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ETP Analysis: The MRT Proposal

In this post, TRANSIT will strive to analyze, to the best of our ability, the MRT proposal under the Economic Transformation Programme. We also hope to provide information to and obtain feedback from the public on the nature of the MRT proposal, its scope and chance of success as well as suggestions to make the […]

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Malaysian among those killed in Megabus crash

A double decker Megabus traveling from Philadelphia to Toronto went off its route and crashed into a low railway bridge outside Syracuse, upper New York State, on September 11, killing 4 passengers. One of those passengers was Benjamin Okerie, from Malaysia. For further information, read Megabus driver was lost, police say (among many other articles […]

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Proposal for “Sunday no-car zones” for Penang (Update #1)

Update: A more detailed article, “Penang mulling over No-car Zone” can be found in Star Metro North section. It also includes more photos of the Colours of Malaysia Lantern Bicycle Night Ride and Competition TRANSIT took note of this very interesting article, in which Lydia Ong Kok Fooi (EXCO member & Youth, Sports, Women, Family […]

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Safer pedestrian ways a must to restore faith in public transport

TRANSIT takes note on the Subang Jaya Municipal Council’s proposal to pull view-blocking advertisements off overhead pedestrian bridges after the media spotlight on the chilling cold-blooded murder of a public transport user on a Sungai Way pedestrian bridge not far from the bustling Sunway Pyramid commercial area. As walking remains the single greatest mean for […]