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Updates #49

Updates #49 1. Article: Taxi and bus drivers slapped with fines (The Star) – Another Ops Halang, in the Kota Raya and KLCC areas, saw 200 summonses being issued. [TRANSIT: Kudos to the various government agencies involved in Ops Halang. However, we wonder if anyone keeps a record of how many of those summonses are […]

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Parked buses, bad planning add to Rawang jam

TRANSIT takes note of this article which reflects exactly what will happen when government bureaucracy screws things up. In this case, the new and unopened Rawang bus and taxi terminal is becoming a sore issue – perhaps responding to the lack of action, the bus drivers are assuming that they can act in any way […]

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Should PM Najib lead SPAD? (update #2)

Updated with information about the CEO & COO of SPAD! Updated with information about the candidates for SPAD and a poll for you to respond to! Mohamad Nur tipped to be SPAD head (The Star) 17 May 2010 Transport Ministry special adviser Mohamad Nur Kamal is tipped to be appointed chief executive officer of the […]

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BTS Terminal may be ready by middle of this year!

TRANSIT was invited to visit the Bandar Tasik Selatan terminal to help local accessibility organizations Mobiliti, Beautiful Gate and BEAT-KL (Barrier-free Environment and Accessible Transportation) review the facilities of the Bandar Tasik Selatan terminal Unfortunately, no one from TRANSIT was able to attend due to unforeseeable circumstances (and at the last minute, too). We seem to […]

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Will Area Congestion Pricing help the shift to public transport? (Update #1)

Updated with 2 additional articles! One of the features of the SPAD and Land Public Transport Commission bills that gained a great deal of attention was the proposal for Area Congestion Pricing in the city centre of KL. Although the proposal had already been mooted and discussed in the past, and had been incorporated into […]

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SPAD & PLTC Bills passed – now what? (Update #1)

Updated with information about SPAD from the debate in Parliament! Despite some opposition to the proposed area congestion pricing, the 5 bills presented in Parliament to amend the regulatory framework that governs public transport in Malaysia were passed by Parliament in the 3rd session, which adjourned on 22 April. You can see the debate itself […]

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Important! SPAD needs your feedback on public transport!

The Land Public Transport Commission, known by its BM acronym SPAD, has been officially set loose to improve public transport in Malaysia. The Land Public Transport Act empowers SPAD to support the creation of independent Land Public Transport Forums to discuss public transport issues and generate feedback & suggestions to improve the planning, operations, management […]

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SPAD bill tabled in Parliament on 12 April 2010! (Update #2)

Updated with the detailed debate from the 2nd & 3rd reading! Updated with information about each of the bills presented to Parliament on 12 April! Updated with information about Area Congestion Pricing as well as comments on SPAD! We at TRANSIT have been waiting a long time for this day – hopefully the day when […]

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Taxi: CVLB rules causing a sticky situation (Update #3)

Updated with 4 interesting articles! Stickers to keep cabbies in line (The Star) – the CVLB responds to the Star’s feature about too many stickers; Letter: Stiff penalties will put brakes on errant cabbies (The Star) – M.M. Chih of KL argues that enforcement is needed as a solution, not stickers Letter: Taxi drivers will […]

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Updates #43

Updates #43 1. Article: Push for a bike friendly city goes on (The Star) – Information about a plan to make Penang more bicycle friendly. For more information you may also want to see http://www.pbb.com.my. 2. Article: Call to install partitions in taxis (Malay Mail) – Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department T. Murugiah […]