Archive for the 'Public transport' Category

Time to bring back the trams

Before the general election, they told us that we would become a net importer of oil by 2011.
Now, with the sharp oil price increase, they tell us we can remain a net exporter of oil until 2014-2015. You see, domestic demand will slow down. Some of us might turn to bicycles - and even live [...]

It’s a jungle out there! Oil price hike madness…

I was stuck in a massive jam after I went to pick up a friend from the Penang airport. No matter how hard I tried to avoid the petrol stations, it seemed like the whole of Penang was out on the streets looking for oil, before the price hike at midnight.
While listening to the radio, [...]

Petronas’ RM600 billion profit: Where has it all gone?

So the figure has been revealed. Petronas’ group profit before taxes, royalties, dividends and export duties amounted to RM570 billion for the period from its establishment in 1974 to 31 March 2007.
If you include the figure for the period until 31 March 2008, then you are probably looking at a figure closer to RM700 billion, [...]

Second Penang bridge cost soars to RM4.8 billion

Traffic jam on the Second Penang Bridge in 2020? Toll $$$ for UEM

In July 2007, the estimated cost of the second Penang bridge was RM2.7 billion.

Urban planning gone crazy

This is an example of urban planning without a thought to pedestrians. It is a world in which cars reign supreme and pedestrians are just above cockroaches in the “food chain”. It is a world in which pedestrians - what more people with disabilities - seem to be completely forgotten.