Updates #17 1. TRANSIT is going to Malacca this weekend with the intention of submitting comments about the proposed Malacca Aerorail. If you are a resident of Malacca or you just care about real investment in public transport, please submit your comments about the Aerorail. 2. Malacca Monorail (Skyscrapercity.com) – Aside from the Aerorail there […]
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TRANSIT took note of this interesting article about the Putrajaya Monorail. Curious case of a bridge to nowhere (the Star) 29 July 2009 By GEETHA KRISHNAN TOURISTS to Putrajaya are told that the garden city, which is also the federal administrative capital, has eight bridges. There has, however, always been curiosity over the ninth bridge […]
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Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced his “Key Result Areas” – areas that need to see significant improvement in a short time – today and public transport barely made the list. According to the report from the Star The Kelana Jaya LRT line is to get 35 new four-car train sets by 2012 as part […]
TRANSIT believes that it is important to share information. We believe in openness in communications but we also believe in respect for others. This is one of the reasons why we removed (temporarily) some images of the 4-carriage LRT trains. Although the images can easily be found on the internet (flickr, anyone), we removed the […]
TRANSIT received a copy of the messages below from Moaz Yusuf Ahmad, a member and resident of Subang Jaya Event: Briefing/Dialogue on LRT to Subang Jaya Date : 25- 07 -09 (Saturday) Time : 4 – 6 pm. Venue : 3K Multi-purpose hall, 3K Sports Complex, Subang Jaya. Co- organizers : SJRA, USJRA, BSRA, SJ […]
TRANSIT takes note of this article which announces a fare increase at RapidPenang, in line with the recent fare increase announced by the government. RM1.40 minimum bus fare beginning Aug 1 (NST) 2009/07/22 GEORGE TOWN: Rapid Penang Sdn Bhd will introduce a new fare structure from Aug 1, in line with the government’s announcement to […]
Moaz from TRANSIT took note of this tweet from Raja Nong Chik, Federal Territories Minister, who is currently in London in the UK RajaNongChik: Caught in traffic jam in london just as bad as kl! So does this make kl a first class city just like london? It is an interesting question, to say the […]
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 […]
TRANSIT takes note of the plans to develop an integrated public transport system in the state of Penang (Negeri Pulau Pinang). TRANSIT gave our feedback to the state government back in June, 2008, in this paper. A discussion of the proposals has already started on the skyscrapercity.com forum here. Penang plans integrated transport system (NST) […]
1. JOHN TEO: Our taxis the bane of travelers to KL (NST) – This editorial by John Teo comments on the state of Taxi service in KL and the problems that a poor taxi service is creating for residents and tourists alike. 2. Cyclist thrown off bike as tyre gets stuck between grating on drain […]
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