News about transport

Muji, a Japanese retail company known for minimalism in design, emphasis on recycling, avoidance of waste in production and packaging, and a no-logo or no-brand approach to retail products has announced the Gacha, an all-weather mini bus designed to shuttle people around city streets.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has strongly refuted claims that the cost of the state's proposed Pan Island Link 1 (PIL 1) highway has further escalated to an exorbitantly priced figure of RM9 billion as claimed.

GEORGE TOWN (Jan 17): Cities are better off investing in a BRT (bus rapid transit) system than an MRT (mass rapid transit) system, especially when budget is a concern, said an international transport systems organisation director.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Property consultancy Knight Frank Malaysia said the local property market has held up rather well in the second half of 2018 (2H2018) and more improvement is expected in 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): Drivers providing e-hailing services are prohibited from waiting or scouting for passengers offline at any given place, including airports, said the Road Transport Department (JPJ) in a statement yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 13): The northerly flight path for Singapore's Seletar Airport that is disputed by Malaysia is necessary, says Singapore, because wind blows from different directions in this region in the first and second half of the year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): In response to Malaysia's charge that it selectively published documents relating to its disputed Instrument Landing System procedures for Seletar Airport, Singapore's Ministry of Transport says the correspondence it released was to address media queries whether The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) had consulted its Malaysian counterparts in December last year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The Malaysian Ministry of Transport (MoT) (pictured), in a statement yesterday, accused Singapore of wanting to influence public opinion with its "partial and selective" public release of documents last week over the disputed Instrument Landing System (ILS) procedures for the city-state's Seletar Airport.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 5): The altered port limits for Johor Bahru Port have “not in any way” encroached into any part of Singapore, said transport minister Anthony Loke today.

  SUBANG (Nov 27): The Transport Ministry aims to increase the ridership of the Skypark Link rail service between KL Sentral and Skypark Terminal Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport by 50% within a year.