Make our main roads Welcoming for Walkers
By Goh Ban Lee
October 2013 VOICE IN THE CROWD
Solving traffic jams and bottlenecks is one thing that should certainly be prioritized. However, how the solutions affect pedestrians must be considered. In fact, walking on our streets should be made highly conducive in order to lower car use for short drives.Penang Island has undergone tremendous changes in the popular mode of transport over the last few decades. In the 1950s and 1960s, when there were not too many cars in George Town, people went about either on foot or...
Goh Ban Lee
is a senior research fellow in the Penang Institute.
