The former Managing Director of KTM Berhad Radzak Abdul Malek has written the following letter published in the local media, explaining the purchase of the controversial DMU trainsets and the allegations of impropriety. KTMB’s DMU purchase aboveboard, reasonable (Malaysiakini) 18 November 2009 Radzak Abdul Malek I refer to media reports about KTM Bhd’s purchase of Diesel […]
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This short letter in the Sun today highlighted a way that we can participate in improving the quality of KTM service. Just give them a call. Try KTM hotline for results I URGE those using KTM Komuter to save its hotline number, 03-22671200, in their handphones. They can call this hotline when: » The train […]
TRANSIT took note of a relatively interesting, creative article published in the U! section of the newspaper on 17 November 2009. The writer is Pauline Wong. You can see the pages here. Page 13 Page 14 TRANSIT Says: A very creative and funny approach to public transport. Sure, there are a lot of problems with […]
TRANSIT has been following the controversy over the purchase of Diesel Multiple Unit Trains by KTMB. We received the following information from an unnamed (but very well informed) source about the purchase of second-hand Diesel Multiple Unit trains by KTM Berhad, which makes the following allegations: The Minister of Transport himself made a personal request […]
Our recent thoughts about the Klang Valley Transport Council have gained some attention. We are taking the time to find a good way to express and share our vision for the Transport Council to the public and to the Federal and State Governments. In the meantime, please review our recent letters to the media and […]
TRANSIT wondered how we could make our 301st post memorable, and lo and behold, there was an interesting article about RapidPenang in the NST today. Take these routes to comfort (NST) 2009/11/14 By Phuah Ken Lin THE success of Rapid Penang underlines its ability to offer better services to commuters. Rapid Penang has scaled new […]
Klang Valley public transport operator RapidKL has announced that they will be making changes to 45 bus routes as of 16 November 2009. According to a statement from RapidKL, these routes will go directly to the ‘City Centre’ reducing the need to change buses in the city centre. This is expected to reduce the amount of money […]
TRANSIT took note of the announcement from the Selangor government that it is proposing a Klang Valley Transport Council to improve public transport in the Klang Valley and much of the state. (113) Projek kelima iaitu meningkatkan kemudahan infrastruktur terutamanya sistem pengangkutan awam. Sebagaimana kita sedia maklum Lembah Klang kini mengalami kesesakan jalan raya yang […]
Updates #31 1. Article: Traffic plan questioned (The Star) – 3 Pakatan Rakyat MPs in the Federal Territory are questioning traffic plans for Brickfields. [TRANSIT: You can see slides showing the proposal here. We have covered this topic at 2 posts, in Updates #29 and a commentary when the proposal was made. As always we […]
TRANSIT noted a very interesting set of articles in The Star Metro section on 26 October, which focus on the issues of public transport in Petaling Jaya. Pushing the need for better public transport Close encounter with PJ’s community bus service The articles scored a point with many of the people at TRANSIT, who wonder […]
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