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 […]
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TRANSIT mentioned yesterday on our twitter feed that we had heard of the miraculous close call on the Boston Subway. Here is the report from the Boston Herald T drivers hailed for ‘swift action’ (Boston Herald) Two quick-thinking T lifesavers were hailed as heroes yesterday for bringing a barreling Orange Line train to a screeching […]
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500 Tweets
No real reason to make this posting, but we thought we might as well. TRANSIT celebrates another milestone with 500 tweets on our feed on Social Networking and updating program twitter. Thank you to all of our followers and readers for your support. If you are new to TRANSIT, you can also follow us at […]
Updated with important information (below)! UITP ASIA-PACIFIC SEMINAR Making Public Transport of Tomorrow Happen 23-25 November 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Main site: http://www.uitp.org/events/2009/malaysia/en/ This seminar will bring together key opinion leaders to discuss hot issues including ways to attract investment for public transport and to reinforce government decision on investment, and the benefits of public […]
TRANSIT took note of this announcement of a RM28 billion railway proposal from Global Rail Sdn. Bhd. RM28b rail plan By Sharen Kaur Published: 2009/10/08 PRIVATELY-HELD Global Rail Sdn Bhd and its partner from China have jointly submitted a RM28 billion proposal to develop a high-speed railway and inter-modal freight system in Malaysia, linking economic […]
Updates #27 1. Article: Thai train derails, killing eight (The Star) – a train from Trang bound for Bangkok derailed near the town of Hua Hin. 2. Update: Subang Alam – Putra Heights residents have updated their blog on the LRT extension – http://saphlrttaskforce.blogspot.com/ 3. Letter: Improve Cheras transport system (Malay Mail) – another letter in support […]
TRANSIT noted an article, New look for bus stops in today’s Star Metro regarding bus stop designs in Petaling Jaya. New look for bus stops Thursday October 1, 2009 Story and photos by YIP YOKE TENG PETALING Jaya has taken on a more refreshing look recently with more old bus shelters being replaced by stylish […]
TRANSIT had noted earlier that the KL Monorail website (www.klmonorail.com.my) had been offline for some days. Yesterday we noticed that the klmonorail.com.my website was back up again, with detailed images, information about stations and station surroundings, monorail stations and trains, and even a list of FAQs. We also noted a Facebook page and a twitter […]
TRANSIT takes note that Express Rail Link Sdn. Bhd. has posted some information on their website reflecting their committment towards public transport as an energy efficient and environmentally friendly, Low CO2 (“LO-CO”) way to move people around. This message has been used by other public transport agencies such as RapidPenang, but sadly RapidKL has not managed to take […]
Update: As of 12 April 2010, there are now 9 units of 4-carriage trains operating on the Kelana Jaya line! Updated with even more photos from our favourite trainspotting place, Sooka Sentral@KL Sentral! By now, most public transport watchers know that RapidKL is testing 3 of their 4-carriage LRT trains (sets 37, 38, & 39) […]
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