TRANSIT takes note of this letter by Esther, a college student from KL who argues that the college students with current college ID should have the opportunity to benefit from the concession fares and Pas Bulanan Konsesi / Concession Monthly Pass offered by RapidKL. At present, these fares and Pas Konsesi are only offered to […]
Category: Comments on Planning
What is the solution for our public transport woes? Like many others, the people at TRANSIT have asked this question again and again. Unfortunately, the answers are as tough to understand as the questions. Public transport is facing challenges throughout the world, with a lack of funding and poor organization and service being the main challenges […]
TRANSIT took note of this article in the business section of the Star Newspaper which focuses on the implementation of mega projects to help with the economic recovery. 2 of the mega projects that are being pointed to are the extension of the two existing LRT lines to Putra Heights and the new LRT line […]
TRANSIT takes note of this article in the Malay Mail that announces the shut down of Terminal B at the controversial Klang Sentral bus station. Klang’s Terminal B closes after nine months Nine months — that’s how long it lasted Nevash Nair, Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 05:45:00 THE shutters have finally come down at Terminal […]
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 […]
TRANSIT took note of this interesting article about the Putrajaya Monorail. Curious case of a bridge to nowhere (the Star) 29 July 2009 By GEETHA KRISHNAN TOURISTS to Putrajaya are told that the garden city, which is also the federal administrative capital, has eight bridges. There has, however, always been curiosity over the ninth bridge […]
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 believes that it is important to share information. We believe in openness in communications but we also believe in respect for others. This is one of the reasons why we removed (temporarily) some images of the 4-carriage LRT trains. Although the images can easily be found on the internet (flickr, anyone), we removed the […]
TRANSIT takes note of the plans to develop an integrated public transport system in the state of Penang (Negeri Pulau Pinang). TRANSIT gave our feedback to the state government back in June, 2008, in this paper. A discussion of the proposals has already started on the skyscrapercity.com forum here. Penang plans integrated transport system (NST) […]
TRANSIT recently noted that YTL Corporation’s proposal for a High Speed Rail link between KL and Singapore has been brought back to life. The following articles have more information: YTL Hopes For Bullet Train Project To Materialise (Business Times) YTL Hopes For Bullet Train Project To Materialise (Bernama) YTL: KL-S’pore bullet train project economically viable (Business Times) […]
