News #184: Proposed Putrajaya-Cyberjaya transit systems

This week’s main article is about the transit systems that have been proposed for Putrajaya and Cyberjaya in Malaysia. I visited Cyberjaya this year, and it is a hellscape for pedestrians. I am writing a report about Cyberjaya, so this transit article forms part of that research.

I posted a News Extra for paid subscribers this week, and here is the latest round-up of transport and urban development news in Southeast Asia.

Latest posts at Future Southeast Asia

Putrajaya-Cyberjaya Transit System

News Extra

News Extra: 17 October 2023 (Subscriber post)

The new Siem Reap Airport, the mess that is Ben Thanh in HCMC and the State Railways of Thailand debt and gauge problem.

News

• Commentary: Breaking the vicious cycle of haze and climate change in Southeast Asia

• Energy transition underway in Southeast Asia 

🇰🇭 Cambodia

• New Siem Reap airport officially opens

• PM emphasises the direction of the development of the Cambodian railway to cover the whole country (VIDEO)

• Governor inspects new Koh Pich-Koh Norea Bridge

• Two Bassac river bridges planned to ease traffic congestion

• Cambodia to see region’s fastest growth

🇮🇩 Indonesia

• Govt plans to develop Jakarta as part of megalopolis

• Indonesian president asks China to accelerate support for new capital

• Indonesia’s Belt and Road train off to an uneconomic start

• Central Government Builds IDR 1.9 Trillion BRT in Medan, Local Government Asked to Support Mass Transportation

• Bali tollway project temporarily stalled

🇱🇦 Laos

• Works on largest wind power project in Southeast Asia move forward

• China-Laos Railway trains carry 81,000 cross-border passengers

• Railway operations training college opens in Laos

• China’s promise of prosperity brought Laos debt — and distress

🇲🇾 Malaysia

• Mixed opinions on whether HSR, MRT3 projects will be shelved

• Finance minister: Unity govt to take over Bandar Malaysia project

• Gombak residents bemoan ECRL works, claim flooding, property damage

• KK airport expansion on the cards, says Loke

• JB-Singapore RTS link project progress rate at 52pc, says MRT Corp CEO

🇲🇲 Myanmar

• China begins surveys for railway on Myanmar’s Indian Ocean

• Keppel completes divestment of Sedona Hotel Yangon in Myanmar for $75.6 mil

🇵🇭 Philippines

• Philippines still pursuing China loan for South Long Haul Project —PNR

• Housing projects built for railway informal settlers

• Bataan-Cavite bridge faces higher costs as completion pushed to December 2029

• NEDA OKs P4.5-B upgrade of Bohol-Panglao Airport

🇸🇬 Singapore

• New car-lite, waterfront Bayshore estate to have 10,000 homes as part of Bedok town; 2 BTO launches in 2024

• Singapore’s $20 million shophouses are Bbazing-hot properties

• How Singapore’s Jurong Lake District reimagines business districts for a climate-conscious era

• Bus service for migrant workers extended from Little India to dorms in Kranji

🇹🇭 Thailand

• Land bridge to be expedited

"Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered acceleration of the southern land bridge connecting Chumphon on the eastern coast along the Gulf of Thailand to Ranong along the Andaman Sea."

• SRT seeking budget for rail upgrades

“The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will ask the cabinet to approve the funding for the second phase of double-track upgrades between Khon Kaen and Nong Khai next week, according to Department of Rail Transport director-general Pichet Kunathammarak on Thursday.”

• 125 Sathorn’s EIA revoked by Central Administrative Court

• Flat 20-baht fare for Red, Purple lines

• Chiang Mai Airport time extension draws fire

• Thailand's smaller cities can help drive growth

🇻🇳 Vietnam

• Investors to do pre-feasibility study for Vietnam-Laos railway section

• No more delays to kicking off North-South high-speed railway: expert

• Hanoi rivers face prolonged pollution crisis

• A deadly fire was falsely blamed on EV charging. Now gig riders can’t plug in

• Ho Chi Minh City has no construction waste treatment plant

• Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong’s electric taxi officially enters international racetrack