The recent announcement by RapidKL of changes from the daily pass to the 1-way zone system of fares was not well-received by the public and many non-governmental organizations. As you can see from the article, Resounding no to impending price increase(The Star), commuters are clearly unhappy with the changes, which they see as a massive fare increase. For […]
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TRANSIT has been informed that RapidKL is moving from a day pass to a zonal system of 1-way fares, effective September 1. The statement from RapidKL (on their website) is here. A new fare table (from the website) can be found here. Media Statement: English, B.Malaysia Articles and Comments – New Straits Times, The Star, […]
Updates #17 1. TRANSIT is going to Malacca this weekend with the intention of submitting comments about the proposed Malacca Aerorail. If you are a resident of Malacca or you just care about real investment in public transport, please submit your comments about the Aerorail. 2. Malacca Monorail (Skyscrapercity.com) – Aside from the Aerorail there […]
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Key Result Areas for Public Transport
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced his “Key Result Areas” – areas that need to see significant improvement in a short time – today and public transport barely made the list. According to the report from the Star The Kelana Jaya LRT line is to get 35 new four-car train sets by 2012 as part […]
TRANSIT takes note of this article which announces a fare increase at RapidPenang, in line with the recent fare increase announced by the government. RM1.40 minimum bus fare beginning Aug 1 (NST) 2009/07/22 GEORGE TOWN: Rapid Penang Sdn Bhd will introduce a new fare structure from Aug 1, in line with the government’s announcement to […]
TRANSIT takes note of this very pointed and thoughtful letter in the New Straits Times on 20 July 2009. BUS/TAXI SERVICES: Spell out the expectations 2009/07/20 JOSEPH PAUL, Seremban AS Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz has said, public transport companies are expected to improve their level of service […]
1. BUS SERVICES: Once again an empty promise (NST) – this letter writer from Malacca comments on bus service there. 2. Perak aims for a ‘slice’ of S’pore (NST) – This article describes how Tourism Malaysia is hoping to encourage Singaporean tourism to Perak state with the arrival of Firefly’s new Ipoh-Singapore service. [TRANSIT: if […]
TRANSIT believes that the public transport user has a strong role to play in making public transport better. For this reason, we have always encouraged people to give us complaints and feedback about public transport services. We have also been expressing our views to RapidKL and RapidPenang about the need to provide more information to […]
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New bus and taxi fares
New bus and taxi fares were announced today by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Dept. Nazri Abdul Aziz. Fares will go into effect on August 1. It is not known at this time how government-owned operators RapidKL and RapidPenang will respond to the fare increase. Cabinet approves new bus, taxi fares (The Star) 16 […]
The 1pm, 14 July 2009 crash of a RapidKL bus onto the motorcycle lane of the eastbound federal highway dominated the news today. TRANSIT comments on the issues that are behind this crash. Links to the articles are below: 28 hurt as bus dives onto bike lane (Star) Bus falls off highway ramp (Insider) Lucky […]
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