Walkability in SS15, Subang Jaya, Selangor: A Rhetoric

Rosilawati ZainolNikmatul Adha Nordin

Faizah AhmadIbrahim Mohamad

Muhammad Nur Akramin Sulaiman

Walkability

• Walkability friendly area

• Benefits– Health– Environmental– Economic

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footpaths

sidewalks

traffic & road condition

land use pattern

building accessibility

safety

Crucial to promote Walkability• Global

warming• Greenhouse

effect• Climate

change• Rising global

temperature

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Walkability Scenarion in Developed Nations

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Walkability Scenario in Malaysia

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People prefer not to walk in Malaysia

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Walkability Audit

• Commercial Area in SS15, Subang Jaya, Selangor

• Based on– Safety– Leveling– Width– Continuity– Condition

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Walkability Audit

• Town Center• Audit– 1: Worst– 2: Bad– 3: Fair– 4: Good– 5: Excellent

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Safety

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Leveling

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Width

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Continuity

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Condition

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Results

• ALARMING!• Overall only score ≤ 3• Some even worst ≤ 1• Walkability in

COMMERCIAL area is almost ABSENT!

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• Are WE going

to do

something about this?

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URBAN REGENERATION

INFRASTRUCTURE

CHANGE

PEOPLE’S

MINDSET

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rosilawatizai@um.edu.my