Monorail project in Penang?

Blogger Anil Netto (www.anilnetto.com) posts that the Penang State Government has “given the green light to a low-profile businessman, Jeyakumar Varathan, to build and commission a RM70-million monorail test track on a 30-acre site in Batu Kawan.” The paper suggested that this could be a sign that the state is embarking on its own monorail [...]

Will public transport save PJ?

TRANSIT notes 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 Both of the articles focus on very interesting messages related to development and public [...]

UITP Asia-Pacific Seminar comes to KL, 23-25 November 2009 (Update 1)

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 [...]

Updates #30

Updates #30 1. Article: MPV plunges onto railway tracks (The Star) – various newspapers caught this article about a Naza MPV that plunged off an expressway on ramp and onto the KTM Komuter track, just west of the Subang Jaya KTM station. 2. Info: RapidKL Launches Bus Driver ID on its buses (RapidKL) – RapidKL [...]

Feedback Forms

The residents of USJ and Subang Jaya worked together to create some very effective public announcements of the LRT extension. Aside from a website, they have also designed specific feedback forms and placed banners around USJ and Subang Jaya to help raise awareness. English Feedback form in .pdf format (to download, Right Click and “save [...]

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