After the frenzy surrounding the RapidKL travel pass changes, I made a table to quickly compare the changes from 1 January 2026 onwards Most notable changes includes the introduction of a new monthly pass for foreigners and making the Student Concession Pass Malaysian-only:

If you have money to throw around with friends - why not blow it all on a Junk tour around the Victoria Harbour?

It has occurred to me that somehow good pedestrian wayfinding seems to look too much of the same, as if they had copy Legible London's wayfinding totems and pasted them all around the world, including Hong Kong:

Am a big fan of all things analog so I was eclectic to see some Kowloon Motor Bus fleets still sporting the analog flip-dot electronic display signs by Hanover:

Penang’s crosswalk buttons are cool but have you heard those that can beep as well in Hong Kong?

Even in an environment as hectic and chaotic as the 4-line transfer station of Admiralty has cafe music set as its background ambiance audio, which is an interesting music choice

Chanced upon Sung Wong Toi station and I was treated to a mini museum within the concourse featuring a wall displaying archaeological discoveries during the station's construction dating back to the Song Dynasty, nearly 800 years ago

While Malaysians are foaming over the app-ification of our emergency services, take a gander on Hong Kong’s parking meters, featuring payments by Octopus stored-value card, bank cards and QR payments, allowing you to pay for parking without touching a phone or an app:

A neat little feature that the Octopus cards have is the ability to display either English or Chinese for fare card reader displays, as shown with two cards coded respectively and used one after another:

Thoroughly enjoyed my experience at the Rail Voyage exhibition at Hung Hom, which showcased some of MTR and KCR's legacy rolling stock and equipment for all to enjoy and revisit A free experience, booking required - here's some highlights to look out for in a short thread:

Have to give to Hong Kong because they have probably Asia's best airport night bus network that will bring you everywhere in HK for the price less than ride hailing back in KL A late night bus journey out of Hong Kong airport is easy with many guides & maps…

I know the news cycle has moved on, but since KL’s mayor is appointed rather than elected (as it should), the fact that friends and family - who don’t even know their own local mayors - had been asking me about it shows a rare level of public interest in Malaysian local politics

It''s amazing how having good weather is such a massive determinant to encourage walking...

After much wait, sales for ETS and Intercity tickets for January 2026 onward would open from 10:00 tomorrow This comes after multiple deferment of the ticket sales up to the end of the year, possibly to accommodate the new schedule for the ETS service extension to Johor Bahru

After months in limbo, RapidKuantan will cease operations, with its final day of bus ops on 14 December this year, to be taken over by Sanaa Tours I hope RapidKuantan could at least host a send-off ceremony, much like how First Bus in Hong Kong did for its last day of ops:

Am presenting my best works at the Transit Mapping Symposium attended by world class mappers at the Hong Kong Design Centre! Come and say hi to me and my works (with other cool works around the world) if you’re in HK this week!

The disruption to the Kelana Jaya Line is the fourth it has happened within less than a span of a week, yet the public has not been given assurance on the reliability of the LRT This is becoming 2022 all over again

Good to see that MOT has placed reviving cross-border rail services along disused railways as a priority for this year’s budget, with rehabilitation works for the railway set to begin next year:

Obscenely cruel policy that’s likely conceived from an air-conditioned office far away in Putrajaya Getting out of homelessness is extremely difficult when you don’t have a permanent address - we need more rehousing programmes rather than aesthetic fixes that solves nothing

Channeling some of my passionate tweets in the past into action - proud to had been collaborating with Dr Afif, the MLA for Taman Medan, working with @myrapidkl to extend the 640 bus, connecting with PJ01 at Taman Medan Bus Terminal This will bring residents closer to high-paying jobs in KL and PJ

A proactive transit agency will recognise the strength that transport enthusiasts have, like bus enthus, and engage with them greatly as they are part of a larger user base of public transport users that cares deeply about its growth and engages positively with them:

Bus bridging services on the Putrajaya MRT line continues, with express bus services introduced to slip sectors between Tun Razak Exchange to UPM and Sungai Besi to Putrajaya Sentral:

Frustrated at the last minute announcements but the work must continue - here’s a map of closed stations for this evening:

Going to Kuala Lumpur? With the ASEAN Summit underway, public transport remains a decent choice to get into the capital! Here is a handy guide showing bus routes affected by the road closures, especially GOKL bus routes, and alternative transport options for the next few days:

Someone in RapidKL must really love walking a lot, or has never walked in Kuala Lumpur for a day in their life as suggesting Kampung Baru or Bukit Nanas as viable walkable alternatives to Ampang Park or Persiaran KLCC is certainly an interesting choice:

Got screwed over by the unexpected station closures in KL? Here is a quick and handy map showing temporary RapidKL station closures for today until 12:00:

Hate how RapidKL on Twitter calls a post “IMPORTANT NOTICE 🚨” and yet still hides info behind a damn link Also, what do you mean the two most popular stations on the network are closed for almost HALF A DAY and announced ON THE HOUR OF THE CLOSURE? RapidKL is taking everyone for a ridiculous ride

Whoever from RapidKL that wrote the press release has clearly never taken the MRT from Persiaran KLCC as no one would suggest KLCC LRT station as an alternative when it is much faster to walk to Ampang Park LRT instead:

After a whole day, graphics for the bus bridging services is now out, showing 10 distinct shuttle zones along the alignment of the MRT for people to travel between Though admittedly given the scale of the disruption, there should be express buses to skip sectors as well

There is a deeply troubling aspect to this - that someone can easily cripple the capital by sabotaging the public transport network How invested and ready are our security services to deter such a threat from happening again?

Japanese Wikipedia on Malaysia is so funny because why do they have an article on KLCC’s District Cooling but no article about KLCC itself

All venues are accessible by public transport: Axiata Arena, National Hockey Stadium - Bkt Jalil LRT Mega Star Arena - Bkt Bintang MRT/Monorail Arena of Stars - Genting Exp. Bus Idea Live Arena - T813, T816 bus Zepp KL - Hang Tuah LRT/Monorail Nine Gods Emperor Temple - T301 bus

With the MRT, LRT, and KLIA Express having additional services for the ASEAN Summit, travelling by public transport is the best way to visit Kuala Lumpur this week! However, several bus services will be disrupted due to road closures, and here's a visual guide to see them all:

From Jan 1 next year, the Road Transport Department and Royal Malaysian Police will unify compounds and standardise fine discounts Streamlining enforcement is good but continuing the policy of discounts for fines is a regressive move and defeats the purpose of a fine

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