Addressing the pedestrian issues in Malaysia: En route towards walking culture and sustainable city

• Main Authors: Abdul Sukor, Nur Sabahiah, Mohamed Hatta, Nurulain, Hassan, Sitti Asmah
• Format: Article
• Published: Medwell Journals 2017
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97003/; https://www.medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=jeasci.2017.1811.1818

Even though pedestrianisation is still a far-off idea in Malaysia, these days it has been considered with high importance with regards to urban land use policies and road infrastructure designs. This study discusses the issues that were studied in comprehensive pedestrian research works that were carried out in Malaysia since 2010 up to these recent years. These issues are focused on many subject areas such as pedestrian safety, crossing behaviour, willingness to walk and pedestrian simulation study. Based on research evidence from the literatures that have been discussed in this study, several suggestions for future studies and actions are proposed to facilitate researchers in identifying the priority issues for the pedestrian study in Malaysia.