Thoughts about urban planning and public transport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The first KL Metroscape video is out! It explores why KL’s traffic hasn’t improved despite the MRT and what it takes to get people on public transit.
Using 2 stations as examples, it shows how small infrastructure upgrades can drive big ridership gains.
youtu.be/lvw48YCMATE
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The siloed decision-making process of local councils to block roads without consideration to bus operations will also be why we will never be serious about public transport
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beginilah nasib pejalan kaki di Negaraku
sudah jelas dilayan seperti warganegara kelas keempat, seperti musuh pun ada jika pergi ke kawasan kedai-kedai atau jalan awam
BILA agaknya orang Malaysia mahu berubah?
#Malaysiaku
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'Everything in the country is designed for a f*cking car. Everything!'
— @yism3000
Once you have seen it, you cannot unsee it.
Welcome to the @waroncars!
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DBKL is a coward for not doing similar pedestrianisation on Bukit Bintang that people have been asking for. Only some parts of Bukit Bintang also they cannot. "Still studying." Sure, Jan.
London’s iconic Oxford Street will be pedestrianised between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street from today onwards.
(bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmzx…)
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Almost 1 km of Oxford Street is now pedestrianised. Trees, seats and plazas are planned for spring 2027.
More room for public life, lingering and chilling. Not just shopping. The real test: an inclusive street that works for visitors and neighbours alike.
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The ECRL Gombak situation is proof that despite years of grunting and activism by public and NGOs, despite years of touting green cities, we still put the needs of pedestrians on backburner. How did we get here
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Since 2016, London’s cycling network has grown fivefold, from 90 to 450 km.
The result? 1.5 million daily cycle journeys—a 43% spike since 2019—twice as many bikes as cars on City of London streets during the day, and motor traffic in steady decline—having fallen 25% since 2019.
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ECRL ready, but walkway missing
Same old pattern repeating itself.
thestar.com.my/news/nation/2…
Over 6,000 road fatalities every single year - you're genuinely more likely to know someone who died in a crash than from half the things we worry about daily.
Attended my son’s convocation today. Everything’s great. Tapi ada satu insiden yang lekat dalam memori.
Sebelum tunggu sesi pagi berakhir, aku lepak kat satu meja with this couple, I think around my age. They’re waiting for their son. Lepas dah icebreaker dalam 5 minit, tetiba the man asked me.
“Awak hisap rokok?”
I was prepared for an anti-smoking lecture. Or maybe about the campus being a no-smoking campus. Or how the price has increased over the years.
I answered yes. Then he continued.
“Kawan saya ramai hisap rokok. Tapi dia orang tak mati sebab hisap rokok. Dia orang mati kena langgar. Kawan saya pun hisap 2 kotak sehari. Tak pernah sakit. Tiba tiba dia mati kena langgar…”
Aku terkelu dengan betapa random nya kenyataan itu, tak tahu bagaimana nak menjawab, jadi aku hanya berhuhuhu
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Getting killed on the road instead of lung cancer is a very Malaysian experience.
Attended my son’s convocation today. Everything’s great. Tapi ada satu insiden yang lekat dalam memori.
Sebelum tunggu sesi pagi berakhir, aku lepak kat satu meja with this couple, I think around my age. They’re waiting for their son. Lepas dah icebreaker dalam 5 minit, tetiba the man asked me.
“Awak hisap rokok?”
I was prepared for an anti-smoking lecture. Or maybe about the campus being a no-smoking campus. Or how the price has increased over the years.
I answered yes. Then he continued.
“Kawan saya ramai hisap rokok. Tapi dia orang tak mati sebab hisap rokok. Dia orang mati kena langgar. Kawan saya pun hisap 2 kotak sehari. Tak pernah sakit. Tiba tiba dia mati kena langgar…”
Aku terkelu dengan betapa random nya kenyataan itu, tak tahu bagaimana nak menjawab, jadi aku hanya berhuhuhu
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#NSTnation A 49-year-old lorry driver has been detained after a container fell onto a car, killing a father and daughter near Sepanggar Port yesterday.
Read here: bit.ly/3U7dnDz
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Pedestrians also want to go heaven.
This rich man's shiny big Mercedes is blocking the entrance gate of the mosque during prayer today.
📍Mutiara Damansara
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🗣️ 'We cannot make our car dominated streets human friendly; we are not 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺!!1!'
Amsterdam wasn't 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 either. It took bold, consistent and persistent choices of citizens, policy makers and politicians.
Stop making excuses.
Start making change.
Something seems to be wrong with the official air quality monitoring stations of 'Department of Environment of Malaysia' showing much too good air quality numbers.
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It is funny how for some people 1 minute when stopped for a pedestrian feels longer than 30 min in traffic.
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'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.'
— Rita Mae Brown
Case #1237 of using traffic engineering to solve the problems of traffic engineering.
📍 #Alexandria, Egypt 🇪🇬.
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SEMENTARA itu sekitar pemandangan rakaman video papan pemuka kenderaan yang menyaksikan sebuah motorsikal telah melanggar lampu isyarat merah dan kemudiannya bertembung dengan sekumpulan kanak-kanak, dalam satu kejadian di hadapan sebuah sekolah di Pekan Meru di Klang
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Luxury is not going 0 to 60 under 2 seconds.
Luxury is walking to your grocery store under 15 minutes on a continuous sidewalk.
