Kong Cho Ha is new Minister of Transport; TRANSIT wishes Ong well (Update #1)

Update#1 – newly sworn-in Minister of Transport Kong Cho Ha will focus on urban public transport – see article below! By now everyone knows that Kong Cho Ha (former Minister of Housing & Local Government) has replaced Ong Tee Keat as the Minister of Transport. Tee Keat out (The Star); Newly-appointed Transport Minister ready to [...]

Summary of Urban Public Transport NKRA & proposed solutions

For those who are interested, Lester Kong of the Malaysia Star has written a very detailed and interesting summary report on the Urban Public Transport NKRA, part of the Government Transformation Programme. As you can imagine, there is a lot of information contained within the articles – so TRANSIT will just post the links to [...]

Updates #51

Updates #51 1. Article: Overwhelmed by pink (NST) – further updates on KTM’s women-only coaches suggest that some men either don’t get it or refuse to understand the reasons for the policy – further reinforcing the argument that KTM or the Ministry of Women, Family & Community Development should conduct an independent survey of public [...]

Mishaps prove unfriendly bus halt design can be fatal

A bus driver was detained after the stage bus that he drove crushed a disembarking elderly woman passenger to death at Tanjung Malim bus station on 31 May 2010.  A witness was reported by Sinar Harian described the accident as gruesome, as the victim was spotted to be nervously supporting herself on the side of [...]

KTM Update: More ‘free’ trains from Japan?

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 [...]

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