchange. “CADANGAN INTEGRASI STESEN LRT MASJID JAMEK ALIRAN KELANA JAYA DAN AMPANG UNTUK SYARIKAT PRASARANA NEGARA BERHAD” PROPOSAL FOR […]
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Updates #39
Updates #39 1. Article: Ang pow for Rapid riders (NST) – RapidPenang will give out Ang Pow to their riders in celebration of the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday. 2. Article: Half fare for the elderly on Rapid Penang buses (The Star) – RapidPenang is phasing out their concession card for elderly passengers. Passengers will […]
TRANSIT recently took notes of improvements to the klmonorail website in this posting. Today, we look at some of the changes that have been quietly made to the design of the KL Monorail stations. Station Signage New station signage placed at some stations is consistent with the new station code system which is to be […]
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