Updates #22 1. Prasarana, RapidKL and KL Monorail have commissioned The Nielsen Company (M) Sdn. Bhd. to conduct a survey of public transport users. This survey will take place at various bus hubs and LRT & monorail stations. The dates of the survey are from 3 September – 16 October. TRANSIT urges all public transport […]
Category: Letters and Articles
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 […]
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 […]
Updates 1. Nap at surau proves costly (NST) – A young undergraduate loses his laptop after taking a nap in the surau at a bus station in Kuantan. [TRANSIT: Whoever would steal from a person, especially in a Surau, especially at a public transport station – deserves serious punishment. But we must also remind people to […]
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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 took note of these articles in media which are raising more awareness about public transport issues in Perak. In the NST today it is reported that Nga Kor Ming, a former State Exco in Perak is urging current MB Zambry Abdul Kadir to improve public transport by continuing with the RM 38 million Ipoh […]
TRANSIT took note of this letter by Ipoh resident and City Watch member Victor Chew, a regular contributor to the newspapers. IPOH: Compelling reasons to revamp city’s public transport system 2009/06/19 by Victor Chew MANY letters and reports have appeared in the newspapers about the problems of public transport in Ipoh city but very little […]
Updates RapidKL probes attack in bus – RapidKL has responded to the letter Hooligans preying on bus passengers which appeared in the Star Metro on 26 May. This letter, TRAFFIC CONGESTION: Focus on the right group expresses the needs of commuters and opines that the government needs to focus more attention on them instead of […]
This letter from the Consumers’ Association of Penang, caught our attention today. It is clear that the prevailing theme from the users is that we need better bus services and the problem currently lies with the CVLB, not RapidKL competing with other operators. Thursday May 28, 2009 Reform CVLB, not Rapid THE Consumers Association of […]
Terence Fernandez of the Sun wrote this interesting piece in today’s paper which shares some of the challenges that bus drivers face. 26 May 2009 Confessions of an express bus driver I MUTTERED some unmentionables having missed the bus from Kuala Besut to Pasir Puteh on Sunday. The next bus was a two-hour wait, so […]
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