WALKING IN KUALA LUMPUR - Ar. Lillian Tay VERITAS Design Group

WALKING IN KUALA LUMPUR Ar. Lillian Tay VERITAS Design Group Citynet Infrastructure Cluster Meeting 24-26 July 2018 KLRTC XXX11 2018 Sustainable Urban Transportation for the New Urban Agenda

City generates wealth. The density creates exchanges of ideas, cultures and drives innovation.

75% of Malaysians live in cities1

17%

62%

of Greater KL residents use of Singaporeans use Public Transportation1 Public Transportation1

70% of Seoul residents use Public Transportation1

250 million hours time spent on the road every year by Greater KL residents1

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Malaysia Economic Monitor June 2015 Transforming Urban Transport (2015) by the World Bank Nielsen Global Survey of Automotive Demand (2013) by Nielsen Holdings Department of Statistics Malaysia (2014)

Up to 2.2% of GDP (RM24.7bil) Of economic losses due to traffic congestion1

3rd highest in the world for percentage of car ownership per 1,000 people2

Road accident is

2nd top cause of death for Malaysians between 16-65 years old3

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Malaysia Economic Monitor June 2015 Transforming Urban Transport (2015) by the World Bank Nielsen Global Survey of Automotive Demand (2013) by Nielsen Holdings Department of Statistics Malaysia (2014)

Seoul 70% 1

KL 17%

Source: Malaysia Economic Monitor June 2015 Transforming Urban Transport (2015) by the World Bank

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Source: Malaysia Economic Monitor June 2015 Transforming Urban Transport (2015) by the World Bank

Commuting populaiton Seoul vs London vs KL

Space Required To Transport 60 People

Guiding principles

2 Integrated view of the pedestrian realm

Public Transport System

Repopulating cities

The Last Quarter Mile

Landscape and setback regulations

Challenges & Successes in KL

KL has successfully created a vast network of sidewalks but it often has many physical obstructions.

Medan Pasar is a successful catalyst to create pedestrian environment

• Traffic calming strategy and pedestrianization of the old plaza • Active shop frontages surround the plaza • New trees provide shade • Existing 5 foot walkways are now enhanced

A seamless pedestrian network is already being planned by the City Hall.

However, regulatory challenges require political will and a cultural shift.

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No City

Car park required for residential

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Selangor

1 unit : 2 CP1

Seoul Kuala Lumpur Singapore Beijing Barcelona Hong Kong Central London (2-bed)

1 unit : 1.44 CP 1 unit : 1.35 CP2 1 unit : 1.30 CP2 1 unit : 0.52 CP2 1 unit : 0.25 CP3 1 unit : 0.24 CP2 1 unit : less than 1 CP4

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Manual Garis Panduan Dan Piawaian Perancangan Negeri Selangor (Edisi Kedua) (2011) by Selangor State Government Parking Policy in Asian Cities (2011) by Asian Development Bank Europe’s Parking U-Turn: From Accommodation to Regulation (2011) by ITDP

Perimeter Fencing •Wall fences built by owners disintegrate pedestrian links

2-metre perimeter planting rule • Not enough big shady trees •Does not add to the pedestrian sidewalk

Frontage • Frontage is too far from sidewalk • Needs stronger regulation to ensure active frontage and prevent blank walls Ingress/Egress • Disrupts pedestrian sidewalk

Car park space is a big part of the gross floor area of housing projects.

460 sqft 816 sqft

36% 64%

30-40% of cost of housing is due to required car park space in KL’s city centre.

460 sqft

X RM146/sqft = RM 67,160

816 sqft

X RM197/sqft = RM 160,752

Cities around the world

Orchard Road, Singapore

Pedestrian:

52%

Public Transport: 8% Private:

34%

Green:

6%

Orchard Road, Singapore

16.25m

Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong

Pedestrian:

16%

Public Transport: 51% Private:

33%

Green:

0%

16.25m

Compact multimodal connections

Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong

San Fernando Road, Seville

Pedestrian:

47%

Public Transport: 31% Private:

16%

Green:

6%

San Fernando Road, Seville

19.50 m

Jalan Ampang, KL

Pedestrian:

31%

Public Transport: 6% Private:

53%

Green:

10%

Jalan Ampang, KL

23.95 m

Jalan Pinang, KL

Pedestrian:

6%

Public Transport: 19% Private:

59%

Green:

16%

Jalan Pinang, KL

9.75 m

Moving forward

2 Integrated view of the pedestrian realm

Public Transport System

Repopulating cities

The Last Quarter Mile

Landscape and setback regulations

Walkability factors • Imageability People, Courtyards/plaza, Buildings with identifiers

• Enclosure Proportion street wall : sidewalk, Long sight lines

• Complexity Public art, Diverse spontaneity

• Housing Dwellings are woven into the street

2-metre perimeter

Perimeter Fencing blocks

planting rule

crossing

Disengaged

Status quo

Frontage

Disruptive Ingress/Egress

Fencing is selectively removed

Continuous pedestrian

to combine with neighbouring

surface

perimeter greenery X

Wider pedestrian sidewalk (+ 1 metre)

New framework Building faรงade closer to the sidewalk and regulated Thinner perimeter planting at the front (1 metre only)

to ensure active frontage

Status quo: disrupted pedestrian links and barriers across blocks

New framework

New framework

Contiguous sidewalk

Cross-blo ck

Cross-blocks make the urban grain more permeable, making pedestrian journeys shorter. But it needs to connect to major pedestrian spines and linked to active frontage and visual delight.

Cultural mapping is one way to create good streets • Can be a method to create Active Frontages on the street • Much more meaningful to the people living in the area, as it relies on local history and cultural memory

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Source: My Balik Pulau: cultural mapping by Arts-Ed, Penang

Street art gives identity and improves pedestrian experience dramatically

Service gap in transit system

MRT 2

LRT Ampang Line

LRT KJ Line

KTMB

MONORAIL

Bukit Nanas

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ja C n Ra

1.6 lan (

Jala

Service gap in transit system

km)

Bukit Ceylon

MRT 1

MRT 2

LRT Ampang Line

LRT KJ Line

KTMB

MONORAIL

Bukit Nanas

hu

ja C n Ra

1.6 lan (

Jala

Service gap in transit system

km)

Bukit Ceylon

MRT 1

BARCELONA

Applying some of the principles into KL

Pedestrian Superblock

Saloma Bridge Proposal

Kampung Baru

H

E KL

A

KLCC

Thank you