The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) bicycle project is expanding – following the introduction of Kuala Lumpur’s first dedicated cycling path in April, DBKL has stated that it has allocated RM5 million to expand the network of cycling paths in the capital.
Work on the next phase is expected to be completed by December, Bernama reports. The council’s deputy managing director Datuk Mohd Najib Mohd said the purpose of the project was to encourage citizens to use bicycles as a mean of transport either to work, or at least to the nearest LRT station.
Earlier, it was reported that two more bike paths were in the pipeline following the 5.5 km–long stretch from Mid Valley to Dataran Merdeka. These are a four-kilometre route from Wangsa Maju to Taman Melati and another two-kilometre stretch from Wangsa Maju to Taman Batu Muda. The estimated combined construction cost for both routes is RM2.3 million.
“For the project in Taman Melati, it has been completed and the public can cycle from their residence to the Taman Melati LRT station. At Taman Metropolitan in Batu Kepong, it is 90% complete,” he told reporters. He added that a masterplan was also in place to expand the network of cycling paths in Cheras and Wangsa Maju.
The project aims to provide an alternative way of travel within the capital, cutting congestion and reducing pollution. It is also intended to instil a cycling culture among Malaysians, particularly the 1.6 million inhabitants within the city.
Earlier in the year, DBKL initiated its ‘Kuala Lumpur Car-free Morning’ campaign, whereby several stretches of roads are opened to cyclists on the first and third Sunday of every month, from 7.30 to 9.30 am.
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Appreciate the thought about expanding the cycling paths but did they do a survey as to how many cyclist will use the path?. Seriously 5 mill?. Another technique to put money into Ajib kor’s personal acc.
Ya ya. Gov should not waste any money to do anything becoz whenever they do anything, even to rakyat benefit, it always be songlap, kroni, 1mdb.
So be like selangor Gov. Sit on 3 billion and dun use a single sen to upgrade/maintain. Thats what the rakyat wants.
So tell my genius .. are you going to cycle to work?. It’s useless to expand the cycling path when no one even knows it even existed. How many of us drive to work?. Take a simple survey will show whether this project is practical or not.
Like usual Malaysian project, billions spent, nothing done, nothing is improved. It is all about cronies thinking how to pull money from government account into their private account.
Later you might see DBKL enhancing federal highway so that airplanes could take off or landing…
We Malaysia never short of project, but the result of the project. SMART is yet another classic example. With or without the tunnel, you still get flooded.
so how much should DBKL spent? 10k?
Boo to you. I ride a bike daily to the trail. Hit the KL Car Free Morning on a Sunday. Maybe you should too.
Any mention from MBPJ OR MPSJ? Its a deadly cause to cycle in those locations at the moment
I never heard about this Kuala Lumpur bicycle map.
It should be promoted more, as cycling is extremely popular among tourists from Europe.
There are many four-star hotels in Europe which rent bicycles to customers too.
Can a normal bicycle (fold-up bicycles i know can) be brought up the trains?
Do they have more trees along the route to relieve us from the either sunny or rainy weather?
Do they have proper toilet facilities for us to wash up all the sweat? (stinky toilets are a norm too)
Do they maintain the track properly 1-2 years down the road? (Our council have a really really bad reputation of maintenance. Project done, money in the pocket, tidak apa lah
Hey guys this is seriously a good effort. DBKL is not perfect but i think they are doing better. Rather than condemning on this i think we should encourage them to do more expansion such as this. Imagine this is a win win situation where you can keep fit as well as safe time in traffic.
Wastage. Better use the money to cover potholes, lori siput concrete waste, pedesterian walkways, malfunction traffic lights + ITIS system.
Which automatically we assume the real cost is… Rm2million only….
I assume the rm5 million include:
1. Bicycle park facilities @ LRT/bus stations
2. Covered bike trails on certain sunny stretches
3. Washroom & safekeeping facilities
4. Ramp for crossing busy road
5. CCTV cameras
If not, i dont think people would want their body sweating to go to work.
Just replying to one of the comments here is the maintenance should be a shared responsibility of DBKL and path users. Not zeroing on cyclists but all users of this path. Keep it clean, keep it safe.
This is a good thing, please do your bit in keeping it preserved.
this is actually a good thing. Now citizen have an option to go from point a to b.
Better this RM5M spent by DBKL than RM30M spent for Penang Bike Lane..
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/10/31/rm30-million-spent-on-12km-bicycle-route-in-penang/