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  Kelana Jaya and Ampang LRT Line Extension set to begin operations on June 30, this coming Thursday

  27 June 2016 / 6 comments

  Good news for public transport users, as the Kelana Jaya and Ampang LRT Line Extension is well on track to begin operations this Thursday, June 30, 2016. The former will see the addition of 12 […]

   

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  Uber defined as illegal, service banned by Sabah CVLB

  27 June 2016 / 24 comments

  Uber is finding no joy in Sabah – the ride-sharing service has only been operating in Kota Kinabalu for less than a month, but has now been banned by the Sabah Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board […]

   

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  Droupr – local intercity ride-sharing service debuts

  24 June 2016 / 14 comments

  Tired of trying to scour and secure transportation back to the hometown during festive seasons? Buses and trains not cutting it for you? Well, the introduction of a new ride-sharing service may be just the […]

   

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  Uber and Grab drivers should keep low profile – SPAD

  24 June 2016 / 40 comments

  The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has condemned the attack on an Uber car by cab drivers on Monday. SPAD chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar advised taxi drivers not to take the law into […]

   

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  Police deny reports of mass attack on Uber car at KL Sentral, warns cabbies not to cross the line

  23 June 2016 / 41 comments

  Police have denied reports of a mass attack on an Uber car at KL Sentral, where over 50 angry cabbies pulled out a tourist before damaging the Uber car. Commenting on a police report lodged […]

   

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  Paid GrabHitch JB-Singapore cross-border rides are illegal – Singapore Land Transport Authority

  21 June 2016 / 10 comments

  The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has a few qualms with Grab’s new cross-border ride-sharing service, saying that its business model “did not comply with regulations in Singapore,” as reported by Channel NewsAsia. Currently, Grab […]

   

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  Local Motors develops Olli autonomous EV minibus

  20 June 2016 / 3 comments

  City centres are typically congested, which is what makes mass transit the de facto solution. Local Motors, the open source vehicle manufacturer most famous for the Rally Fighter off-road racer, is going a step further […]

   

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  SPAD submits proposal to legalise Uber and Grab

  20 June 2016 / 11 comments

  The road to legalising app-based, ride-sharing services like Uber and Grab here appears to be well on track. It has been revealed that the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has submitted its proposal to legalise […]

   

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  KL-Singapore HSR – South Korea in talks with M’sia

  16 June 2016 / 15 comments

  South Korea has expressed its increased interest in the proposed Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project. According to a report by The Sun Daily, the Republic has engaged in talks with Malaysia on the matter. […]

   

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  GrabHitch JB-Singapore cross-border rides introduced

  14 June 2016 / 0 comments

  There’s a new way to make the commute between Johor Bahru and Singapore. The GrabHitch Johor Bahru-Singapore Inter-Country Service will be available from June 20, Singapore’s Straits Times reports. The new cross-border ride-sharing service allows […]

   

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  Uber fined over RM3 million following French court ruling that UberPop is an illegal taxi business

  13 June 2016 / 8 comments

  Uber has been ordered to pay a fine of 800,000 euros (RM3,673,181) – half of it is a suspended sentence – for running an illegal taxi business in France. According to TechCrunch, the company was […]

   

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  Grab users can now book Lyft rides in the US with own app, vice versa, with two-way integration

  2 June 2016 / 3 comments

  Grab users can now use the app in over 200 cities in the United States, the first time the service is available outside of Southeast Asia. This is possible with Grab’s collaboration with Lyft, the […]

   

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  New taxi app from Big Blue Taxi will launch in October

  30 May 2016 / 22 comments

  It was earlier reported that Big Blue Taxi Services is looking to launch its own mobile application to go up against the likes of Uber and Grab. Now, more information about the imminent service has […]

   

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  KTM Komuter intervals to be halved by 2019, but upgrading work will cause four years of longer waits

  26 May 2016 / 33 comments

  Good news for users of the KTM Komuter. You can expect waiting times to be halved from the current 15 minutes to 7.5 minutes by 2019, However, there will be pain before that happens, as […]

   

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  Local taxi firm plans app to compete with Uber, Grab

  20 May 2016 / 50 comments

  In a bid to compete with ride-hailing services Uber and Grab, a taxi company will be launching a mobile application within the next few months, The Sun reports. Big Blue Taxi Services says the app […]

   

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