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  Land Public Transport Act 2010 set to be amended – SPAD takes the fight to the likes of Uber and Grabcar

  22 July 2015 / 20 comments

  Amendments are set to be made to the Land Public Transport Act 2010, and these will finally give the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) the authority to take action against transportation network companies (TNC) such […]

   

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  Chinese-made ETS trainsets only need tuning – Liow

  22 July 2015 / 16 comments

  The Chinese-made trainsets meant to be utilised on part of the KL-Padang Besar Electric Train Service (ETS) route have yet to be approved by the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), but Transport Minister Datuk Seri […]

   

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  Taxi drivers need to improve services, reverse perception instead of just blaming Uber – SPAD boss

  20 July 2015 / 53 comments

  Taxi drivers have made their grouses against app-based private driver services like Uber and GrabCar public, but it’s not a cause that the average consumer is backing with a loud ‘aye’ and a table thump. […]

   

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  KL-Padang Besar ETS – issues with Chinese-made trains still being resolved, no approval yet from SPAD

  20 July 2015 / 11 comments

  Yet more on the trainsets that are to ply the KL-Padang Besar Electric Train Service (ETS) route – according to a report, manufacturer CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive is working round-the-clock to fix the issues that […]

   

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  SPAD has seized 55 illegal taxis since October 2014

  20 July 2015 / 16 comments

  The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) had seized 55 private vehicles used as unlicensed taxis in the Klang Valley since October 2014, said enforcement department head Datuk Paduka Che Hasni Che Ahmad. Another 89 cases […]

   

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  Taxi drivers stage another GrabCar protest, MyTeksi ready for talks with Transport Ministry and SPAD

  14 July 2015 / 66 comments

  Taxi drivers held a follow-up protest against GrabCar at MyTeksi’s Petaling Jaya office yesterday. In the first protest on June 29, cabbies called for the suspension of app-based transport services like Uber and MyTeksi-owned GrabCar, […]

   

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  KL-Padang Besar ETS – SPAD says all 10 trainsets used in the service to be thoroughly assessed

  13 July 2015 / 11 comments

  More news on the KL-Padang Besar Electric Train Service (ETS), which began operating last week. The Star reports that the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has announced it will be thoroughly assessing the reliability, safety […]

   

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  Public transport overdue since the 1980s – MIROS

  13 July 2015 / 25 comments

  The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) has said that an integrated public transport system for major cities in Malaysia has been long overdue and should have been developed in the 1980s, according to […]

   

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  KL-Padang Besar ETS gets green light, starts July 10

  9 July 2015 / 40 comments

  The green light has finally been given for the Kuala Lumpur-Padang Besar Electric Train Service (ETS) – The Star reported today that trains on the service will start running from tomorrow, July 10, well in […]

   

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  LRT3 route gets flak from Damansara Utama residents

  7 July 2015 / 31 comments

  The proposed realignment of the Bandar Utama-Klang Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT3) line has come into criticism from some 200 residents of Damansara Utama, who fear that the project could disrupt everyday life. According to […]

   

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  “We’re the worst in the world, but it’s not our fault,” says Kuala Lumpur Sentral Taxi Drivers Association

  6 July 2015 / 71 comments

  The Kuala Lumpur Sentral Taxi Drivers Association agrees with the London Cabs website claim that Kuala Lumpur’s cabbies are the ‘worst in the world’. Its president, Badrol Hisham, also said it was true that taxi […]

   

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  Taxi services already undergoing overhaul – SPAD

  6 July 2015 / 9 comments

  We’ve all experienced it first-hand, the pains of hailing a taxi. Having to negotiate with the driver on whether the meters will be used and even whether their going your way or not – or […]

   

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  East coast train services unlikely to resume for Raya

  6 July 2015 / 5 comments

  The resumption of the KTM East Coast Line rail service is unlikely to happen before Hari Raya Aidifitri, unless KTMB is able to complete all necessary repair work in time. This may not happen as […]

   

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  Melaka electric buses to start operating early August

  3 July 2015 / 10 comments

  Electric buses will start operating in Melaka early August. Two units of the electric buses will serve the UNESCO world heritage site area around Banda Hilir, said State Transportation and Project Rehabilitation committee chairman Datuk […]

   

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  Shuttle Tebrau – KTM’s new service, JB-SG in 5 mins

  2 July 2015 / 18 comments

  Great news for Johor Bahru-Singapore commuters. Launched yesterday, KTM’s new Shuttle Tebrau train service between JB Sentral and Woodlands Checkpoint takes just five minutes. Tickets for the first two trains leaving JB Sentral on Wednesday […]

   

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