Transcript Walkability in SS15, Subang Jaya, Selangor: A Rhetoric

Walkability in SS15, Subang
Jaya, Selangor: A Rhetoric
Rosilawati Zainol
Nikmatul Adha Nordin
Faizah Ahmad
Ibrahim Mohamad
Muhammad Nur Akramin Sulaiman
Walkability
• Walkability friendly
area
• Benefits
footpaths
building
accessibility
sidewalks
land use
pattern
– Health
– Environmental
– Economic
traffic & road
condition
safety
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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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