It’s been a long time since I seen these buses - brown, old and noisy. Not aware they’re still on our roads. It’s a rare sight for me. Maybe because most of the time I took bus 61 and they’re all new buses.
The picture’s intentionally blurred. Well, if you spot your dad in it, I’m sorry.
I was going to my work place the other day and I took a bus that looks like this:
Looks really strange to me. The design is not really practical. I think it probably is some special tie-up with Nokia or something. Was just thinking the bus could have carried a lot more people.
But still, it looks refreshing. I sat on one of those white chairs. There is even a fake bar top. What’s up with buses these days?!
Ah good. I didn’t quite like the idea actually. It doesn’t have significant advantages to our country in my opinion and I rather good money be spent on improving our current transport system. Five years down the road we’d probably see more congestions on the roads.
Anyway, I just post this article because the word ‘feasibility study’ is there. So…
Malaysia drops KL-Singapore bullet train project
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has shelved plans for a bullet train linking Kuala Lumpur to Singapore because of the cost, a top planning official said on Tuesday.
The 8 billion ringgit (US$2.5 billion) project, proposed by Malaysian infrastructure and utilities group YTL Corp in 2006, aimed to cut travel time between the two cities to 90 minutes from seven-and-a-half hours presently.
The idea for a high-speed train between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, about 300 kilometres apart, dates back to the late 1990s, but was revived after the Malaysian government invited companies to submit ideas for privately funded projects.
The Malaysian government backed the project in 2007 after it passed a feasibility study, but said at the time it wanted to conduct a social impact study since the project would involve land acquisition. (more…)