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Some news reports on BRT.

BRT Federal Highway

- Star, 28jul12 - Proposed bus route to ease congestion on Federal Highway – “[W]e expect to put up a public display for feedback and comments by August,” said SPAD chief development officer Azmi Abdul Aziz ...

The first phase of the 17km alignment will start at an integrated station at the Batu Tiga Komuter station in Shah Alam, with dedicated bus lanes going along the median of the Federal Highway. Strategic stops have been planned along the highway such as near Subang Jaya, Sunway Mentari, Asia Jaya LRT and Universiti LRT stations, with the route ending at Central Market ... Azmi added that the route was expected to be finalised before the end of the year and SPAD would call for tenders then."
- Lowyat.NET, 29jul12 - BRT will be created in Federal Highway, yahoo! Finally! (News) – posted by Kampung2005, more than 120 posts with some interesting comments by Kampung 2005.

BRT Sunway

- MyRapid, 9jun12 - PM Inaugurates BRT Sunway Line - "Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak today unveiled Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad’s (Prasarana) latest venture which will see Malaysia embarking upon its maiden Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project – to be carried out under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative."
- Lowyat.NET, 9jun12 - BRT Sunway-Subang Line, Additional boost on property price - posted by dlyw1103, more than 20 posts.

Bus Lanes Brickfields

- Star, 7feb12 - Contra-flow bus lane aborted in less than three months - "Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) personnel have started removing the barriers and cones that separated the bus and taxi lane on Sunday night. By 11am yesterday morning, most of the signboards and barriers used to direct traffic for the contra-flow system, were removed and the traffic was reverted to the old one-way system with buses and taxis moving along Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad."
- TransitMY, 5feb12 - Brickfields bus & taxi lane shut down after two months because of Government flip-flopping or just bad planning? (Update #2) - "What are the reasons why the government chose to back down on the plan for the bus lane, and is this a reflection of a government that listens to public protests, or just poor planning, bad policy, or a weak government?"
- Star, 2feb12 - Brickfields bus lane abandoned after two months - "Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin announced on Tuesday that the contra-flow bus and taxi lane would now be aborted and buses would once again ply Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad."

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