“Much better than the rest.” That is how members of TRANSIT describe RapidPenang, the Government-Linked company operating bus services in the State of Penang. This is high praise. By all accounts, RapidPenang is a success story, even if one is only comparing RapidPenang to the extremely poor services that existed in Penang in recent decades. […]
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Updates 1. TRANSIT’s commentary, Do we Praise RapidKL or do we bury them, was featured in the Malay Mail and New Straits Times Malay Mail – Do we praise Rapid or do we bury it? New Straits Times – PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Best to review every aspect of the system 2. An interesting letter, KTM Komuter […]
TRANSIT took note of this article in the news yesterday and today and wondered, with disappointment, why we, the users are still not consulted…or maybe they gave us a “briefing” and called it a “consultation?” Higher taxi and bus rates to go before Cabinet KUALA KANGSAR: New bus and taxi fares will be presented to […]
TRANSIT took note of this article today, Cabbies want RM4 base fare KUALA LUMPUR: Luxury cab owners want a RM2 cut in starting fares while budget taxis are demanding their starting fares be increased by a similar amount. Federal Territory and Selangor Taxi Operators Association president Datuk Aslah Abdullah said Malaysians were becoming thrifty in […]
According to this article in the NST today, New transport hub to replace Puduraya, the government has decided that the Integrated Transport Terminal at Bandar Tasik Selatan will be expanded to cover all express bus services for the entire country. For your information, Bandar Tasik Selatan was originally planned to be 1 of 3 Integrated […]
TRANSIT took note of this article which describes the prototypes of Rapid Penang’s accessible bus fleet. 200 of these buses, (most of which are Scania K-Series models – similar to buses operated by SBS Transit in Singapore) are expected to arrive in the next few months. TRANSIT has spoken to Scania, the provider of the […]
http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/96981 Why throw out the buses from KL Sentral? M Zulkarnain Hamzah | Jan 22, 09 4:10pm The Association for the Improvement of Mass Transit (Transit) is very dismayed at the recent news that the Kuala Lumpur Sentral bus hub will be closed. This apparently is due to the commercial development of the only swath […]
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