Fed up with public transport in Malaysia?
If you are reluctant to give up driving because of the poor public transport in the country, then you might be interested to know that a Working Group on Public Transportation in Malaysia has been...
View ArticleWheelchair users face formidable challenges on the streets
All pedestrian pavements and bus-stops in our cities and towns across the country should be subjected to a wheelchair test. Better still if we could get our municipal council presidents, political...
View ArticleTunnel-highways project: Guan Eng responds
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has responded to the concerns aired earlier on this blog. Dear Anil, I felt you did not give a complete picture of the constraints faced by the state govt during these last...
View ArticleDoes Penang have a more enlightened sustainable transport vision?
Does Penang have a more enlightened in its transport policy especially with regard to the prevailing car culture? If you look at it, the Penang state transport master plan envisages that RM27bn will be...
View ArticlePenang Transport Masterplan? Or Reclamation and Property Development Masterplan?
Should the RM27bn Penang Transport Masterplan be renamed? Because it looks increasingly as if the planned improvement in the transport infrastructure in the state will bring with it massive land...
View ArticleFive things we learned about Penang’s ‘three islands’ mega project
It had rained the day before, so some of us were concerned that our little expedition would be washed out. But as it turned out, the downpour the previous day and the clouds above made it a comfortably...
View ArticleScrap the Samy Vellu tunnel (again); focus on BRT, rail, app
It is time for Penang to scrap the Samy Vellu tunnel. Why do I call it the Samy Vellu tunnel? Because the idea for a bridge-tunnel in Penang was originally mooted by then Works Minister Samy Vellu in...
View ArticleAbolishing tolls: Short-term gain, long-term pain
This well written piece is by Dr Lim Mah Hui: The Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) manifesto with five pillars, 10 promises to deliver the first 100 days, and 60 promises during its first term is comprehensive...
View ArticlePenang Forum meets Council of Eminent Persons, urges review of RM46bn mega...
A delegation of Penang Forum representatives today met the Council of Eminent Person and called for a review of SRS Consortium’s exorbitant RM46bn transport infrastructure shopping list. Penang Forum...
View ArticleWhy does Penang need an elevated LRT when we could have this…
… at a fraction of the RM8bn price tag for the elevated light rail transit? The above is the autonomous rail rapid transit (ART) or trackless tram in China. For those who say trams will take up road...
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