FAMI World Facts, a series of documentaries paired with travel experiences. Qualification: M.A., B.A. (Malaya)
Interested in world economics, global finance, trains and subways, delicious food, or just any quirky things from far corners of the world that could impact our daily lives.
Ok, let me clarify some things. 1. You said that there was no info about places in the bus. That is not true at all. Passenger Information Display Systems (PIDS) can be found on the newer buses. They can be found at the front of the bus, or near a wheelchair bay, or on a double decker, both at the wheelchair bay and behind the staircase. They show the next stops and MRT stations.
As Indonesian who live in Western Indonesia Time, I would say it’s quite healthier to be 1 hour advance like Malaysia and Singapore, I would love having my 7 AM feels like 6 AM and my 7 PM like 6 PM especially for those who live in Central Java, East Java, West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan, these areas are actually quite east from UTC+7 longitude which is 105°, for example here in Semarang, Central Java our sunrise ranging from 5.09-5.43 AM while our sunset ranging from 5.28-6.03 PM which if you advance the time 30 minutes it makes more sense but since 30 minutes offset is annoying so if you advance 1 hour it’s still no problem in my opinion, I really wish the Indonesian government considering merging Western and Central Indonesian time into one UTC+8 so that it leaves Indonesia having only two time zones West (UTC+8) and East (UTC+9)
I have a beautiful memories with bus. The time bus arrives are different from the schedule. Need to wait for hour or more. Because of that I prefer to use my own transport instead of the public one. However is not I am against it, if government can find a way to deal with that maybe Malaysian mindset about public transport change.
Agreed. Bus lanes are the cheapest and easiest way to improve bus timings. But I think there must be a barrier to ensure only buses enter bus lane and the bus lane must be on the most inner lane (fast lane) like in Istanbul (and Jakarta) this is to ensure there is no obstruction for the buses to move.
That's awesome to hear that Malaysia is adding new BRT lanes. I hope I can visit Malaysia some day soon! I wish they are doing more of that here in Toronto, cars and traffic are huge problems but they are so slow in implementing quick temporary fixes like this to improve the situation.
Thanks for producing another informative video "where the truth hurts" :) The concept of bus lanes is to reduce car lanes so that Single Occupant Vehicle (SOV) will see the buses overtaking them as being faster than driving and motivate them to switch to public transport, which will then truly reduce car congestion (thereby reducing air pollution, cancer, stress time on road and carbon footprint) . Remember one double decker bus can carry 90 pax and take up 3 cars bumper to bumper space ONLY.
I will absolutely use the busses more if the route to my workplace suddenly involves bus lanes all the way! Another issue is lack of enforcement for roadside parking when they block the bus lane. Love your vids man
What is more expensive than money? Its time. If you dont drive, you are throwing away your time. Open the fkn google map and put your house location as start and put any place you frequent as destination. Look at the different options, car, bike, transit, walking etc... you can see its insane to choose any other option than the car. It is madness, but i cannot use any other option than my car. AND I HATE CARS
I want to highlight one of the major drawbacks of public transportation. The first and last mile to and from any locomotive station. If this can be solved, I think huge majority of people will abandon the use of cars. For example, there is a train station near my house but the fkn station need to cross 3 major busy road for my to get the KTM station and if I want to go to the LRT, I need to walk 5KM. Bodoh giler siapa yang plan Petaling Jaya. I cannot do it
FYI: As of yesterday, the Teck Lee LRT station of the Punggol West LRT line is officially operational, thus finally making the Punggol LRT line fully complete after almost 2 decades. Also, beyond the Cross-island line, there will also be an additional station between Bukit Gombak & Choa Chu Kang on the NSL, with the current working name as "Brickland". Also, the branch line to Changi Airport will be integrated with the TEL via the upcoming Terminal 5 from Sungei Bedok. The Terminal 5 station will also be an interchange with the original CRL plan. Which is why the current CRL terminus Aviation Park is numbered as CR2. There are also other plans like: 1) extension of Jurong Region Line from Pandan Reservoir station to Haw Par Villa station. 2) Extension of Downtown Line from Bukit Panjang to connect with NSL via another future station Sungai Kadut 3) an entirely new line (working name Seletar Line) from the north (likely Woodlands North or Sembawang) to the future Great Southern Waterfront.
Very interesting. South of Hat Yai, I heard that the train is locally referred to as the insurgency express. Lots of construction between HY and PD atm, so probably less risky there. Any chance of a a video of shopping tips for Kim Yong as a follow up.
Hey Fami. I would recommend you to get something to stabalise your camera. There is some vibrations that causes shaking during your shots and I think your videos will be much better without them. Hope you don't forget us when you get millions of views
I find this very interesting. I lived in Ipoh and Penang for 20 years and travelled widely in Malaysia. You have a very good grasp of politics, economics and geography.
Video idea: you could talk about how malaysia recovered from the asian financial crisis better compared to other countries e.g. thailand and indonesia which to take loans
TEL is just newly opened and I've tried it already several times. Feel a bit Malaysia mrt than other singapore SMRT train maybe due too emptiness of the stations and the new car sets. Next time would like to see u review Bangkok MRT/BTS lines which is one of the busiest in SEA/Asia.
