Updates #24 1. Article: All Malaysians welcome to PM’s Raya open house (The Star) – the event will be held in the Prime Minister’s official residence, Seri Perdana in Precinct 10 Putrajaya. Shuttle bus service will be provided from Putrajaya Sentral Station and Dataran Putra (next to Putra Masjid). [TRANSIT: We hope that these shuttle buses […]
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Middle Eastern mega vision city / playground Dubai has opened the first of their 2 mass-transit lines on 09.09.09 (at 9:09:09 to be exact) to winners of a “Golden Ticket” Contest. More videos can be found here. The Red Line is the world’s longest driverless metro system. The trains are 5 carriage trainsets with Gold Class […]
TRANSIT takes note that the public notice for the extension of the Kelana Jaya LRT Line (a.k.a. LRT Sistem 2 KL) from Kelana Jaya to Putra Heights has been filed and an announcement has been made public. A scanned copy of the announcement is here, with a summary of the announcement posted below. TRANSIT will […]
TRANSIT has been following the introduction of new petrol and diesel standards to the market with great interest – because cleaner fuels mean cleaner buses, lower emissions, more efficiency (and lower costs) and they are better for the environment! Stuck with dirty diesel (The Star) Friday September 11, 2009 WHY NOT? BY WONG SAI WAN […]
TRANSIT takes note of a proposal from a developer to build an “intercity” bus terminal in Damansara Damai, Petaling Jaya (near Sg. Buloh & Bandar Sri Damansara) Damansara Damai to get new intercity bus terminal soon (The Star) Friday September 11, 2009 By FAZLEENA AZIZ A NEW intercity bus terminal called Wan’s Terminal will be […]
TRANSIT took note of this article about the ‘modernization drive’ of KTM Berhad, which includes the extension of the Komuter service from Sentul to Batu Caves, double tracking and electrification, higher speed railway services between KL and Ipoh and other amenities. KTMB for comfort, convenience, speed (The Star) Thursday September 10, 2009 By LESTER KONG […]
TRANSIT has learned that property develop Sunrise Bhd. has started offering a free community shuttle bus service for residents of Sunrise Properties in Mont Kiara. You can see information at the links below: Sunrise ‘buses’ in community spirit (The Edge) Fun ride for Mont Kiara residents (The Star) FREE COMMUNITY BUS SERVICE For Sunrise Mont’Kiara Residents (Sunrise […]
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Prasarana Tender Information
For those of you who are interested in following improvements to the LRT stations, you should bookmark Prasarana’s Tender Information page at their website. http://www.prasarana.com.my/info/index.html A look at recent tenders includes: “PROPOSED REFURBISHMENT AND UPGRADING OF PLAZA RAKYAT LRT STATION, AMPANG LINE” (ENG) “DESIGN, SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF EMERGENCY WALKWAY TO GUIDE BEAM AND DESIGN, […]
TRANSIT member and friend Chi Too phoned us to express his shock at being denied entry to the LRT at Taman Maluri LRT station, because he was carrying a folding bicycle – despite having no problems entering the station through the past year. We shared his story yesterday using our twitter feed, transitmy. Here below […]
Updates #23 1. Letter: Working towards a city without barriers (NST) – feedback on spending on accessible pavements in Petaling Jaya – with commentary from DBPJ Roslan. 2. Article: Tickets selling like hot cakes (NST) – update on balik kampung tickets (KTM and express bus) – not many are left. 3. Article: RapidKL sets up task […]
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