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Updates #74

Updates #74 1. Hotline Story: Overcharging by cabbies at the bus terminal (Malay Mail) Nor of Bandar Sunway Selangor complains about overcharging by taxi drivers at the Bukit Jalil temporary terminal. [TRANSIT: This is the same terminal that Halimah Sadique of the CVLB visited once, more than 6 months after Puduraya was closed, where taxi […]

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More missing puzzles follow Melaka tram announcement

TRANSIT is quite surprised to learn on last Saturday’s groundbreaking of the Melaka tram project. Among the claims are: World’s first environmentally-friendly tram on NGV Cable-free system in line with UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change Iconic for Malaysia Fare will be among the cheapest in the world Collaborative effort by Melaka, Pahang and Terengganu […]

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Updates #73

Updates #73 1. Article: Integrated public transportation within a year: DPM (NST) – Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yasin took his trip on the Klang Valley public transport system and claimed that the public transport system can be integrated within a year.

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LRT Update: Check out the Masjid Jamek interchange floor plans (Update #1)

Update: Updated with more comments on the Masjid Jamek interchange integration project! TRANSIT recently received these great photos showing the Masjid Jamek floor plans after construction is complete. As you recall, when the project was originally announced, we also tried to get some information about the plans but were not able to then. We did, […]

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MRT Update: Our feedback on MRT Open Day is here! (Update #1)

Updated with articles on the Open Day! TRANSIT is compiling materials related with yesterday’s SPAD Open Day on Sungai Buloh – Kajang MRT line at MidValley. As you can imagine, this will take some time so please check back to this post and the post on the MRT public display regularly. More information & comments […]

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Let us restore KL into the walkable city it once was (Update #2)

Updated with more information on no-car zones for Penang! Updated with a letter describing the situation in Seremban! Today’s The Star reported that 23 pedestrian bridges in Kuala Lumpur have been declared unsafe. TRANSIT shares the disappointment of the public with respect to these bridges which clearly do not meet the safety standards of the […]

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TRANSIT to DBKL: Pedestrian bridges do not solve jaywalking deaths

The Star reports on issuance of summonses for pedestrians who cross the road without using the pedestrian bridges by the City Hall’s Road Safety Depart­ment officers. Seven booked for jaywalking KUALA LUMPUR: Seven people were summoned for dashing across the road rather than using the pedestrian bridge during the first half hour of a road […]

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The Money Rigging Transit (MRT) network that will derail public transport goals (Update #1)

TRANSIT is very sad to hear the news that the MRT project will kick off in July next year, without a masterplan, without any studies on comparative transit options, without any form of endorsement from local communities, without scrutiny from unbiased public transport planners and experts, and without any note on not repeating the past mistakes […]

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Updates #64

1. Article: No bus, so Khairy walks to Parliament House (The Star) – TRANSIT learned that Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin attempted to use public transport to get to Parliament and was forced to walk from Masjid Jamek to Pasar Seni to find a bus. Unable to find the bus he was forced to walk to […]

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Public transport can repair urban sprawl, ‘deviant’ and ‘loopy’ bus routes

Human Transit blogger Jarrett Walker has a very interesting post on “transit’s role in sprawl repair” in which he discusses the way that suburban arterial roads could be redesigned to “humanize” streets and make them more public transport and pedestrian friendly in order to manage growth and curb the more negative effects of urban sprawl. […]