This article, Steps to improve KL transport service, appeared in the Star newspaper today. It discusses in detail the plans that the government has for changes to public transport in the Klang Valley. Key features include: Expansion of Bandar Tasik Selatan to serve as a single, intermodal hub for express buses (as well as connecting […]
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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 […]
This posting, Satu Lagi Projek Barisan Nasional in the blog of Subang Jaya ADUN Hannah Yeoh caught the attention of TRANSIT today – not to mention the attention of a few other people. I have just been informed by several community leaders in Subang Jaya that MCA Kelana Jaya Division led by Mdm Ong Chong […]
A New Traffic Dispersal Plan 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 TRANSIT Says: Ramps, underpasses, elevated interchanges, and one-way streets? This is going to help us […]
TRANSIT took note of this article which describes the prototypes of Rapid Penang’s accessible bus fleet. 200 of these buses, (most of which are Scania K-Series models – similar to buses operated by SBS Transit in Singapore) are expected to arrive in the next few months. TRANSIT has spoken to Scania, the provider of the […]
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 […]
TRANSIT has learned that the Sunway Group has launched a free community shuttle bus service serving the PJS9 and PJS11 (Bandar Sunway) Communities. You can see more information here. According to the website, the shuttle service begins daily at 7.00am while the final bus operates at 9.30pm. As you can see from the image below, […]
RapidKL has announced that there will be service disruptions on the underground stations of the Kelana Jaya line on Sunday mornings (from 6-10 am) in May. This is to upgrade the platform screen doors (PSD) at the underground stations to allow for the operation of the 4-carriage trains which are expected to be in service […]
TRANSIT has been in contact with MPs and ADUN and other wakil rakyat in the Klang Valley to help increase awareness about public transport issues. This recent posting from PJ Utara MP Tony Pua discusses a proposal that we have made recently for a short extension of the Kelana Jaya LRT line to the existing […]
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New Trams for Toronto
Occasionally the Datuk Bandar of KL resurrects a proposal to build trams in the city to reduce traffic congestion. Predictably, the proposal is shot down – often with comments suggesting that the trams would cause congestion, or that trams are old and nostalgic and not “real public transport” which usually means costly LRT or MRT […]
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