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Updates #68

Updates #68 1. Letter: Upgrade facilities at stations now (The Star) – Lena Lim of Seremban complains about the inadequate facilities at the LRT and Komuter stations at the Bandar Tasik Selatan interchange. 2. Article: Homeless show their usefulness (The Star) – 22 homeless persons engaged in a gotong-royong community cleanup at the Klang Bus […]

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Updates #65

Updates #65 1. Article: Initiative to increase ridership (The Star) – a continuation of The Star’s updates on government investment through the Government Transformation Programme 2. Hotline Story: No refund for lost or stolen Rapidpass (Malay Mail) – details the experience of Kokila of KL who lost her Rapidpass TnG but was informed that Touch […]

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Fake parts the”main” cause behind bus accidents?

Post author By transitmy
Post date December 30, 2010
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TRANSIT notes that the Secretary-General of the Transport Workers’ Union, Zainal Rampak, has gone on record saying that fake parts are one of the causes of the increased number of bus crashes. Zainal Rampak: Fake parts main cause of crashes (The Star) 29 December 2010 PETALING JAYA: The use of imitation spare parts is among […]

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What do we know about the “new” proposed New MRT line

Post author By transitmy
Post date December 21, 2010
11 Comments on What do we know about the “new” proposed New MRT line

Some time ago, in August 2009, TRANSIT posted about the Kota Damansara-Cheras LRT/MRT line, which had then been announced by Prasarana. Our posting “New MRT Line” aimed to summarize the information that we had at the time about the proposal for a rail line linking Kota Damansara to Cheras. You can see a summary (with […]

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Learning the lessons of Curitiba

Post author By transitmy
Post date December 3, 2010
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TRANSIT has noted that the Land Public Transport Commission is going to use best practices of successful railway systems in other countries in the development of the MRT line. TRANSIT hopes that the Land Public Transport Commission will see beyond the MRT line and look at Best Practices for all types of public transport. For […]

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ETP Analysis: What Idris Jala says

Post author By transitmy
Post date December 1, 2010
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TRANSIT includes the following interview with Idris Jala featured in Star Biz as part of our analysis of the Economic Transformation Programme proposals for a Greater KL MRT and High Speed Rail link between KL and Singapore. Jala confident of ETP implementation (Star Biz) 1. Can you explain the funding aspects of the EPPs (entry […]

Tags commuters, construction, ETP, Extension of LRT lines, Feedback, forums on public transit, LRT, Malaysian Government, MRT, Pemandu, Planning, Prasarana, statements on public transit, Updates, wakil rakyat

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RapidKL introduces Bas Wanita on 1 December 2010 (Update #2)

Post author By transitmy
Post date December 1, 2010
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Updated with Information + FAQ from RapidKL! Updated with articles! TRANSIT notes that the government-linked Klang Valley bus and rail operator RapidKL introduced a “Ladies Bus Service / Servis Bas Wanita” on 1 December 2010. Please note the following Information + FAQ from RapidKL’s website The service will have a trial operation period throughout the […]

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New LRT and MRT: Prasarana to shoulder gigantic expectations

Post author By transitmy
Post date November 30, 2010
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TRANSIT is surprised to learn on the NST’s front page coverage of Prasarana in the past few days. We are talking about massive involvement of taxpayers’ money on projects with undoubtedly similar progression and implementation pattern that we’ve seen with the STAR, PUTRA and KL Monorail lines. With Prasarana’s bonds guaranteed by the government, it […]

Tags buses, commuters, construction, Extension of LRT lines, Feedback, forums on public transit, Information, Local Public Transport, LRT, Malaysian Government, Planning, Prasarana, rapidKL, RapidPenang, SPAD, Stage Bus, statements on public transit, Updates

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Public transport can repair urban sprawl, ‘deviant’ and ‘loopy’ bus routes

Post author By transitmy
Post date November 18, 2010
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Human Transit blogger Jarrett Walker has a very interesting post on “transit’s role in sprawl repair” in which he discusses the way that suburban arterial roads could be redesigned to “humanize” streets and make them more public transport and pedestrian friendly in order to manage growth and curb the more negative effects of urban sprawl. […]

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TRANSIT comments on the Auditor General’s Report 2009

Post author By transitmy
Post date November 18, 2010
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TRANSIT took note of the Auditor General’s Report, 2009 which made special mention of the problems at KTMB as well as the Dedicated Transport Service in Cyberjaya on pages 57-58 (55-56 of the .pdf).