Category: TRANSIT – Commentary

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Bus Rapid Transit Comments on Government Comments on Planning Community Shuttle Bus Commuter Train (EMU) Complaints - Other Economic Planning Unit Express Bus (Intercity) Express Bus (Intra-Urban) Feedback First Review KTM Komuter (Klang Valley) Local Councils Mass Transit (LRT/MRT/METRO) Mass Transit Proposals RapidKL Socioeconomic Equity SPAD / LTC Stage Bus Taxi Transit Demand Transit Facilities Transit Infrastructure Transit-Oriented Development

TRANSIT: Shah Alam stadium would make a great Park & Ride facility

TRANSIT took note of this interesting article, which describes concerns some residents have over the use of a section of the parking lot at Stadium Shah Alam for a used car lot: Residents unhappy with council for renting out part of carpark at Shah Alam Stadium (The Star 1 March 2011)

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Comments on Government Comments on Planning Community Shuttle Bus Feedback First Review Information Information Relay Local Councils News & Events RapidPenang Stage Bus Stakeholders' Participation Transit Demand Transit-Oriented Development

The “best” we’ve seen so far?

TRANSIT took note of the updates on the progress of the Bridge Express Shuttle Transit (BEST) service introduced in Penang on 1 March 2011. B.E.S.T. is an effort from the Penang Government to reduce the number of private vehicles crossing the Penang Bridge by providing an alternative free public transport shuttle bus service to the […]

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Comments on Planning Complaints - Other Facility Audit Feedback Local Councils Pedestrian Pedestrianisation Planning Stage Bus Stakeholders' Participation Transit Facilities Transit-Oriented Development

Traffic mayhem continues in Brickfields

TRANSIT took note of this article which describes a complaint about continued traffic mayhem in Brickfields, despite the change to 1-way operation on Jalan Tun Sambanthan as well as increased amounts of parking space. Check out the double parking – now on both sides of Jalan Tun Sambanthan! Brickfields traffic mayhem (Malay Mail) Police pledge […]

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Comments on Government Community Shuttle Bus Economic Planning Unit Feedback First Review Local Councils Mass Transit (LRT/MRT/METRO) Mass Transit Proposals News & Events Pedestrian Pedestrianisation Planning RapidKL Safety, Health and Environment Socioeconomic Equity SPAD / LTC Stakeholders' Participation Taxi Transit Demand Transit Infrastructure Transit-Oriented Development

MRT Update: AWER tells DoE to reject EIA from ERE for KVMRT (SBK)

TRANSIT woke up this morning and decided to confuse as many people as possible by using as many acronyms as possible in one post heading. We have already done this in the past (for fun), but once the GTP and ETP were introduced, we felt that they really raised the bar on acronym use so […]

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Announcements Comments on Government Express Bus (Intercity) Information Information Relay JPJ / RTD News & Events SPAD / LTC Transit Facilities Transit Infrastructure Transit-Oriented Development

TBSBTS Update: The terminal is operational 1 March 2011 (Update #2)

Updated with an excellent set of photos compiled by Sam79 of the Skyscrapercity.com forum! Updated with additional articles! TRANSIT notes that the Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (Southern Integrated Terminal) at Bandar Tasik Selatan is now ‘officially’ open and the Bukit Jalil temporary terminal will be ‘officially’ closed to southbound buses (some northbound buses may still operate […]

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Bus Rapid Transit Comments on Planning Economic Planning Unit Feedback Mass Transit (LRT/MRT/METRO) Mass Transit Proposals Monorail Planning SPAD / LTC Tram Transit Demand Transit Infrastructure

Consultant: Buses cannot replace MRT; TRANSIT: MRT cannot replace buses (Update #1)

TRANSIT took note of the recent comments from ERE Consulting Group which appeared to rubbish TRANSIT’s comments favouring Bus Rapid Transit and Expressway Rapid Transit over investment in the MRT network. It was argued that Bus Rapid Transit would not have the capacity to match MRT and the existing road networks were already constrained with […]

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Comments on Government Local Councils Monorail Pedestrian SPAD / LTC Stakeholders' Participation Tram Transit Demand

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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Comments on Government Community Shuttle Bus Complaints - Bus Services Feedback Information Relay Local Councils News & Events RapidKL RapidPenang SPAD / LTC Stage Bus Stakeholders' Participation Transit Facilities

Prasarana MD: Total overhaul needed

TRANSIT took note of this interview of Prasrana Group Managing Director Shahril Mokhtar, in which he comments on the need for a total overhaul of public transport in the Klang Valley. Shahril was previously the Chief Operating Officer of the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) who’s CEO Mohd Nur Ismal Kamal has indicated that there […]

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Comments on Government Express Bus (Intercity) Information Information Relay Local Councils News & Events SPAD / LTC

Puduraya bus terminal opening postponed to April 16 (Update #2)

Update: Take note of our most recent post on the reopening of Puduraya here! Updated with photos! TRANSIT has learned that the Puduraya reopening, which was originally scheduled for the end of 2010, then rescheduled for February, then March, will now be delayed to April 16. Interestingly enough, ASTRO AEC took some interesting photos & […]

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Comments on Government Complaints - Bus Services Feedback LPKP / CVLB Safety, Health and Environment SPAD / LTC Stage Bus Transit Operators

What is ahead for Malaysian stage bus operators in 2011? (Updated with Poll!)

Updated with another totally unscientific poll! See the bottom of this post! For many years, TRANSIT has been concerned about the state of the bus industry in Malaysia as well as the impact on public transport services throughout the country. On 11 February, the Pan Malaysian Bus Operators’ Association (PMBOA) submitted a memorandum to the […]