Updates #62 1. Article: Peak-hour wait time on Kelana Jaya Line LRT reduced by 28% (The Star) – Prasarana has increased the frequency of trains on the Kelana Jaya line during the morning peak hours to 2 minutes and 37 seconds (or 197 seconds). TRANSIT: Good for Prasarana- now let’s look into coupling the 2-carriage […]
Tag: crash/collision
TRANSIT learned the sad news that 7 young Malaysians have died and 39 were injured in a bus crash Friday night at km38, Jalan Genting Sampah. Police are investigating to see if the driver may driving recklessly. A recent update has said that the driver had no (bus?) driver’s license and the bus provided was […]
Updates #61 1. Article: Commuters want bus service to ply their area (The Star) – Teluk Intan residents are looking for a revival of bus service in Lower Perak. TRANSIT: Perhaps someone should tell them there is no money to support a decent bus service because KL needs an MRT network. 2. Letter to Editor: […]
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 […]
Updates #57 1. Article: Rail discounts at Matta Fair (The Star) – Self explantory 2. Article: 1 killed, 9 hurt in bus crash (NST) – A bus driver was killed and 9 passengers injured when the bus, which was speeding on wet roads, collided with a lorry at km 306.2 of the N-S Expressway. 3. […]
The members of TRANSIT noted this article, a reminder that talk about convenience & subsidy will never make a difference as long as attitudes do not change. Dozy bus driver blamed for crash (NST) 2010/07/08 BENTONG: An inexperienced bus driver who just obtained his licence was seriously injured along with six passengers when the vehicle […]
Updated with letter on the fines! TRANSIT takes note of the announcement of a major increase in fines for buses that involved in crashes or collisions [TRANSIT: in case you are wondering, we prefer to avoid the use of the word ‘accident’ as it absolves responsibility] Bus fines may go up to RM500,000 (NST); Huge […]
TRANSIT shares this summary of main points from various articles about the recent Sani Express Bus Crash Bus company penalised for the crash (the Star) The Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) has come down hard on the company, declaring that all licensing matters related to Sani Express would be frozen for a year. This would […]
1. BUS SERVICES: Once again an empty promise (NST) – this letter writer from Malacca comments on bus service there. 2. Perak aims for a ‘slice’ of S’pore (NST) – This article describes how Tourism Malaysia is hoping to encourage Singaporean tourism to Perak state with the arrival of Firefly’s new Ipoh-Singapore service. [TRANSIT: if […]
The 1pm, 14 July 2009 crash of a RapidKL bus onto the motorcycle lane of the eastbound federal highway dominated the news today. TRANSIT comments on the issues that are behind this crash. Links to the articles are below: 28 hurt as bus dives onto bike lane (Star) Bus falls off highway ramp (Insider) Lucky […]
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