TRANSIT has learned that SPAD will share the Klang Valley public transport plan next month. The public display for MRT Line 2 (the Circle Line) may begin by the end of this month … which means a lot more information for you, the public, and a lot more work for the people at TRANSIT. Public […]
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TRANSIT took note of this article in which the CEO of the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) acknowledged that they did not attend a public meeting in Kajang but stated that they did not do so deliberately and that they had only received notice of the meeting two days before. SPAD: Absence at meeting not […]
Updates #74 1. Hotline Story: Overcharging by cabbies at the bus terminal (Malay Mail) Nor of Bandar Sunway Selangor complains about overcharging by taxi drivers at the Bukit Jalil temporary terminal. [TRANSIT: This is the same terminal that Halimah Sadique of the CVLB visited once, more than 6 months after Puduraya was closed, where taxi […]
Updates #73 1. Article: Integrated public transportation within a year: DPM (NST) – Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yasin took his trip on the Klang Valley public transport system and claimed that the public transport system can be integrated within a year.
Gong Xi Fa Cai from TRANSIT
The members of TRANSIT wish to take this time to wish everyone who is celebrating, a very happy Chinese New Year & Spring Festival. We hope that the new year will bring about many positive changes in the public transport industry that will benefit public transport users, reduce traffic congestion and stress, and bring solace […]
Blogger Jarrett Walker is a public transport and urban development consultant from Seattle, Washington, USA. The focus of his blog, Human Transit (which is listed on TRANSIT’s blogroll on the left side of our site), is to understand the social connection that make public transport effective and help communities become stronger and more cohesive. Walker’s blog looks […]
Updates #58
Updates #58 1. Article: Spotlight on Trams: Penang (Edinburgh Guardian) – Malaysian blogger Anil Netto writes about the history of tram service in Penang and the effort by some campaigners to bring the tram back to Penang. TRANSIT: As nice as the tram campaign is, one really has to ask what has been accomplished beyond […]
Update: TRANSIT received a message from Eddie Jabbour, designer of the Kickmap, recently, which is as follows: On Dec 7th there is going to be a NYC Subway Map “Form vs. Function” forum which the KickMap will be a part of. See: http://www.mcny.org/public-programs/all/The-New-York-City-Subway-Map%20.html Are there any transitmy.org readers in the New York City area interested […]
TRANSIT notes that KTM Komuter service has introduced a new website, independent from the existing KTMB website. This is in keeping with KTMB Managing Director Dr. Aminuddin Adnan’s plan to restructure KTMB and spin off the 4 divisions (Freight, intercity, Komuter and ETS) into separate subsidiary companies. The new KTM Komuter website is http://www.ktmkomuter.com.my and […]
Updates #33 1. Article: Sunway shuttle a big success (The Star) – the Sunway Community Shuttle bus described in our earlier post has been a great success with many more users. 2. Article: KLIA Ekspres train tickets now available on the Net (The Star) – information for KLIA Ekspres users.
