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Lockdown: Malaysia’s largest city closed for 22 hours! (Update #6)

Update: We note with great interest that on 9 July there was a lot of activity around KL Sentral where many people were stranded when the station was closed. There was also activity around Puduraya bus stations. That should make clear the importance of a transport hub! Update: All LRT & Monorail services are back to […]

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Comments on Government Comments on Planning Community Shuttle Bus Complaints - RapidKL Feedback Information Relay News & Events RapidKL SPAD / LTC Stage Bus Transit Facilities

Bus stops are for buses, not cars!

TRANSIT took note of this article in The Malay Mail with an excellent photo of a banner placed at a bus stop in Desa Petaling in the hope of reminding drivers that they should not park their cars at the bus stop. Ironically, the person who brought this to the attention of The Malay Mail […]

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Comments on Government Complaints - Taxi Feedback Local Councils LPKP / CVLB News & Events Safety, Health and Environment Socioeconomic Equity SPAD / LTC Taxi Transit Facilities

Taxi Update: If we’re better than New York, why is the taxi system killing us?

TRANSIT took note of a series of articles about the taxi industry. We thought to place the policy issues first, but then we saw this article, which made us feel terrible and showcased the terrible state of the taxi industry. Cabbie commits suicide due to debt woes (The Star) Wednesday June 22, 2011 A TAXI […]

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Comments on Government Comments on Planning Complaints - Other Feedback Information Information Relay LPKP / CVLB News & Events SPAD / LTC Stakeholders' Participation Transit Facilities Transit Operators

So CVLB left a mess behind for SPAD. Should we act surprised? (Update #1)

IMPORTANT: If you are a commercial vehicle permit owner, you need to re-register your permit with the Land Public Transport Commission before 1 September 2011. See the relevant information here (from the SPAD website) or scroll down to the bottom of this post! Update: Responses from TRANSIT and SPAD on the issue of the re-registration […]

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Comments on Planning Community Shuttle Bus Express Bus (Intercity) Express Bus (Intra-Urban) Feedback Information JPJ / RTD Local Councils Planning Socioeconomic Equity SPAD / LTC Stage Bus Stakeholders' Participation Taxi Transit Demand Transit Facilities Transit Infrastructure Transit-Oriented Development

Puduraya: More updates & interesting information

TRANSIT took note of two very interesting articles highlighting Puduraya terminal and plans for changes to public transport service. The first article, RTD, SPAD booths at obscure corner (NST 11 May 2011) public transport users at Puduraya complain that the Road Transport Department and Land Public Transport Commission offices at Puduraya are located in “obscure” […]

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Announcements Bus Rapid Transit Chartered/Tour Bus Comments on Government Community Shuttle Bus Express Bus (Intercity) Express Bus (Intra-Urban) Information JPJ / RTD LPKP / CVLB News & Events SPAD / LTC Stage Bus Stakeholders' Participation Taxi Transit Operators

SPAD re-registering of commercial vehicles continues

TRANSIT took note of these two articles discussing SPAD’s plan to re-register all 350,000 commercial vehicle operators in Peninsular Malaysia. SPAD: Operators have five months to comply with directive (The Star, 10 May 2011); Exercise is to streamline land transport industry (The Star, 10 May 2011). In the past, these commercial vehicle operators were either […]

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Bus-Rapid Transit is coming to KL-town (Update #1)

Update: The first of the “bus lanes will cause congestion” arguments has already appeared! Update: TRANSIT’s letters have appeared in the Malaysian Insider and Star! TRANSIT was told about this interesting article in the Streets-NST describing a plan for dedicated bus lanes along 13 corridors in Kuala Lumpur – bus lanes that would be separated […]

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Commuter Train (EMU) Complaints - RapidKL Express Bus (Intercity) Express Bus (Intra-Urban) Feedback Information Local Councils Mass Transit Proposals Nadi Putra (Putrajaya) SPAD / LTC Stage Bus Stakeholders' Participation Transit Demand Transit Facilities Transit-Oriented Development

Updates #84

Updates #84 1. Article: Puduraya area almost free of ticket scalping (Malay Mail, 5 Mail 2011) 2. Article: Terminal Bas ala KL Sentral – discusses a proposal to revamp the Terminal One bus terminal in Seremban to make it more like KL Sentral. [TRANSIT: The irony here being that KL Sentral was never designed as […]

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Bicycle Complaints - KTM Feedback Information JPJ / RTD Mass Transit Proposals News & Events SPAD / LTC

Updates #81

Updates #81 1.Article: Enter the electric trishaw in Penang (Star Metro) – an electric trishaw is introduced for the Penang State Museum & Art Gallery’s 46th Anniversary.

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Express Bus (Intercity) Express Bus (Intra-Urban) Information Information Relay JPJ / RTD News & Events SPAD / LTC Stakeholders' Participation Transit Facilities Transit Infrastructure

Puduraya reopens on 16 April (Update #5)

Update: David Goh explains in this letter why he was not happy with some aspects of the reopened Puduraya! Update: This article in The Star describes some of the issues at the reopened Puduraya – of course most passengers are very happy with the new facilities – it is the communication issues that need to […]