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Another phase of the Singapore Circle Line opens 17 April

For those who are interested, Singapore’s City Circle Line (CCL or ‘Circle Line’) will open up to passenger service from Dhoby Ghaut to Bartley on 17 April 2010. This will add to the existing Circle Line service from Bartley to Marymount, which was opened earlier. General Info about Circle Line System Map About Circle Line […]

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Comments on Government Complaints - Taxi Feedback Information News & Events Taxi

Taxi: CVLB rules causing a sticky situation (Update #3)

Updated with 4 interesting articles! Stickers to keep cabbies in line (The Star) – the CVLB responds to the Star’s feature about too many stickers; Letter: Stiff penalties will put brakes on errant cabbies (The Star) – M.M. Chih of KL argues that enforcement is needed as a solution, not stickers Letter: Taxi drivers will […]

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KTMB: Gender designation for KTM Komuter carriages soon? (Update #3)

Updated with information about the launch of the women-only coaches (see this link) scheduled for 28 April 2010; Updated with comments from Maria Chin Abdullah, Executive Director of NGO Empower! Updated with comments from Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Minister of Women, Family & Community Development! TRANSIT received a concerned tweet from someone asking us about the […]

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Comments on Government Comments on Planning Complaints - Bus Services Information News & Events Planning Stage Bus

Rapid Kuching launched – Should Prasarana-Rapid & Transport for London sue? Update #2)

Updated with even more reasons to sue! The members of TRANSIT were shocked & disappointed when we noted this article about the launching of a “Rapid Kuching” intercity bus service in Sarawak yesterday. While we are happy to see any improvements in public transport, and we are pleased that the Sarawak government is getting involved […]

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Comments on Government Comments on Planning Feedback Information Mass Transit (LRT/MRT/METRO) News & Events Planning Universal Design

LRT: PM launches 1 Malaysia train (Update #2)

Updated with FAQ about the 4-carriage trains (Courtesy of RapidKL’s website)! TRANSIT was present on 31 March 2010 when Prime Minister Najib Razak officially launched the 1Malaysia 4-carriage LRT train at Subang Depot at approximately 4:00 pm. [TRANSIT: Scroll down for a nice .pdf portfolio show of the trains] The Prime Minister boarded a 4-carriage […]

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Comments on Government Comments on Planning Feedback Ferry/Water-based Transport Information News & Events Planning Stage Bus Taxi Universal Design

Penang update: Rapid Penang primed for growth?

TRANSIT dedicates this post to stories from up north, namely Penang and the Northern Corridor Economic Region (comprising Penang, Perlis, Kedah and Northern Perak). Information For more information about RapidPenang bus routes, please visit the informative website http://www.rapidpg.com.my, the RapidPenang facebook page or Twitter Feed. TRANSIT Says: We find that RapidPenang has really become a […]

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Complaints - Taxi Information

Taxi: Report cabbies who refuse to use the meter

TRANSIT took note of this letter in the newspaper, Report cabbies who refuse to use the meter (The Star) in which @Victimized of Kuala Lumpur points out that cabbies are becoming afraid of being reported. Get it? Some taxi drivers are now afraid. That is why they are responding in a harsh manner and suggesting […]

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Updates #43

Updates #43 1. Article: Push for a bike friendly city goes on (The Star) – Information about a plan to make Penang more bicycle friendly. For more information you may also want to see http://www.pbb.com.my. 2. Article: Call to install partitions in taxis (Malay Mail) – Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department T. Murugiah […]

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Taxi: ‘New’ CVLB rules to clean up taxi service

TRANSIT takes note of two articles in the Star newspaper highlighting the new CVLB rules & expectations for taxi drivers. CVLB introduces new rules to clean-up KL taxis (The Star) Thursday March 25, 2010 Stories by PRIYA MENON and VISHALENE SIVARAMAN metro@thestar.com.my TAXIS in Kuala Lumpur have begun sporting big ‘No Haggling’ stickers on the […]

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Penang: Pedestrians completely neglected?

TRANSIT took note of this article in the Star newspaper discussing the impact of automobile-centred planning in Penang and the effect on pedestrians. The irony is that much of Georgetown was planned to a pedestrian scale, with narrow streets and low-rise houses. Pedestrians in Penang are ‘completely neglected’, says urban planning expert (The Star) Monday […]