{"id":24675,"date":"2025-07-30T00:21:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/?p=24675"},"modified":"2025-08-08T16:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:23:11","slug":"pedestrian-only-zone-proposal-for-bukit-bintang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/pedestrian-only-zone-proposal-for-bukit-bintang\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian Only Zone Proposal For Bukit Bintang"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pedestrian Only Zone Proposal For Bukit Bintang.<\/h1>\n<h6>Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Geotechnics and Transportation Department Assoc Prof Dr Sitti Asmah Hassan said from a road safety perspective, closing a key stretch of Jalan Bukit Bintang to vehicles would lower the risk of pedestrian-related road crashes.<\/h6>\n<h6>Journal of Public Health Medicine records in 2018 showed that there were over 500 pedestrian fatalities in the country annually.<\/h6>\n<h6>She said this accounted for about 7% of traffic-related deaths, adding that reducing or removing vehicles from the equation could lower the risk for pedestrians in high foot traffic areas such as Bukit Bintang.<\/h6>\n<h6>\u201cWhile closures could improve safety within the pedestrian area, there might be spillover effects in the surrounding roads as increased foot traffic often extends into neighboring streets and sidewalks.<\/h6>\n<h6>\u201cTraffic that typically passes through Jalan Bukit Bintang may shift to parallel roads, increasing collision risks there. Traffic rerouting must be done intelligently.\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>She said it is essential to plan special access routes for emergency services to maintain swift response times.<\/h6>\n<h6>She suggested installing additional road crossing facilities, signages, pathways and lighting so that the closure could accommodate people who gather or pass through adjacent areas.<\/h6>\n<h6>\u201cTo ensure the effectiveness of the plan, a public awareness campaign is vital, informing road users of the closure rules. Penalties, fines and specific regulations for delivery and emergency vehicle access must also be communicated.\u201d<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/685\/2025\/07\/Bukit-Bintang-Pedestrian-Only.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24676\" src=\"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/685\/2025\/07\/Bukit-Bintang-Pedestrian-Only-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesun.my\/malaysia-news\/pedestrian-only-zone-proposal-for-bukit-bintang-LB13478164#google_vignette\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedestrian Only Zone Proposal For Bukit Bintang. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Geotechnics and Transportation Department Assoc Prof Dr Sitti Asmah Hassan said from a road safety perspective, closing a key stretch of Jalan Bukit Bintang to vehicles would lower the risk of pedestrian-related road crashes. Journal of Public Health Medicine records in 2018 showed that there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26475,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26475"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24675"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24679,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24675\/revisions\/24679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/sittiasmah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}