Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul, where an elevated expressway was demolished to make way for a massive public recreation space. Photo by Aleksandr Zykov Road development throughout the 20th century was based primarily on the premise that more infrastructure eases traffic. But evidence shows that road

Not Malaysia-specific, but extremely relevant.

A reverse effect to traffic generation is the phenomenon of “traffic evaporation”: traffic that disappears when road space is reallocated from private vehicles to more sustainable modes of transport like walking, cycling and public transportation. While traffic evaporation has been well-documented for more than 20 years, most decision- and opinion-makers are still under the impression that reducing car lanes will make traffic worse.

All this does not mean that cities don’t require adequate road connectivity among rural areas and other cities. But reducing road space for cars in denser areas while improving areas for walking, cycling and public transportation clearly does not produce the chaos many believe it will. It is actually a more sustainable and equitable way of improving mobility in dense and fast-growing cities

  • weecious@monyet.ccM
    2·
    1 year ago

    Interesting study, I really do hope we can emulate that and focus more on providing a better public transportation service. Our buses are… Not the best.

    • cendawanita@monyet.ccOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      The difference is service quality is stark - I get out of central KL and PJ and I can really feel it. Penang pun I only dare when in Georgetown

    • DerpyPoint@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Despite the shittiness of rail services due to various incidents, I still have more confidence encouraging family and friends to take PT by rail rather than buses.

    • cendawanita@monyet.ccOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I really think the pavi area especially needs to bite the bullet and just make it pedestrian only. It’s got the infra for it + the mix of shops + the MRT dekat kompleks kraftangan is already open. It’s literally the only enclosure (other than the dataran side) that I can really see little issue in rerouting car traffic.

      Pudu/Kotaraya side is still iffy, that’s true.

      • DerpyPoint@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        MRT dekat kompleks kraftangan is already open

        Important lifehack is you can use the Banyan Tree to cross to Pavilion from this station. It’s not exclusively for guests.

      • just another rakyat@monyet.cc
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah I’m not sure how it’ll affect the traffic but it’s the most obvious location. That said, flashback to an old meeting that mentioned why there are no food stalls in that area… (though looks like there have been some food stall area allowed there since then)

        • cendawanita@monyet.ccOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yah the human movement dynamics couldn’t deny the food stalls being there… Hence, you see my point!

      • dukeGR4@monyet.cc
        2·
        1 year ago

        DBKL : sure I’ll let pedestrians walk like they own the streets. Imma build a flyover for CARS ! Hehehehe