Integrating walking and cycling facilities towards green mobility in Bandar Penggaram Batu Pahat

Abstract

Walking and cycling facilities have huge potential in contributing to green mobility in the cities. It is important to reduce transportation emissions, such as enhancing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure networks and encouraging users to use public transportation. The main problem in Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat is high carbon emissions that came from motorised transportations. The objective of this research is to identify the existing condition of walking and cycling facilities and to propose ways to improve the existing condition of walking and cycling facilities towards green mobility in Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat. The analysis of this research involved areas around Dataran Penggaram, Batu Pahat which focuses on the main roads that tend to produce high carbon emissions. The method that is used in this research is the mixed methods which consist of quantitative and qualitative method. The first finding of the observation shows that the focused site or development integrates pedestrian and cycling networks with other road activities. There are also bicycle parking facilities, separate bike paths parallel to major roads and dedicated lanes for walking and cycling. Secondly, the weather and distance are the limitations of residents who walk and cycle. Next, the best criteria to overcome the limitations when integrating pedestrian and cycling networks with other road activities are planting shaded trees and build roofs over dedicated lanes for walking and cycling. So, the facilities need to be maintained at this level and improve or implemented to reduce the number of private vehicles on the road. Hence, less carbon emission from motorised transportations is achieved when more private vehicles are off the road.