Yesterday, TRANSIT posted a series of tweets from Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, in which he described his experience using the Bukit Jalil temporary terminal. Today, TRANSIT noted this investigation from the Malay Mail of touting activities at the Bukit Jalil terminal. As TRANSIT has said before, criminals and others operate in a vacuum […]
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TRANSIT notes this article in the Star Metro today, in which Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng comments on RapidKL bus services in the Segambut & Taman Sri Sinar areas. Improve bus service in Segambut, RapidKL urged (The Star) By YIP YOKE TENG Monday June 21, 2010 Public bus service provider RapidKL has been urged to […]
TRANSIT notes that Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua took the bus from Batu Pahat, Johor to the Bukit Jalil temporary bus terminal. He posted his experience & feedback, including photos, on his twitter feed @TonyPua We thought it would be fun to post his tweets & photos here so people could see what has […]
Updates #53 1. Letter: MRT plan will end all nightmares (NST) – Nisha Krish of Petaling Jaya writes the the MRT network will end the nightmare of having to travel into KL. [TRANSIT: Excuse us if we smile…just a little. Her letter reminds us of the “Dreaming the LRT Dream” articles written by Moaz Yusuf […]
TRANSIT took note of an exclusive feature on SPAD which appeared in The Malay Mail on 16th June 2010 – including an interview discussing the proposed 36bn MRT project. SPAD – Super transport service… aimed at regaining public confidence in popular conveyance (Malay Mail) Shahrim Tamrin Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 KUALA LUMPUR: The newly-launched Land […]
TRANSIT took note of this story, referring to the Sultan of Johor’s Kembara Mahkota “meet the people journey” in Johor later in June. The story was also published in the NST. A royal locomotive ride for Johor Sultan (The Star) JOHOR BARU: For his meet-the-rakyat journey this year, the Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum […]
Updates #52 1.Article: Woman dies in car-bus crash (NST) – A 64-year-old woman was killed and her Indonesian employee seriously injured when the car they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a bus at Km10 Jalan Kuantan-Gambang yesterday. 2. Article: Isu ETS – Pekerja KTMB ancam piket (Malaysiakini.com) – KTMB Railwaymen’s Union […]
Update #1 – according to sources, Prime Minister Najib Razak will be the Minister-in-Charge of SPAD!!! TRANSIT notes a report in the Star newspaper today that states that Syed Hamid Albar, has been appointed as the Chairman of SPAD effective June 3. The formal announcement of the appointment of Syed Hamid as Chair, and Muhd […]
TRANSIT took note of this article today, in the Malay Mail, which announces that KTMB will receive 38 units of Tokyo Metro trains for free (paying for modification costs) – a very interesting announcement for KTMB’s 125th anniversary! These trains are expected to arrive in 2012 and will help supplement KTMB’s electric fleet. However, we […]
TRANSIT notes that the Malaysian government is now seeking to reform the current system of subsidies (including subsidies on petrol, energy, water, sugar, and various other commodities) as the collective subsidy bill has become “unsustainable”. An advertisement printed in the news media recently states that the bill for subsidies cost the “government” RM74billion in 2009: […]
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