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Comments on Planning Complaints - Other Facility Audit Feedback Information Local Councils Planning PTOA SPAD / LTC Transit Facilities Transit-Oriented Development

Meanwhile in Ipoh…After a few missteps on public transport Ipoh Council begins a move forward

TRANSIT took note of this news from Ipoh, where Ipoh City Council is looking to reorganize and improve its focus on public transport services. As is typical we see bluster and calls for enforcement but little about the structural problems within the public transport industry. Ipoh Council to ensure public service vehicles are better organized […]

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Complaints - Bus Services Express Bus (Intercity) Feedback Information Information Relay JPJ / RTD Local Councils Mass Transit (LRT/MRT/METRO) Mass Transit Proposals News & Events RapidPenang Safety, Health and Environment SPAD / LTC Stage Bus Transit Infrastructure

Updates #79

Updates #79 – This is our real post for 1 April 2011! 1. Article: Three-tiered parking complex to be built at Serdang KTM station (The Star, 29 March 2011) 2. Article: RapidKL bus division receives ISO Certification – two articles, from NST & Malay Mail on 30 March 2011. 3. Letter: MRT: Learn and adopt […]

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Comments on Government Comments on Planning Feedback Information KTM Antarabandar KTM Komuter (Klang Valley) News & Events

Electric trains (to) give Ipoh Railway Station new spark of life

TRANSIT noted this interesting article about the renewed activity at the Ipoh Railway Station, in the days leading up to the arrival of Electric Train Services (ETS) – tentatively scheduled for “mid-month” in July 2010. We will excuse Mr. Sivaji’s tendency to speculate on the nature of the service and the tickets – perhaps he […]

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Comments on Government Community Shuttle Bus Feedback Information KTM Antarabandar News & Events Stage Bus Universal Design

More information about Perak Transit

TRANSIT has been following the development of public transport in Perak, with the recent launching of PerakTransit. We also note the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ipoh City Bus Terminal Cum Commercial And Business Centre Complex which took place earlier this week. The interesting thing about this (aside for the horrible name) is that the state […]

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Comments on Government Comments on Planning Community Shuttle Bus Complaints - Bus Services Information Stage Bus

What do we know about Perak Transit?

The recent controversy about comments by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd. Nazri Aziz about taxi service in KL being ranked worse than Malaysia’s dirty toilets is an interesting controversy and deserves attention. But this post is not about that issue. TRANSIT noted an interesting picture in this article from the Star & Bernama […]