The Light Blue Line is a proposed monorail in Bangkok. The line would run along a north–south axis from Din Daeng to Sathon. The line was included on the Department of Rail Transport’s masterplan for Bangkok (The Second Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan Region (M-MAP 2)). This masterplan was updated in 2023, […]
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Hanoi construction update: 2023 edition
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Hanoi Metro Report: 2023 edition
Riding Line 2A, Line 3 construction news, updates on future lines, and a look at the Hanoi Metro map and future interchange stations. This is the third Hanoi Metro Report by Future Southeast Asia. The last report was in July 2022, so this report will cover news since then. Operating Metro Lines Line 2A Line […]
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Ho Chi Minh City construction update – 2023 edition
This is the 5th annual Ho Chi Minh City construction update at Future Southeast Asia. Corruption scandals plague One Central HCM and IFC One Saigon, Ben Thanh Station, Grand Manhattan Novaland, and Thu Thiem New Urban Area. This is the 5th annual Ho Chi Minh City construction update at Future Southeast Asia (here are the […]
The bad urban design of Cyberjaya: Malaysia’s ‘failed Silicon Valley’
How bad urban design set Cyberjaya up for failure Cyberjaya is a city in Selangor state, about halfway between Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. This is a great place to build a new city. A real estate agent would put “strategic location” in their sales blurb, and on paper it is. Unfortunately Malaysia […]
Putrajaya-Cyberjaya Transit System
Putrajaya is the administrative centre of Malaysia located in the Federal Territory of Putrajaya, south of Kuala Lumpur. Cyberjaya is a city in Sepang District, Selangor, and next to Putrajaya. Putrajaya and Cyberjaya were developed at the same time, with Putrajaya being established in 1995 and Cyberjaya in 1997. Putrajaya and Cyberjaya are approximately halfway […]
George Town–Butterworth LRT
The George Town–Butterworth LRT was a proposed railway connecting George Town on the island of Penang to Butterworth on the mainland side of Penang state. The George Town–Butterworth Line was added to the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) in 2022. The original proposal was for an undersea tunnel connecting the Bayan Lepas LRT to the […]
