RapidKL has to get their maintenance in order for their buses because they aren’t suppose to fart out loud

Felt compelled to speak on this issue because I do not particularly support making social media accounts verifiable because this will disproportionately harm those who need anonymity to protect their identity, like activists, journalists, and most importantly, victims of abuse

Lots of people are probably visual learners (myself included!) and would probably appreciate a visual guidance of roads expected to close in downtown KL during the ASEAN Summit rather than having a PDF handout so here is one below:

Despite decades of innovation in graphic design, any *signs* of deviation from the holy path of ISO 7001 will be condemned upon and with replacement sign reminding the superiority and simplicity of internationally-standardised icons…

A random road is getting closed in JB for the ASEAN summit, according to then handout by the Traffic Police - surely this must be a typo to refer to Jalan Tun Razak as part of MRR1?

Proud to announce a brand-new design system for bus stops, starting in Kuala Lumpur! With the help and support from Transport for Jakarta and CMC-SEA (and a fellow mak cik!), we had rolled out a pilot design of the bus stop poster in Pudu Look forward to an improved bus stop near you!

If the mobile app that people use to order paratransit/DRT in Malaysia can randomly enter maintenance mode on a weekday morning, this will deter people from actually relying on it as a reliable method of transport, on top of myriad of issues with the implementation of DRT:

Cannot wait to share what I had been working on buses for months in the making, stay tuned! (Bonus if you can guess which bus stop is depicted in the background...)

Putting aside RapidKL’s flaws for the disruption last night, the most infuriating thing I saw was a police escort for an unnamed VIP to speed through a congested Jalan Bangsar flooded by ride-hailing and taxis slowing down the buses to shuttle LRT users

Update: Normal services has resumed on the Kelana Jaya LRT Naturally of course, I had to claim a delay slip as keepsake with a MRT line conspicuously missing…

If you are among those stuck along the Kelana Jaya Line at Bangsar today, you can also take RapidKL buses 750, 751 or 772 to continue on at Asia Jaya:

A core weakness in Kuala Lumpur’s urbanist discourse is our failure to define what “overdevelopment” truly means - now a catch-all for NIMBY resistance to new housing near MRTs and jobs We must flip this narrative before their activism drives housing further out of reach

It was admittedly humorous to see UOB branding everywhere at the starting line for the KL Standard Chartered marathon But it seems the organisers got smarter with a huge banner at the front blocking the UOB logos when viewed from the starting line

Turns out the Bkt Damansara fuss is over a 60-storey building causing traffic—so naturally I chimed in Q: There’s an MRT nearby, why the traffic concern? KJ: Not everyone wants to take it Q: So KL’s car-lite TOD vision is flawed? KJ: I challenge the developer to go w/o parking

Hanging out late in KL this weekend? Night trains can take you home in conjunction with the KL Standard Chartered Marathon 2025! Here are the operating lines and stations from 01:30 in the morning on October 5:

It’s ironic that Anthony Loke had used his physical driving licence, rather than the mobile app that everyone is forced to use, to show his driving licence during a press conference Goes to show that physical stuff is more convent than an app on a phone, even to a minister

As the day of subsidy rationalisation for RON95 draws nearer, are there any burning questions that you have about the scheme? Would try and see if I can get these questions addressed

It’s a cowardice move to keep shifting the goal posts since the 1990s on deciding what is “comprehensive” public transport as a precursor to implement congestion charge KL’s rail network is among ASEAN’s best but god forbid we make drivers’ lives a bit harder so they use it

It is good to see that dormant and unused transportation infrastructure is being repurposed for more immediate needs but this said infrastructure must be ready to make way when the time comes to complete that said transportation infrastructure

If you are looking into a career in transportation within Malaysia, there’s a career fair with major transportation companies organised by MOT happening on Sunday and Monday at the Northern Integrated Terminal in Gombak

It interests me in the discourse of the RON95 petrol subsidy rationalisation on how: - widespread poor mathematics comprehension is - complaints that 300L of subsidised petrol a month isn't enough (it should be much lower!) - shocking amount of unlicensed drivers on the road

Showing concession passes as a valid payment option

No idea who needs to hear this but no one is going to scan a QR code just to download another app to check what time your store opens Gatekeeping everything behind an app is unnecessarily unhelpful

It’s a shame that my unofficial KOMTAR posters were removed as part of the renovation of the bus interchange recently But that means it’s a good excuse to publish a slightly adjusted second edition to the map, featuring a better “You Are Here” icon:

You can now pay with your bank card in select ticket machines at major LRT stations This is powered by contactless terminals supplied by CoherentPlus, which replaced the Chip and Pin terminal by Verifone

IKEA hosting a DJ set in their stores is how I found out that former Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister and MP for Rembau is now spinning tracks on the turntable

It’s kind of annoying that the Malaysian government would magically have all the numbers at hand but would only reveal it when a controversy arises The numbers should, at the earliest opportunity, be published when possible and not gate-kept from the public to fuel speculation

Visited Punggol Coast not long ago to check out the funny site by the tip of Singapore, not far off from Pasir Gudang across the Johore strait Thread of my tour around the site, and some observations of mine:

Working on a second edition of the KOMTAR wayfinding map - is there something that you think would look good or should be removed as part of the second edition? Thinking of doing something more elaborate and would love to hear feedback!

From Sept 15 onwards, the first SBST bus services from JB will start at 04:50 instead of 05:00 While this falls short of Malaysia’s request for a 04:00 start, the earlier departure will help alleviate crowding at the checkpoint bsky.app/profile/erne...

Lukewarm take: I like the Urban Redevelopment Act, it’s just I do not like how the government runs the PR campaign for it The gov has done nothing credible to convince the public why URA is beneficial for the greater good and allowing bad faith arguments to foster

What's the _____ing? I've had enough of saying "walking, running, wheeling and cycling" all the time - and "active travel" doesn't cut it. What's the word - old or new - we can use that includes all these self-powered ways of getting around? buildstories.slowways.org/active-trave... #SlowWays

Not a big fan of Anwar shaking hands with Kim Jong-un when he had ordered an assassination on Malaysian soil and held Malaysian diplomats hostage The optics do not look great for Malaysian foreign policy

Given that a majority of Scania K250UB (and to an extension, MAN A84) buses are rumoured to be scrapped from October onwards, a fear of mine is that the recent burning incident with one of the Scania units may accelerate the retirement process of all buses by Prasarana…

Some things to look forward to after the ETS extension to Kluang: - KTMB passenger services to Pasir Gudang via existing freight line - MOT push for earlier JB bus ops & wider ride-hailing coverage - Progress on “trackless tram” linking to RTS - Potential second RTS via 2nd link

Despite all of its flaws, there is something innate in me that makes me feel that Malaysia is a concept that is still worth fighting for Happy Merdeka to all those who are celebrating and happy birthday to the 88,402* babies born on this day since 1957

Manifesting the day when we have million-ringgit Mercedes-Benz and MAN buses running around Malaysian cities

Close enough welcome back 2016 LTA Bus Livery Voting for Bright Red and Lush Green

We need to stop giving air time for people to speak on public transport who obviously don’t use it I’m so serious

The omen of good weather follows me but only for foreign lands it seems

Manage to spot the new Class 94 train pulling into Kluang but too bad there’s a security cordon around the station because of a special guest…

The extension of ETS services to Kluang will occur simultaneously with the launch of the much-anticipated Class 94 EMU and the Kluang Heritage Linear Park this Saturday bsky.app/profile/did:...

Lowkey aspiring to be at the same status as the King so I can walk into a Class 93 EMU and randomly drive trains as I like at my command

A pocket-sized pager device that tells you when your bus is arriving from your desk or in your palm would look so good

Kluang is now marked as an ETS station on KTMB's booking site, but no ETS tickets are open to Kluang yet This is a stronger indicator compared to the Segamat opening date blunder and the false promise of ETS to JB by August (which is impossible anyways)

It seems that RapidKL’s social media team cannot decide how to push updates on rail disruptions On one hand, they post straightforward text-based posts on delays… …and also on the same day, also posting links to read content on an external website, which is unhelpful

Today is a good day to manifest a congestion charge scheme for Kuala Lumpur

Rafizi’s son attack in Putrajaya came months after: - a civil servant was allegedly found strangled to death at MOF - a witness abducted in front of MACC and no report lodged after not showing up Maybe hosting the ASEAN summit in KL instead of Putrajaya is a good thing after all

Fascinating to see BusRouter, an unofficial bus route visualisation tool developed by @cheeaun.com, used by Bus Controllers at Operation Control Centres operated by official transit agencies Not everything has to be proprietary - what’s open is often also decent

At Prasarana’s Malaysia AI Summit 2025 booth where bus operations is taking a spotlight with features on how RapidBus is using AI to manage ops RapidBus is in a dilemma - they couldn’t hire enough bus controllers to cover all buses while the AI system will cost a pretty penny