Some interesting comments and articles in the news: [KLIA] Bus ticket counter to be moved THE bus ticketing counter at the KL International Airport will be moved to the top floor of Block C, on the same level where the limousine counter is located, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abd […]
Tag: Express Buses
Terence Fernandez of the Sun wrote this interesting piece in today’s paper which shares some of the challenges that bus drivers face. 26 May 2009 Confessions of an express bus driver I MUTTERED some unmentionables having missed the bus from Kuala Besut to Pasir Puteh on Sunday. The next bus was a two-hour wait, so […]
Zul from TRANSIT wrote this exceptional letter in response to the recent announcements from Nazri Abdul Aziz. Public transport measures fail to reflect reality IT WAS reported that the proposal under the Ninth Malaysia Plan to have three transport hubs to cater for buses bound for southern, northern and eastern states has been cancelled due […]
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 […]
While Moaz from TRANSIT was being interviewed (along with transport planner Goh Bok Yen) for NST’s Cross Talk segment, the director of the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board, Markiman Kobiran, was participating in the NSTLive interview segment. You can see the description and the questions and answers at this posting: NSTLive with Datuk Markiman Kobiran: Higher […]
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 […]
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2 die, 7 hurt in bus-lorry crash
TRANSIT notes that there was another bus crash, this time in Kuantan 2 die, 7 hurt in bus-lorry crash
Updates 1. A new Traffic Dispersal Plan was launched in KL on Friday, 15 May will focus on Brickfieds, Pudu areas. For more information please see: New plan to tackle Brickfields traffic woes LAUNCHED: RM194 million traffic plan to beat KL traffic jams Comments from TRANSIT can be found here. 2. KTM Launches “Hybrid” Trains […]
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Updates #3
Updates 1. This interesting letter in the NST caught our attention today: TRANSPORT WOES: Now’s the time to make changes 2. We also took note of this article which describes a gang of robbers who chose victims who had alighted from express buses in Puduraya and appeared unfamiliar with KL city: Busted – gang preying […]
TRANSIT takes note of this letter in the Star newspaper. A way out of Puduraya chaos To solve the Puduraya mess, build three bus stations at least populated locations outside the Klang Valley, one each for the buses coming from the north, east and south. The three bus stations should be linked to our LRT […]
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