Future Southeast Asia

Batam LRT

Batam LRT is a proposed light rail transit system on Batam Island, Indonesia. The Batam LRT will have two routes, from Batam Center to Tanjung Uncang and from Batu Ampar to Hang Nadim Airport. The $1.5 million investment project will see a 27.54 km route on the first line and 27.93 km on the second […]

Future Batam

Batam is an island of Riau Islands province, in the region of Sumatra, Indonesia. Batam is about 20km to the south of Singapore, and its proximity to Singapore has made it an industrial and transport hub. Batam and the neighbouring Bintan and Karimun islands were designated as a free trade zone in 2009 (the BBK […]

Johor Bahru construction update – 2022 edition

Johor Bahru is making the most of its proximity to Singapore, with affordable apartments (compared to Singapore) near the future transit link. Here is an overview of some of the major projects under construction in Johor Bahru Johor Bahru Map This map list projects mentioned in this article. A full list can be found at […]

Andaman Eastern & Oriental – A new urban island in Penang

Andaman is a new urban development built on an artificial island off the Northeast coast of Penang. The island is being developed by E&O (Eastern & Oriental) and it forms part of the Gurney Wharf development. There are two islands as part of the project, and there will be two bridges connecting them to the […]

Improving the interchanges and connections of the KL metro transit system

Kuala Lumpur has slowly and steadily been building out an urban rail transit system that it hopes will reduce the city’s car addiction. Mistakes were made early on with integrating the lines, but there have been some great improvements in recent years. In fact, KL has examples of the best and worst ways to make […]