Bicycle Lane To Share Space With Pedestrian Walkway

The proposed bicycle lane in Taman Usahawan, Kepong, will be relocated to an existing pedestrian walkway, according to the DBKL. Initially, the 6km bicycle lane project was located along Jalan Metro Perdana Timur 11 and had taken up parking lots intended for commercial businesses. Following complaints from property owners and business owners, DBKL decided to relocate the bicycle lane to the newly upgraded walkway next to the road.

Previously, StarMetro reported that Taman Usahawan stakeholders were dissatisfied with the proposed bicycle lane project because it would convert existing parallel parking bays to perpendicular bays, reducing the number of parking spaces in the area. However, work on the bicycle lane had already begun on one side of the road. Yee Poh Ping, the director of Kepong Community Service Centre, thanked DBKL for their involvement with the community. According to a letter from DBKL's Urban Transportation Department dated December 27 last year, the Kuala Lumpur bicycle lane project is in line with the Kuala Lumpur Local Plan 2040 as part of the Sustainable City Programme initiative.

"The First Phase Bicycle Lane (Green and Blue Connectivity) will pass through Jalan 1/1A, Kampung Melayu Kepong, Jalan Metro Perdana Barat, Jalan 15/34C, and Jalan Besar Kepong, as well as a new road connecting the Middle Ring Road 2 and Taman Tasik Metropolitan. “After meeting with the representatives of the premises’ owners, the department had decided to maintain the parking lots in the area,” said the letter. Source:TheStar