Indonesia should ban all private cars from using subsidized fuel: adviser - chicagotribune.com

Indonesia should ban all private cars from using subsidized fuel: adviser - chicagotribune.com: "TANJUNG BENOA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia should slap a nationwide ban on the use of subsidized fuel by the country's 11 million private cars, a move that would save the government $8.6 billion this year and erase a widening fiscal deficit, a presidential adviser said.
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Rohingya being ethnically cleansed to enable oil pipelines

Burma: pipeline plans behind Rohingya cleansing?: "Much of the violence has been in the port of Sittwe, which is to be the starting point for the new Shwe pipeline project due to open later this year. The Shwe pipeline will allow oil from the Persian Gulf states and Africa to be pumped to China, bypassing a slower shipping route through the Strait of Malacca. It will also ship gas from Arakan's offshore fields to southwest China."

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Penang - More roads will lead to more traffic congestion

Penangites back mega projects, claims CM | Free Malaysia Today:
Precisely, the congestion of traffic is not about building more roads but ensuring that cars are controlled. For as long as cars are easily made available, congestion will be eminent. Face the reality, everyone knows the cause of traffic congestion and everyone knows that no matter how many roads are built, congestion will occur at busy locations as cars will bottlenecked at entry points
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Jakarta, Indonesia, choked by cars, desperately seeking a solution

Heavy traffic congestion is seen at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta in this May 2012 file photo. (JG Photo/Safir Makki)

Basuki Says Odd-Even Traffic Scheme May Be Canceled | The Jakarta Globe: "The Jakarta government on Tuesday said that the delayed odd-even license plate scheme might not go ahead and instead be replaced by the electronic road pricing system. "

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Bangkok chose to build highways and now has buyers remorse

Public must back loan plan | Bangkok Post: opinion: "In the past when traffic congestion became serious, instead of investing in mass transit systems, previous governments decided to invest in expressways, which only encouraged more private cars and worsened the traffic problem."

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Singapore should go the way of free public transport

Govt not decided yet on off-peak free train rides - Channel NewsAsia: "'There is a group that is very keen for us to offer free travel. And they think that it is a way to show that the government is truly committed to doing all that is possible to ease the congestion.'

...Mr Lui said the idea is to improve the public transportation network so that there is less of a need to own cars."

Thailand car-purchase subsidy does more harm than good

Govt's first-car scheme slammed on social media - The Nation: "@zhanpisshu said the government could have launched a proper public bus service instead of offering people a tax rebate on their first car, while @Oam_Oamm just put it down to pure and simple consumerism, saying it does nothing for the country's development. "

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