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  KTM Komuter train fares get 20% discount from April

  21 February 2019 / 14 comments

  Good news for those who rely on the KTM Komuter train service. Transport minister Anthony Loke announced yesterday a 20% discount for all KTM Komuter fares on all sectors (Klang Valley, Northern, Southern) starting from […]

   

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  Grab Malaysia “deeply concerned” over agencies’ lack of readiness to regulate e-hailing industry – report

  20 February 2019 / 29 comments

  Grab Malaysia has revealed that it is “deeply concerned” over the lack of readiness by certain agencies to facilitate the industry towards compliance. This follows transport minister Anthony Loke’s announcement last year that e-hailing services […]

   

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  No decision on ECRL yet, negotiations ongoing – PM

  31 January 2019 / 32 comments

  Prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed said that the government has yet to make a decision regarding the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), and that negotiations between Malaysia and China are still ongoing, according to […]

   

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  MRT feeder bus to go fully cashless by February 1

  31 January 2019 / 12 comments

  Rapid Bus, which operates the Rapid KL feeder bus service, is set to begin a fully cashless payment system for all of its MRT feeder buses from Friday, February 1. According to Prasarana, a one-month […]

   

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  GoKL free bus for Lembah Pantai, Setiawangsa areas

  7 January 2019 / 10 comments

  The Go KL free bus service will be expanded to include two new routes in the Lembah Pantai and Setiawangsa constituencies in conjunction with Federal Territories Day, the Kuala Lumpur mayor has announced, reported by […]

   

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  E-hailing drivers are not allowed to solicit for rides or wait around for passengers at airports, says JPJ

  4 January 2019 / 39 comments

  The road transport department (JPJ) says that all e-hailing drivers are prohibited from waiting or scouting around for passengers at all places, and this includes airports. It said via a statement that the prohibition is […]

   

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  RapidKL receives over 20,000 registrations for My50 and My100 unlimited passes, more expected to follow

  3 January 2019 / 17 comments

  More than 20,000 people have registered for the RapidKL unlimited travel passes, according to The Star. “We are expecting more people to sign up for either one of these packages. This would enable commuters to […]

   

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  ECRL project might go on, but downsized, says PM

  2 January 2019 / 29 comments

  The government says that the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, which was shelved last August, may resume, provided China agrees to it being downsized, The Edge reports. According to prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir […]

   

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  Cabbies say Big Blue Taxi’s Shamsubahrin not their rep, want contents of meeting with minister revealed

  19 December 2018 / 23 comments

  Last month, it was announced that all Grab and e-hailing drivers will have to undergo the Public Service Vehicle (PSV) course and get the PSV license, as required for taxi drivers. The period to comply […]

   

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  TaxiGo app launched – ride-hailing for taxi services

  18 December 2018 / 25 comments

  Another ride-hailing app has been launched, making it the second to come about in a week, The Star reports. The arrival of TaxiGo on to the scene comes after the cALLme app – meant for […]

   

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  New cALLme app for KLIA taxi drivers and passengers

  17 December 2018 / 12 comments

  A new smartphone app, cALLme, has been launched for passengers to hail taxi drivers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). A collaboration between the Malaysian National Cooperative Movement (Angkasa) and Malaysian Taxi Drivers, Limousine […]

   

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  Bosch to debut new concept EV shuttle at CES 2019

  13 December 2018 / 0 comments

  Bosch is set to debut a funky, futuristic driverless electric shuttle concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2019) in Las Vegas next month. It’s quite a spectacle on its own – the design is […]

   

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  Kuching to begin electric bus service early next year

  13 December 2018 / 3 comments

  Sarawak’s first electric bus service is set to commence operations in Kuching next year, Utusan Borneo reports. The service will begin with a pilot project, initiated by local company Henz Pasific and its partner, Chinese […]

   

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  Six roads to be closed on Dec 8, bus routes changed

  7 December 2018 / 36 comments

  There will be an anti-ICERD rally in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow (December 8) and six main roads around Dataran Merdeka will be closed to traffic. This was announced by KL police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim. […]

   

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  Private school transport must be registered next year

  5 December 2018 / 20 comments

  Starting next year, private vans that ferry kids to school will have to register with the authorities as part of a standardisation and amnesty process, The Star reports. Transport minister Anthony Loke said this was […]

   

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