The Penang Forum Steering Committee opposes the proposed road-based undersea tunnel and the state government’s emphasis on highway construction over improvements in public transport (The tunnel would be the fourth cross-channel link, after the ferries and the first and second Penang bridges.) Continue reading »
We need to bring together a coalition of individuals and groups who are committed to sustainable public transport and put it on the national agenda, asserts Jeyakumar Devaraj. Continue reading »
People must be at the centre of the planning process and must participate in it, says Lim Mah Hui. They cannot be relegated to a footnote or as an after-thought. Continue reading »
Yap Soo Huey urges us to hop on a bus to reduce congestion. Decongesting traffic, she says, is just a state of mind. Continue reading »
While supporting the ban on throwaway plastic bags, Kanda Kumar points out that this move alone is not going to reduce our carbon footprint by that much. Continue reading »
Instead of asking for change, perhaps if we begin working as though change is near and is about to happen anytime now, the future will seem less distant, says Yap Soo Huey.
Another good reason why we need better public transport: a new study reveals that exposure to traffic congestion can worsen infant health, reports our correspondent.
Come 1 August 2007, Penang will have a new bus system. The authorities must involve civil society in the state in the planning for the new bus service, says Choong Sim Poey, in an open letter to Penang Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon and Teng Hock Nan.
Aliran views the Federal government’s latest attempt to resolve Penang’s public transport woes by introducing RapidPenang (an arm of RapidKL) as a plaster job on a lesion that requires surgery.
Penangites are fed up with empty promises to improve public transport, says Angeline Loh. Theirdisappointment stretches from Penang to Putrajaya, where the Prime Minister seems to have forgotten his home state.
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