Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
Online ISSN : 1881-1124
ISSN-L : 1341-8521
E: Regional Planning and Environment
Assessment of Walkability in Kuala Lumpur And Petaling Jaya's Commercial Center
Bor Tsong TEHNoor Hashimah Hashim LIMNik Hazwani Nik HASHIMChia Loke LEERama Krishna SUPRAMANIAN
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2024 Volume 15 Pages 1539-1554

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Walkability is a term for planning concepts that can be understood in terms of the mix of amenities in high-density neighborhoods that people can reach on foot. The study aimed to investigate the walkability in commercial center and explore the walkability score with the walkability assessment tool in commercial center. According to a study conducted by Stanford University (2022) ranked Malaysia as the ‘third laziest’ country based on a study of 717,527 people giving them a glimpse into the lives of people in 111 countries across the globe. Furthermore, some of the walkability assessment tools are incomprehensive to measures the walkability. Thus, a new developed walkability assessment tool had been used in this study. Finally, walkability in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya’s commercial center may be identified comprehensively.

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