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Sustainable Penang Toward a New Mobility Agenda: 2013 -

2015

An independent report on the findings of a civil society enquiry based on collaborativedialogues, symposia, master classes, workshops and supporting public events, with the goalof forging stronger local support for a more sustainable transport system to better serve allthe people of Penang .The program is hosted by Think City and numerous local partners, incooperation with EcoPlan nternational.


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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in Penangeri" britton

e"o!lan international

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A Public Enquiry by Think City & EcoPlan


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Sus ta inab le Penang : Toward a New Mobi l i t y Agenda

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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in Penang

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The Streets o/Penang

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The re!ort that /ollows !resents the latest #ersion o/ theSustainable Penang !ro e"t as o/ 2 No#e ber 2013 and is!art o/ an ongoing re#iew and /inali4ation !ro"ess that will"ontinue through early 201 6 The re!ort and the asso"iated

aterials indi"ated here are being shared with "lose to onehundred !eo!le who !arti"i!ated a"ti#ely in the #arious /o"usgrou!s and other ey eetings during the three weeen7uiry in Penang as well as by a "ertain nu ber o/international "olleagues wor ing in the /ield who ha#ee8!ressed interest in reading and "o enting the re!ort6

These "o ents and "ontributions will be /a"tored into theon-line re!ort on a regular basis6

*/ you wish to oin this in/or al re#iew grou! get in tou"hwith the author at eri"6britton9e"o!lan6org Tel6 331 50;;
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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* a grate/ul to ha#e this "han"e to e8!ress y than s to the anyPenangites and grou!s who ha#e hel!ed e in this !ro e"t sin"e the !lanninge//ort got underway in ?une6 There are /ar too any to na e here so * shall ha#eto be satis/ied with these /ew words o/ a!!re"iation6 >hat * "an ho!e /or is thatso ething use/ul will "o e out o/ all our hard wor that will a e a "ontributionto your beauti/ul "ity and state6 >hat better way to say than you6

The !erson ost dire"tly res!onsible /or this ission was ato@ Pro/essorAnwar (a4al in his role as )hair o/ Thin )ity %aureate o/ the Right %i#elihoodAward and leading /igure in the )i#il So"iety o#e ent in Asia6 e guided e

/ro the beginning in any ways a ing sure that * understood the long o/ !aste//orts to deal with these "hallenges in Penang o#er two /ull de"ades6 .!onre/le"tion * belie#e that his ost "reati#e ad#i"e was to "aution e to a#oidbeing unne"essarily "riti"al but at the sa e ti e honest in y a!!re"iation o/the wea er !oints o/ the !resent situation6 *t is i !ortant he said Bbut &ri" *don@t want you to lose tra" o/ the /a"t that it is the positive recommendations that are going to ensure there will be /ollow-u! and "ontinuity to all the wor thatis being done while you are here6C * a trying hard to /ollow his wise "ounsel6

* was "ordially re"ei#ed on a nu ber o/ o""asions by o//i"ials and theirsta//s both at the le#el o/ the State o/ Penang and the two Muni"i!al "oun"ils

whi"h are leading the way when it "o es to i !le entation o/ any o/ the ideasthat are outlined here6 An i !ortant !art o/ y edu"ation was su!!lied by

eetings with e bers o/ the Penang Trans!ort )oun"il and in !arti"ular theirdire"tor Mr6 Thean-heng %i who was es!e"ially generous with his ti e and

nowledge /ro the initial stages o/ the !lanning e//orts6

The sta// o/ Thin )ity were also e8tre ely generous with their ti e andsu!!ort es!e"ially aniel %i un"an )a#e and =artina Moha ed6 They !ut alot o/ wor and brains into the !ro e"t day a/ter day and were to a good e8tentthe turntable o/ the entire ission without whose su!!ort it would ne#er ha#eta en !la"e6

'/ !arti"ular i !ortan"e was the a"ti#e !arti"i!ation o/ all those whoagree to get in#ol#ed in the (o"us ,rou! sessions that "ontinued on an al ostdaily basis through the entire three wee s in Penang6 These resour"es o/edu"ation /or the author and great o!!ortunities to gather /ro the their #iewson !roble s !riorities and their !ro!osals /or a"tions and re edial easures

any o/ whi"h a!!ear in )ha!ter 3 o/ this re!ort6

>ell ore than hal/ o/ the !eo!le ta ing their ti e to su!!ort the !ro e"twere wo en with "onsiderable e8!ertise in a wide #ariety o/ "riti"al areas strong #iews and de onstrated leadershi! s ills6 Their "ontinued in#ol#e ent

and leadershi! is going to be "riti"al to the "hallenges o/ a Sustainable Penangand the a or trans!ortation re/or !rogra that now needs to be engaged6

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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in Penang(inally let e in e8!ress y war est than s to Mr6 6 T6 =hor who was y

guide and instru"tor /ro start to /inish6 * "ould not ha#e as ed /or a better andore generous wor ing !artner6 Than you =hor than you all6

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&D&).T*+& S .MMARE This re!ort and the onths o/ !lanning and !re!aration behind it is

intended as a "ollaborati#e brainstor ing e8er"ise6 At a ti e when !ubli" !oli"yin the trans!ort se"tor needs new ideas and new a!!roa"hes we ha#eatte !ted to s"an interesting !ra"ti"es worldwide in order to draw the toattention to all o/ those "on"erned with these issues in Penang6 The re!ort is thus

not a how to-do anual but an en"ourage ent and sti ulus /or no less thanRethinking Penang 6

And that is u"h needed6 The underlying reality on the streets and !ubli"s!a"es in 2013 is this: PenangFs trans!ort obility and !ubli" s!a"earrange ents in 2015 lea#e a great deal to be desired6 >ith so e but /ewe8"e!tions they are edio"re at best and /or the ost !art entirelyunsatis/a"tory un/airly and under!er/or ing6 And there is no good reason that ithas to be li e that66

The grinding situation is one o/ e#ery day: ore "ars ore tra//i" ore"ongestion ore !ollution ore lost ti e ore anger ore noise oreisolation ore a""idents and /ewer good a//ordable o!tions /or getting around/or the #ast a ority o/ the !o!ulation6 The syste is ine//i"ient and worse it isun ust6 $ut there is worse yet: year a/ter year they are "ontinuing to deterioratesteadily al ost #isibly6 The "iti4ens and ta8!ayers o/ Penang deser#e better6

'ne bit o/ good news is that there is #irtually nothing that is !arti"ularlyoriginal about the "ir"u stan"es o/ inattention in"onsisten"y and de"ayG theseare the sa e beha#iors !atterns and "onditions en"ountered in the #ast

a ority o/ all larger "ities a"ross the de#elo!ing world6 Perha!s sur!risingly this

"an be seen as good news6 $e"ause we thus now what the !roble s are and wenow how to resol#e the 6 There are #ery /ew un nowns6 Many other "ities and

regions ha#e /a"ed these "hallenges in the !ast and ha#e /igured out how toa e this transition6 So there is no reason why the sa e "annot be done in

Penang6 And one day it will6 The only 7uestion is whenH

There are long list o/ reasons why Penang needs to turn the situationaround and without undue delay6 *n the 21 st "entury "ities compete and any "itywhi"h does not o//er a !leasant and e//i"ient !la"e to li#e and wor is going tolose out in the international "o !etitions6 The best and brightest young !eo!lewill lea#e su"h a !la"e and it "annot e8!e"t to "o !ete /or new in#est ents

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obs and the "reati#ity o/ the brightest and best in the international arena6Iuality o/ li/e "ountsJ

So /or all these reasons it is ti e /or those dri#ing trans!ort !oli"y and!ra"ti"e in Penang to start to loo hard at what "an be done to a e it not onlya great !la"e to li#e and wor but also a #igorous "o !etitor /or the best6(ortunately Penang has a nu ber o/ real ad#antages !otential and e#entualtools and easures that "an now be !ut to wor /or this re"on#ersion e//ort6

The good news is that the State has in hand #irtually e#erything needed inorder to !re!are initiate and ad#an"e a a or sustainable trans!ortation re/or 6

The oney the te"hni"al "a!a"ities the institutional /ra ewor the autono yand the ideas and e8a !les needed to a e a or i !ro#e ents any at #ery

low "ost and well within the 2015 ti e hori4on o/ the Trans!ort Master Plan6 TheMaster Plan already sets out a nu ber o/ institutional and te"hni"al re/or sneeded to i !ro#e the !er/or an"e o/ all as!e"ts o/ trans!ort in the statee//i"ien"y en#iron ent e"ono y resour"es energy and 7uality o/ li/e /or all6 *t!ro#ides a solid !oint o/ de!arture6

Eou ha#e in !la"e a solid institutional stru"ture led by the State su!!ortedby the Penang Trans!ort )oun"il with at the "ore the dyna i" Muni"i!al )oun"ilson the island KMPPPL and the ainland KMPSPL6 All o/ whi"h su!!orted by one o/the ost well de#elo!ed networ s o/ "i#il so"iety and !ubli" interest grou!s in allo/ Asia6 These are huge assets /or your trans/or ational !rogra 6

*tFs not a atter o/ oney6 Eou ha#e su//i"ient /unds under your "ontrol toa e a #irtually all o/ the i !ro#e ents whi"h are ne"essary o#er the "ourse o/

the ne8t two years i/ you "on"entrate abo#e all on the management of thetransportation assets you already ha#e -- as o!!osed to as in the !ast s!endinghea#ily on new "onstru"tion !ro e"ts to sol#e your !roble s6 The !riority is notto /urther e8!and su!!ly o/ ine//i"iently used in/rastru"ture but rather to

anage and use it better6 The Trans!ort Master Plan !ro#ides a nu ber o/ use/ul

guidelines /or how to do this6

>ith the "ollaboration o/ y "olleagues at Thin )ity and all those whoha#e so generously gi#en o/ their ti e and ideas o#er these last wee s and!arti"ularly all those !arti"i!ating in the (o"us ,rou!s we ha#e "o e u! with aninitial brainstor ing list o/ so e /orty s!e"i/i" !ro e"t initiati#es whi"h "an bedone 7ui" ly and whi"h are entirely under the "ontrol o/ state and lo"algo#ern ents6 As author * #ery u"h ho!e you will loo at the and in ti ethrough your suggestions and re"o endations hel! us to e8!and and i !ro#ethis o!en resour"e in#entory6

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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in Penang*/ we thin o/ the world "ities as being roughly di#ided into BleadingC and

BlaggingC the truth is that Penang today solidly i !lanted in the latter "ategory6$ut so too and not all that any years ago were any o/ the leading "ities that

today are showing the way6 Most o/ the not all that any years ago were also#i"ti s o/ in"onsistent unthought-out uni aginati#e sel/ish unde o"rati" andine//i"ient trans!ortation !oli"ies the sel#es6 The lesson is that you do not wa eu! in the orning and /ind yoursel/ suddenly ha#ing be"o e a Bleading "ity Binthis res!e"t6 Eou ha#e to roll u! your slee#es and get to wor with an entirelydi//erent set o/ #alues and goals6

$ut /or that to o""ur there needed to be a #ision a strategy !lans anda"tions o/ whi"h indi#idually and "olle"ti#ely started to "hange the sha!e o/ the"ity and the 7uality o/ e#eryday li/e /or the !eo!le who li#e and wor there butalso /or #isitors who "o e be"ause they are eager to see and be in a situation inwhi"h an agreeable and sustainable "ity en#iron ent has been a"hie#ed

The ey to the su""ess o/ this !ro e"t will be in the /ollow-u! in the yearahead6 >hat you see here is but a /irst "ut o/ ideas and !ro e"ts6 $ut it will be inthe /ollow-u! the ado!tion o/ these ideas by lo"al grou!s and agen"ies who "anturn the into reality that will a e the di//eren"e6

*n "losing * "an tell you one thing /or sure6 And that is that Penang will oneday a e all the ne"essary re/or s that today are so badly needed6 Eou will getto it sooner or later be"ause that is what the world trend is6 ThatFs what

su""ess/ul "ities do6 So it is really a 7uestion o/ ti e6 */ you ha#e the #ision thestrategy the energy and the leadershi! you "an ad#an"e the agenda by ade"ade in ust the ne8t year or two o/ "are/ul a!!lied wor 6 That will be your"hoi"e -- no one "an do it but you6

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(ro 21 Se!t6 to ; '"t6 in Penang a three-wee long "i#il so"iety !rogra"onsisting o/ ore than thirty site #isits "ollaborati#e dialogues sy !osia

aster "lasses wor sho!s and su!!orting !ubli" e#ents with the goal o/"reating a stronger base o/ lo"al su!!ort in /a#or o/ a ore sustainable trans!ortsyste to better ser#e the !eo!le o/ ,eorge Town and Penang 6 osted by Thin)ity and nu erous lo"al !artners in "oo!eration with &"oPlan *nternational *

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>orld )ar (ree ay "elebration and s!e"ial e#ents KSunday 22 Se!te berL Sustainable Penang *naugural .ni#ersity %e"ture K20:00-22:00 2 Se!t6 at

.ni#ersiti Sains Malaysia L (o"us ,rou! ialogues KMornings /ro 23 Se!t6 )aring So"iety )o !le86

)onta"t us /or s"heduleL Muni"i!al )oun"il Peer ialogues KMPSP on 1 '"t6 and MPPP on 2 '"t6 0;:00 to

13:00L Sy !osiu on State o/ the &n#iron ent in Penang K3 '"t66 0;:30 on )aring

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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in PenangA "ollaborati#e brainstor ing do"u ent

!re!ared by the author to su ari4e a nu ber o/ theoutstanding "ontributions and !ro e"t ideas that "a e u!

during the "ourse o/ three wee s o/ "ollaboration in Penangwith nu erous !ubli" eetings /o"us grou!sse inars and other asso"iated e#ents the ob e"ti#e o/ whi"hwas to see o/ wor ing together we "ould identi/y a "ertainnu ber o/ B!attern brea ingC easures and !ro e"tsthat ight be "onsidered /or i !le entation in Penango#er the "o ing year6

A/ter a #ery short gra!hi" introdu"tion the re!ort is di#ided into threeain !arts6 )ha!ters 2 and 3 a e brie/ !resentations o/ the o#erall stru"tureey !rin"i!les and orientation o/ the New Mobility Agenda -- a "ollaborati#e

strategy /or enlarging the !oli"y debate and bringing in new ideas anda!!roa"hes /or i !ro#ing obility in "ities and in the surrounding lower densityareas6 Readers will a!!re"iate that this is an es!e"ially de anding agendabe"ause it re7uires not that !oli"y a ers !i" out one or se#eral o/ the !ro!osedstrategi" !illars /or ad ho" a"tion but that they sign u! with the entire strategicstructure 6 >ithout su"h /ir under!innings !oli"y ris s ost "ertainly to bein"onsistent and to la" the ne"essary "ontinuity /or re/or ing the globalsyste 6

)ha!ters 5 to ; set out a series o/ short des"ri!tions o/ a!!ro8i ately 0

!ro e"t ideas or "on"e!ts that "a e u! o#er the "ourse o/ the dis"ussions withthe !arti"i!ating organi4ations and indi#iduals re!resenting both the !ubli"se"tor and #arious bran"hes o/ "i#il so"iety and the edia6 These des"ri!tionsare at this !oint #ery brie/6 Rather they are intended to o!en u! dis"ussions o/thin ing about the sele"ted to!i"s whi"h "a e out o/ the /o"us grou! eetingsand eetings with ey go#ern ent grou!s o#er the "ourse o/ the three wee s6

The ho!e is that so e o/ these ideas you ay "hoose to thin o/ the ase7ui#alent o/ boo ar s in your browser will in the onths ahead be !i" ed u!and ado!ted by the !rin"i!le i !le enting agen"ies and grou!s and su!!ortedby "i#il so"iety in order to de#elo! a new trend /or trans!ort and land use in

Penang6

)ha!ter loo s at the #ital issues o/ /ollow-u! and i !le entation the"riti"al ne8t ste! in this !ro"ess6 The i !le entation !hase is to be led in the/irst instan"e by the state authority the Penang Trans!ort )oun"il and the twoMuni"i!al )oun"ils who ha#e already initiated so e new initiati#es whi"h breawith the old !atterns and "hoi"es that /a#ored !ri#ate "ar tra//i" abo#e all6 As"an be seen i/ we loo at the streets there are better ways o/ organi4ingtrans!ortation in Penang6

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The anne8es are sel/-e8!lanatory other !erha!s the Table o/ *deas whi"h isa listing o/ "lose to one hundred to!i"s and !ro!osals that were dis"ussed in the

#arious wor ing sessions6

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The !hotogra!hs that a!!ear in these !ages ha#e beenta en /ro any sour"es ostly the lo"al edia areintended to gi#e the reader who is not dire"tly /a iliar withthe streets o/ Penang a /irst /eeling /or the day to day realityo/ the s"ene6 A s all window on the streets and !eo!le o/Penang6 As you will see when you go there the reality has

any /a"ets and the hand/ul o/ i ages that a!!ear here areonly /rag entary e#iden"e6

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162 */ so why are we not sol#ing itH



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163 >hat do we do need to do to a e itwor H



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The Streets o/ Penang

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(ortunately Penang doesnot ha#e to start /ro the beginning and all by itsel/ rein#ent its !resentlytroubled trans!ortation arrange ents to "reate a beauti/ul and sustainable "ity6

There are any "ities in di//erent !arts o/ the world who ha#e in the !astaddressed these sa e "hallenges !atiently "onsistently and with "ontinuity ande8"ellent results6 So in any ways there is nothing newG it all de!ends on howyou !ut it together6 And it is these "ities and these !ro e"ts that !ro#idee8a !les /or Penang6 All o/ these e8a !les ta en together "onstitute what we"all the New Mobility Agenda6 %et us ha#e a loo as been learned o#er the lastthree de"ades in these Brethin ing "itiesC6

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'ld MobilityC with its dru beat stress on steadily in"reasing su!!lyore #ehi"les higher s!eeds longer distan"es and ore in/rastru"ture as the

auto-!ilot une8a ined answer to our "ity obility !roble s has been the/a#ored !ath /or de"ision- a ing and in#est ent in the se"tor o#er the last


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+irtually all o/ the ne"essary !re"onditions are now in !la"e in Penang /ora"hie#ing /ar-rea"hing ra!id low-"ost i !ro#e ents in the ways that !eo!le get

around not only in the "ities but in the State as a whole6 The needs are therethey are in"reasingly understood and we now now what to do and how to getthe ob done6 The "hallenge is to /ind the #ision !oliti"al will and leadershi! toget the ob done ste! by deliberate ste!6

$ut to get there we ha#e to ha#e an e8!li"it "oherent ethi"al "he" ableo#erar"hing strategy to get the ob done6 >ithout it we are destined to "ontinue!lay at the edges o/ the !roble s and while we ay be able to announ"e asu""ess or i !ro#e ent here or there the o#erall i !a"t that our "ities need tobrea the old !atterns will not be there6 >e really ust ha#e that "lear"onsistent "ross-"utting syste i" strategy6

The Agenda !ro#ides a /ree !ubli" !lat/or /or new thin ing and o!en"ollaborati#e grou! !roble sol#ing bringing together ore than a thousandleading thin ers and a"tors in the /ield /ro ore than se#enty "ountiesworldwide sharing in/or ation and "onsidering together the /ull range o/!roble s and e#entual solution !aths that "onstitute the global "hallenge o/sustainable trans!ort in "ities6

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(a"t: Penang has its /ull share o/ obility related !roble s6 And they aregetting worse e#ery year6 The good news is that there is not one thing in the!resent trans!ortation ess that is uni7ue to Penang6 >hi"h !uts Penang in thesituation o/ so eone who is si" but with a well "harted disease and in a worldin whi"h there are any well- nown re edies /or the !roble s6 $ut you ha#e tobe ready to go to the do"tor and e8!lain e8a"tly what your !roble is6

(a"t: 'ur "ities today ha#e !lenty o/ "ars and #ery #ery large nu bers o/

!eo!le and institutions who de!end on the 6 They are not going to disa!!ear/ro the street o#ernight and we ust ne#er lose sight o/ their high i !ortan"eto both the indi#iduals "on"erned and the e"ono i" and yes the trans!ort#iability o/ our "ities6

Pre"ondition: Thus the "hallenge be/ore !oli"y a ers and trans!ortation!ro/essionals now at a ti e when "hange is so badly needed is that o/ rede/iningthe role o/ the "ar so that it has a ore a!!ro!riate /it with the o#erall te8tureand !riorities o/ our 21st "entury "ities6 The indis!utable /a"t is that i/ our"ities are to be sustainable one o/ the ne"essary "onditions o/ their

sustainability will be that they are ho e to any /ewer "ars6 ow to anage thetransition when our de!enden"e on !ri#ate "ars is still so #ery strongH >e "an be



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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in Penangsure that it will not be the result o/ brutal "on/rontation6 That would be a battlelost at least in the short-ter whi"h is the /ield on whi"h these issues now needto be engaged6

$otto line: Ees we need to redu"e signi/i"antly the nu ber o/ "ars in ando#ing around in and through our "ities6 Ees in order to a"hie#e this we are

going to ha#e to !ro#ide a broad range o/ attra"ti#e obility alternati#es whi"hare seen by those who use the as better than the old arrange ents6 And /inallyyes we are going to ha#e to !ro#ide a Bso/t !athC /or "ar ownerQdri#ers to o#eo#er to these alternati#e trans!ortation arrange ents6 The so/t !ath in a!luralisti" de o"ra"y re7uires that the de"isions are ade by indi#iduals in whatthey "onsider to be their own interest6 As !art o/ this we also ha#e to build intoour strategy in understanding that a "ertain a ount o/ ti e is re7uired /or ushu an beings "hange-a#erse as we are to alter our daily obility "hoi"es6 K$utthis ti e de!ending on the indi#idual "ase is a atter in ost "ases o/ onthsor at ost a "ou!le o/ years not de"ades as o/ten is said to be the "ase6L

That is the underlying strategy o/ the New Mobility Agenda now let us goon to loo at the broader strategi" /ra e6

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'ne o/ the ey a"tors on the trans!ortation s"ene in Penang is o/ "oursethe "ar ownerQdri#er6 *t is e8tre ely i !ortant that we understand the entalityo/ this !ower/ul inority at all the ore so sin"e they are both !art o/ the!roble and an absolutely "riti"al !art o/ the solution6

>hen it "o es to ownershi! it is i !ortant to understand their indset atea"h stage in the !ro"ess o/ thin ing about drea ing about sa#ing /or and withso e lu" /inally !aying /or and owning their own "ar6 This is not an inno"ent!ro"ess and is sha!ed by any e8ternal !layers in"luding o/ "ourse theauto obile industry whi"h has its !rodu"ts to sell6 And not all o/ thesein/luen"es habits and "hoi"es are ne"essarily the best ones /or all in#ol#ed the"ar owners and their /a ilies but also the "o unity as a whole6

Penangites dri#ers and non-dri#ers ali e regaled e with stories o/ dri#erisbeha#ior in ter s o/ s!eeds la" o/ res!e"t o/ others on the road res!e"t o/

!ar ing restri"tions and a general le#el o/ aggressi#e and he and la" o/ so"ial"ons"ien"e whi"h we are told set the a!art /ro the rest6 *t is said that theyown the "ars and they own the road and sin"e it is so "learly their !ro!erty is /orthe to use as they thin best6

This is ust not true6 )ar owners and dri#ers in Penang are beha#ing inter s o/ the !attern whi"h is well-established and "an be seen in any !arts o/the world6 *n earlier ti es when the sheer nu ber o/ "ars being !oured into our"ities was u"h less this isbeha#ior is /ar less o/ a !roble that it is today6

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ability to "o uni"ate well and at the right ti e is the "riti"al lin in the !ro"esso/ "i#ili4ing the "ar6

There is e8tensi#e ba" ground in this area resear"hed and written by notonly trans!ortation s!e"ialist but also ost a!!ro!riately so"iologistsbeha#ioral !sy"hologists neurologists !sy"hiatrist and !sy"hoanalyst6 %i ewisethere are signi/i"ant "ontributions that been ade by the story and !oliti"als"ientists en#iron entalists and i/ * ay e#en e"ono ists6

*t would be i !ortant and a signi/i"ant tool or !ubli" !oli"y a ing inPenang "an de#elo! so e "enters o/ e8!ertise in this area6

2*5 T & N&> M'$*%*TE A ,&N A *N $R*&( The New Mobility Agenda builds on a well-de/ined !lat/or when it "o es

to trans!ort !oli"y !lanning and in#est ent the result o/ long e8!erien"e o/wor ing with and obser#ing the se"tor in its daily o!eration in "ities around theworld6 *t would not be true to "lai that these #iews are uni7ue to usG indeedthey ha#e been distilled o#er the years as result o/ "onta"ts and wor in"ollaboration with /arsighted "olleagues and !oli"y a ers in any !la"es6 Theyare shared at least in good !art and with #ariations by ust about all o/ our ostdistinguished "olleagues6

The ain re/eren"e !oint /or all that you will read in these !ages is a long-ter !rogra the New Mobility Agenda an international "ollaborati#e e//ort/o"using entirely on trans!ortation in and around "ities6 *t has been in o!erationsin"e 1 ;; with "ontinuous intera"ti#e !resen"e on the internet as one o/ the!illars o/ the "ollaborati#e nowledge-building !ro"ess that is behind it6 And thisis what we ha#e "on"luded:



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'* N&> M'$*%*TE T & S TRAT&,E

Basic principles and strategies that make up the ew !obility "genda

The shi/t /ro old to new obility is not one that turns its ba" on thei !ortan"e o/ high 7uality obility /or the e"ono y and /or 7uality o/ li/e6 *t isnot a ste! down6 To the "ontraryJ with the !ro#en organi4ational odels andte"hnologies we now ha#e at our /ingerti!s and in the labs it is !ossible toredraw our trans!ortation syste s and use o/ #aluable !ubli" s!a"e so that thereis less ine//i"ient o#e ent Kthe idea o/ one !erson sitting in tra//i" in a large "arwith the engine idling is one e8a !le an e !ty bus anotherL and ore high-e//i"ien"y high-7uality low-"arbon trans!ortation that o//ers any ore obility"hoi"es than in the !ast in"luding the one that en#iron entalists and any

others /ind ost a!!ealing: na ely getting what you want without ha#ing to#enture out into tra//i" at all6 Now thatFs an interesting new obility strategytoo6

ere you ha#e the twenty ey underlying !rin"i!les o/ the strategi" !oli"y/ra e that is needed to sha!e and guide the transition !rin"i!les that we and"olleagues around the world ha#e diligently !ie"ed together o#er the years o/wor obser#ation and "lose "onta"t with !ro e"ts and !rogra s in leading "itieson all "ontinents under the New Mobility Agenda6

The short words o/ introdu"tion a/ter ea"h strategy title below areintended here only as a /irst "he" -list o/ ey !rin"i!les to be "onsulted and used"are/ully to s"reen all new !ro e"t and in#est ent "o it ents in the se"tor6

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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in Penang&a"h has an abundant literature and ea"h is an a""e!ted !art o/ the New MobilityAgenda tool it6 %etFs ha#e a loo 6

Strategy 16 Redu"e tra//i" radi"ally6

The "riti"al in"ontro#ertible !oli"y "ore o/ the Agenda is to /ind a way toengineer a or near-ter /ull s"reen !er"entage "uts in #ehi"le iles tra#eledand in !arti"ular in high density areas6 */ we donFt a"hie#e this we will ha#e asituation in whi"h all the ey indi"ators will "ontinue to o#e in the wrongdire"tion6 $ut we "an "ut tra//i" and at the sa e ti e i !ro#e obility6 And thee"ono y6 ThatFs our New Mobility strategy6 1

Strategy 26 &8!and non-"ar obility ser#i"es a#ailable toall:

&8tend the range 7uality and degree o/ integration o/ non-"ar obilityser#i"es a#ailable to all6 A whole range o/ e8"iting and !ra"ti"al new ser#i"e

odes is needed i/ we are to ee! our "ities #iable6 The list o/ these alternati#e ser#i"e ty!es is 7uite long and in addition

within ea"h o/ these are a "onsiderable #ariety o/ di//erent ways o/ deli#eringthese ser#i"es6 A ong the ost widely nown are s all "o unity buseselderly and handi"a!!ed ser#i"es "arsharing and "ar "lubs ridesharing and"ar!ools non otori4ed trans!ort in"luding "y"ling and wal ing ta8is Kboth legaland illegal sin"e the latter e8istsL RT or de and res!onsi#e transit #arious/or s o/ hit"hhi ing and slogging and the long list goes on6

And they need to )'M$*N& to o//er better /aster and "hea!er obilitythan the old "ar-intensi#e arrange ents or de/i"it-/inan"ed hea#y old-te"hnology traditional !ubli" transit6 >e need to o!en u! our inds on this lasts"ore and understand that rather than being stu" in the !ast with a 1 th"entury #ersion o/ how B"o on !eo!leC best get about it is i !ortant to o#eo#er to a new !aradig o/ a great #ariety o/ ways o/ !ro#iding shared trans!ort

ediated in good !art by 21st-"entury in/or ation "o uni"ationste"hnologies6

Strategy 36 Tighten ti e /ra e /or a"tion

Sele"t and gear all a"tions to a"hie#e #isible results within a two to /i#e-year ti e /ra e6 S!end at least 50 !re/erably ore o/ all your trans!ortationbudget on easures and !ro e"ts that are going to yield #isible results within this

1 >e as ed the reader to be !atient with these #ery short des"ri!tions ea"h o/ whi"hneeds to be introdu"ed and de#elo!ed in "onsiderable detail6 $ut that is not the ob e"ti#eo/ the !resent e8er"ise6 *n ea"h "ase and let us ta e this one /or e8a !le it is easyenough to say that an i !ortant strategy is Uto redu"e tra//i" radi"ally as 7uote6 $ut thenthere is a atter o/ how this is a"hie#ed6 $ut the i !ortant thing is that on"e that this ise8!e"ted as a underlying general !rin"i!le /or !oli"y then it is ti e to !ut the te"hni"ale8!erts on the "hallenge o/ how to a"hie#e it6 This is a sort o/ things that will ha!!en in

subse7uent stages o/ this !ro e"t it is to "ontinue in the /uture6

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ti e /ra e6 Set /ir targets /or all to see and udge the results6 No-e8"useresults-oriented trans!ort !oli"y6

Strategy 6 esign and eli#er /or the Trans!ortationMa ority

The Btrans!ortation a orityC is not what ost !eo!le thintrans!ortation !lanners and !oli"y a ers a ong the 6 The trans!ortation

a ority are all those o/ us who in"reasingly are !oorly ser#ed by the ainlineno-"hoi"e "ar-based trun"ated ser#i"e arrange ents that eat u! ost o/ ourta8!ayer oney and ta e away our "hoi"es6 And ea"h year as our !o!ulationsage this a ority grows in nu bers6 K(or details see se"tion here on The

Trans!ortation Ma ority at http://wp.me/p3GVVk-1z L

Strategy 56 Ta e ad#antage o/ /rugal e"ono i"s:

>e are not going to need another round o/ high "ost low i !a"tin#est ents to a e it wor 6 >e si !ly ta e o#er 50 o/ the trans!ort relatedbudgets and use it to address !ro e"ts and re/or s that are going to a e thosebig di//eren"es in the ne8t se#eral years6

Strategy 6 $uild on what we ha#e:

(or any trans!ortation !lanners and e8!erts s"hooled in the old obility"ollege this will be one o/ the least e#ident o/ the strategi" building blo" sbehind the New Mobility Agenda6 *n the /irst !la"e be"ause any o/ thesesyste s or ser#i"es turn out to be al ost in#isible to !oli"y a ers wor ing in thetrans!ort se"tor6 These "an range /ro #arious inds o/ ta8is and "o unity ors!e"iali4ed trans!ort ser#i"es all the way to the ind o/ "haoti" streets-"loggingor al ost in#isible odes o/ten dangerous Kdangerous be"ause that is the waywe treat the L ser#i"es su"h as s all !ri#ate buses shared ta8is !edi"absin/or al "arsharing in/or al ride sharing and a range o/ illegal or arrange ents

whi"h * "an or not they to wor /or lots o/ !eo!le in any !la"es but whi"h inost "ases and des!ite their !resent drawba" s !robably need not to besu!!ressed but rather to be better understood negotiated i !ro#ed in "onsortwith the su!!liers and integrated into the ultile#el range o/ trans!ortationo!tions that are really what is best suited /or "ities in all !arts o/ the world6

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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in PenangMany "ities whi"h today en oy i ensely i !ro#ed trans!ortation

syste s and ser#i"es were not always so wise in the !ast6 As a result a or bitso/ trans!ortation in/rastru"ture whi"h were i !ro!erly !lanned and built ti ehad to be re o#ed6 This is a "ostly and !ain/ul !ro"ess6 The lesson we "an learn/ro that -- !arti"ularly at ti es li e the !resent where it ost !arts o/ the world

oney is s"ar"e -- is not to build oursel#es into a "orner that later we would li eto get out o/6 There/ore all a or "onstru"tion !ro e"ts whi"h in#ol#e thee8!ansion o/ road in/rastru"ture and #ehi"le tra//i" need to be e8a ined "riti"allyat the !resent ti e to deter ine the /ull "y"le o/ e#ents they are li ely to set o//and with a "are/ul analysis o/ deter ining i/ there are other !ossibly better"hea!er and /aster ways o/ getting the ob done6

Strategy ;6 esign and de!loy packages o/ easures

As distinguished /ro the old ways o/ !lanning and a ing in#est entswhat is re7uired in ost !la"es today are "are/ully interlin ed B!a" agesC o/nu erous s all as well as larger !ro e"ts and initiati#es6 *n#ol#ing any orea"tors and !arti"i!ants6 'ne o/ the "hallenges o/ an e//e"ti#e new obility !oli"ywill be to /ind ways to see these #arious easures as intera"ti#e synergisti" and

utually su!!orting !ro e"ts within a uni/ied greater whole6 A signi/i"ant"hallenge to our !lanners at all le#els

Strategy 6 *ntegrate the "ar into the new obility !attern

State-o/-the-art te"hnology "an be !ut to wor hand in hand with the

"hanging role o/ the !ri#ate "ar in the "ity in order to "reate situations in whi"he#en "ar use "an be integrated with a /ar so/ter edge into the o#erall obilitystrategy6 These ad#antages need to be widely broad"ast so as to in"reasea""e!tan"e o/ the new !attern o/ urban obility6 The new obility en#iron ent

ust also be able to a""o odate !eo!le in "ars sin"e that is anin"ontro#ertible reality whi"h will not go away si !ly be"ause it would see li ean ideal solution6 >e are going to ha#e !lenty o/ s all and ediu -si4ed /our-wheel rubber-tired dri#er-o!erated #ehi"les running around on the streets o/ our"ities and the surrounding regions so the "hallenge o/ !lanners and!oli"y a ers is to ensure that this o""urs in a way whi"h is in"reasinglyhar onious to the broader so"ial e"ono i" and en#iron ental ob e"ti#es setout here6

Strategy 106 (ull s!eed ahead with new te"hnology

New obility is at its "ore hea#ily dri#en by the aggressi#e a!!li"ation o/state o/ the art logisti"s "o uni"ations and in/or ation te"hnology a"ross the/ull s!e"tru o/ ser#i"e ty!es6 The trans!ort syste o/ the /uture is abo#e all anintera"ti#e in/or ation syste with the wheels and the /eet at the end o/ this"hain6 These are the se#en-league boots o/ new obility6

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Strategy 1 6 'utrea"h and Partnershi!s

This a!!roa"h be"ause it is new and un/a iliar to ost !eo!le is unli eto be understood the /irst /ew ti es around6 en"e a a or edu"ation"onsultation and outrea"h e//ort is needed in ea"h !la"e to a e it wor 6 'ld

obility was the terrain in whi"h de"isions were ade by trans!ort e8!ertswor ing within their assigned 4ones o/ "o !eten"e6 New obility is based onwide-based "ollaborati#e !roble sol#ing outrea"h and harnessing the greatstrengths o/ the in/or ed and edu"ated !o!ulations o/ our "ities6Publi"Q!ri#ateQ"iti4en !artnershi!s6

Strategy 156 &n#iron entQ)li ate & ergen"y leading the

wayPlanetary issues su"h as "li ate "hange and assi#e resour"e de!letion

does not ha#e a a or #oi"e in ost lo"al trans!ortation !lans and in#est entde"isions6 6 The on-going e ergen"y sets the global ti etable /or a"tion in ourse"tor6 ,etting the "arbon and with it /ossil /uels out o/ the se"tor is ani !ortant goal in any e#ent6 $ut low-"arbon strategies !er se are not really astrategi" tool !er se6

At the sa e ti e , , redu"tion wor s as a strong surrogate /or ust aboute#erything else to whi"h we need to be gi#ing !riority attention in our "ities"hie/ a ong the the need to "ut tra//i"6 (ewer #ehi"les on the road eansredu"ed energy "onsu !tion less !ollution in all /or s /ewer a""identsredu"ed bills /or in/rastru"ture "onstru"tion and aintenan"e 7uieter and sa/er"ities and the long list goes on6

>hat is so !arti"ularly interesting about the obility se"tor is that there isreally a great deal we "an do in a relati#ely little ti e6 And at relati#ely low "ost6$eyond this there is an i !ortant o er whi"h also needs to be brought into the!i"ture /ro the #ery beginning and that is that these redu"tions "an bea"hie#ed not only without har ing the e"ono y or 7uality o/ li/e /or the #ast

a ority o/ all !eo!le6 To the "ontrary sustainable trans!ort re/or "an be !art o/a 21st "entury e"ono i" re#i#al whi"h !la"es in"reased e !hasis on ser#i"esand not !rodu"ts6

Strategy 1 6 %ead by &8a !le:

*/ you are ayor or other ele"ted o//i"ial6 */ you are engaged as a!ro/essional in !ubli" !oli"y areas that relate to the sustainability agenda 6 6 6 youdonFt ha#e a "hoi"e really you ust lead by !ersonal e8a !le6 This eansgetting to wor by bi e wal ing !ubli" trans!ort or so e /or o/"arsharingQridesharing at least two days a wee 6 ery wee 6 $y doing this youwill ha#e hands-on nowledge o/ what wor s and what does not in your "ity6 Eoube"o e &yes on the Street6 Eou will be authenti" and "redible6 Eou will be the

ind o/ leader we need to identi/y and guide the re/or s !oli"ies and !ro e"tsthat ust now be !ut in !la"e6 And i/ you do not do this i/ you stay in the ba"seat o/ your li o you wonFt get y #ote6



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Strategy 1hen it "o es to trans!ort inno#ation in these"ond de"ade o/ the 21st "entury there is no argin o/ error6 Moreo#er thetra" re"ord o/ the inds o/ a!!roa"hes that are needed to "reate a new systeis ri"h and well do"u ented6 Meaning that we "an "hoose !oli"ies and ser#i"eswith tra" re"ords o/ su""ess and build on all this a""u ulated e8!erien"e6 KAndthere are !lenty o/ the out there i/ you are !re!ared to loo and learn6L

Now let us ha#e a loo at how we "an a!!ly these strategies to the /irstste!s o/ the trans!ortation re/or !rogra Penang starting in 201 6

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(* N&> M'$*%*TE TRANS*T*'N P R'?&)TS - 201

>e strongly re"o end that the "o ing year o/ 201 be gi#en o#er to the"reation and anage ent o/ a /irst set o/ what we "all BTransition Pro e"tsCeasures and !oli"ies whi"h are intended to de onstrate in "on"rete ter s that

there are indeed #iable o!tions to old obilityFs de onstrably destru"ti#e B$uildand (illC !oli"y so !o!ular during the last "entury and whi"h !ersists in any!ubli" institutions and inds in Penang to today6 To get this new !oli"y o// the!rinted !age and on the street we ha#e sele"ted a range o/ easures with #erys!e"i/i" "hara"teristi"s: that are relati#ely odest in s"o!e /or the ost !art low"ost initiati#es whi"h "an be i !le ented and !rodu"e #isible results to ad#an"ethe sustainability agenda /or Penang notably and in a #ery short !eriod o/ ti eKi6e6 o#er the year aheadL6

The ideas and !ro!osals set out here "a e /ro the thirty-!lus eetingsand wor sho!s held o#er the three wee e8!loratory "yni" in Penang6

*t is i !ortant to bear in ind that one o/ the outstanding strategi"7ualities o/ the !ro!osed easures introdu"ed here is that they are all uni/or ly"onsistent with the New Mobility !hiloso!hy whi"h in our #iew is the right one /orPenang Kand indeed "ities around the worldL6 %onsistency o/ !oli"y is so ethingthat "hara"teri4es the "ities that are leading e8a !les o/ these new a!!roa"hes6



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(* PATT&RN $ R&A=*N,

*n addition to being relati#ely low "ost and able to be reali4ed 7ui" ly allthe initiati#es introdu"ed here ha#e one thing in "o on whi"h is e8tre elyi !ortant and the la" o/ whi"h has in the !ast led to big and "ostly errors -- andthat is that #irtually all o/ the are easily reversible 6 >hen your answer to a!er"ei#ed !roble o/ "ongestion is to build yet another series o/ lanes /or high-s!eed tra//i" whi"h is a !oli"y whi"h is di//i"ult "ostly and ti e-"onsu ing tore#erse6 $ut i/ on the other hand your basi" strategy o!ens u! ways to a ebetter use o/ the e8isting builds in/rastru"ture the "ost o/ undoing or re#ersingsu"h !ro e"ts is low and in general 7ui" ly done6

>hen in the old days trans!ortation !oli"y "entered on high "ostin#est ent !ro e"ts /or roads bridges and other trans!ort in/rastru"ture thee//ort o/ analysis and te"hni"al !lanning had to ta e !la"e be/ore the bulldo4ersstarted to roll and the "on"rete started to be !oured6 The easures introdu"ed inthese !ages are what are "alled Blearning !ro e"tsC6 *n a learning ode youinitiate a !ro e"t and /ro the beginning "are/ully onitor its uses and i !a"tsrelying on good /eedba" in order to start to a e the any s all ad ust entsthat are ine#itably needed to ensure su""ess6 This is a di//erent way o/organi4ing our wor in our inds but it is one that a es !er/e"t sense in a

"entury in whi"h logisti"s and /eedba" are a ong the a or tools at ourdis!osal6

%i ewise the !arti"ular easures introdu"ed brie/ly here ha#e beensele"ted on the grounds that they "onstitute Beasy winsC by whi"h we eanthese !ro e"ts are "are/ully sele"ted be"ause they are not li ely to en"ounterhea#y resistan"e in #arious !arts o/ the "o unity su"h as would be the "ase i/we were to !ro!ose at this early !oint any di#isi#e Ki/ ulti ately ne"essaryL!rogra s su"h as aggressi#e !ar ing and en/or"e ent !rogra s or anyinitiati#es whi"h are going to be aggressi#ely "ontested by the business"o unity "ar dri#ers the !oli"e or others who ay /eel that their interest aybe !ut in danger by su"h initiati#es6

These !ro e"ts are indi#idually and "olle"ti#ely as what we "all B!atternbrea ersC de onstrating not only new ways o/ doing things but also new wayso/ thin ing about the 6 That is i !ortant be"ause at the end o/ the day the "oreo/ the "hallenge is a atter o/ "ulture and "o uni"ations6 And a nu ber o/ theold !atterns si !ly ha#e to go6

There is another "hara"teristi" o/ these !ro e"ts whi"h also needs to benoted and that is that they are !art o/ the !lanning a!!roa"h whi"h does not tryto a"hie#e one s!e"i/i" ob e"ti#e at a ti e but rather thin o/ a "oordinated

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strategy bringing together !a" ages o/ easures whi"h rein/or"e and sti ulateea"h other6 KSee se"tion on Pa" ages o/ Measures in )h6 26L

(inally it has to be entioned that ore than hal/ o/ these ideas ha#ealready been !ro!osed in !re#ious !lanning do"u ents and e8!ert issions6*ndeed one o/ the ain "ontributions o/ the !resent !ro e"t is that it !ro#ides ano!!ortunity to re ind all "on"erned about interesting ideas and !ro!osals thatha#e been ade in the !ast in whi"h /or #arious reasons not yet seen the lighto/ day6 The authors ho!e is that the !resent do"u ent and !ro e"t ay ser#e asa /riendly nowledge o/ these great ideas in the right dire"tion6

(*2 $ .*% *N, 'N A ( *RM $ AS&

(ortunately as su"h initiati#es are not altogether un/a iliar in Penang6'#er the last se#eral years #arious agen"ies and grou!s ha#e started to thinabout trans!ortation and en#iron ent in di//erent ways and not only in theabstra"t6 ere is an in"o !lete shortlist o/ the so e o/ the ore inno#ati#e new

obility !attern-brea ing !ro e"ts already going on and starting to a e a#isible di//eren"e on the streets o/ Penang6

1 .N&S)' >orld eritage Site

2 )ar (ree ays

3 Ra!id Penang

Penang $ridge &8!ress Shuttle Transit K$&STL

5 (irst Par -And-Ride !rogra s

Penang $i"y"le Route Master Plan enabling streets /or bi"y"le users too#e sa/ely

< )y"le !aths

; )AT shuttle bus ser#i"e

Pla"e a ing in Penang Kre!ortL

10 'ne-way streets in Pulau Ti us 2

11 Sy !osiu on State and Sustainability o/ the &n#iron ent in Penang

12 Penang Strategi" Trans!ort Master Plan 3

2 A hotly "ontested !ro e"t whi"h needs ore wor but already shows a willingness tobrea !atterns

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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in Penang These are #ery di//erent initiati#es di//eren"e in si4e #isibility and "ost

but what they ha#e in "o on is that they are showing that there arealternati#es to bringing New Mobility to Penang6 The !ro!osed 201 !rogra

would atte !t to build on and e8!and these leadershi! e8a !les that you ha#ealready begun to ad#an"e and get e8!erien"e with6

(*' TA$%& '( * &AS

*/ you turn to Anne8 you will /ind a listing o/ "lose to one hundred!ro!osals that were dis"ussed in the #arious wor ing grou!s and !resentations6

These are re!rodu"ed here in the ho!e o/ sti ulating dei"sdins /or "on"e!tsa!!roa"hes and !riorities in addition to those su ari4ed in these !ages6

>hile they will a e sense ostly to those !arti"i!ating in the #ariousgrou!s and the organi4ers they also "ontain re inders that the ey to /ollow-u!is going to lie in /inding !artners and "ollaborators to ensure that the best ideasdo not get lost in the onths ahead6

(*( R&)'MM&N & TRANSP'RT MAST&R P%AN S TRAT&,E

*/ we "onsider this in the "onte8t o/ the BRe"o ended Trans!ort MasterPlan StrategyC whi"h loo s out /or the year 2030 we see these !ro e"ts as a"o !li ent to the short-ter "on"erns o/ the strategy whi"h goes out to 20156

*n the /irst !la"e they build on initiati#es whi"h ha#e already gottenunderway andQor !ro#iding #isible results in the right dire"tion o#er the last twoyears or so and ha#e his or her goal to de onstrate both indi#idually and as agrou! that new obility initiati#es are !ossible and that the old bad !atterns "anbe bro en on"e and /or all6

3 >e ha#e "hosen to list here ust o/ so e o/ the ost #isible re"ent !ro e"ts but thereare ore6 owe#er this /irst grou! "ity and out to de onstrate the !rin"i!le that newthin ing about these issues is going on in Penang6

$y way o/ "o !le entary aterials we strongly re"o end that the reader gi#eattention to the se"tion o/ re!ort entitled U563 The etailed *n/or ation Progra Now to2015U !ages to


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So what is our strategy in a ing u! this list o/ a"tions in this annerH >eha#e se#eral ob e"ti#es o/ whi"h the /irst is to start with winners6 'r as Anwar

(a4al has so elegantly !ut it we want to start with the Blow hanging /ruitC6 The /ollowing short des"ri!tions are intended to in#ite !ro#ide /irst

introdu"tions and ba" ground /or "onsideration and dis"ussion about ideas and!ra"ti"al a!!roa"hes whi"h are wor ing in other "ities6 Thin o/ the in their!resent /or as initial brainstor ing e8a !les in whi"h the author tries to drawyour attention a "ertain nu ber o/ s!e"i/i" a"tions that together "an lead to a

ore sustainable "ity6

The ideas you will /ind here are by no eans original and untested6 *n all"ases there are a large nu ber o/ e8a !les that "an be "alled /ro the

e8!erien"e o/ leading "ities around the world6 And a /air nu ber o/ the ha#ealready been suggested by !ast studies in Penang ost o/ whi"h un/ortunatelyha#e not been !ursued and i !le ented until the !resent ti e6

$ut it also needs to be said that the listing that /ollows here is by noeans "o !lete6 $ut the ost !art it does not o//er BsolutionsC but rather o//ers

/ood /or thought and a nu ber o/ 7uestions whi"h need to be ta en into"onsideration in order to "reate an o#erall /ra ewor /or a sustainable "ity and asustainable "ities trans!ortation arrange ents6

There is no reason that these !oli"ies and easures "annot wor well inPenang and diligent !ro/essionals will /ind online all the su!!ort they need /or atleast a /irst s et"h !lanning e8er"ise6

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5* + *TA% . N &RP*NN*N,S

This section presents a short list of strategic actions which were e#tensively discussed over

the course of the three$week enquiry and which if given sufficient attention individually and collectivelycan do a great deal to reshape the transportation agenda in all parts of Penang.

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The Streets o/Penang

5*5* 5* 5* 5*

.N&S)' > 'R% &R*TA,& S *T&

*t is by no eans an e8aggeration to say that the ha!!y a""idents o/ the.N&S)' world heritage site has ser#ed as a a or /or"e in /a#or o/ a ore

sustainable and ore ust "ity and all its di ensions6 Moreo#er the /a"t that it isstrongly su!!orted by go#ern ent at all le#els in"luding !oliti"al !arties withotherwise signi/i"ant di//eren"es and "i#il so"iety and all its #arieties ensuresthat sustainability is now hiring the agenda /or Penang6

As will be seen /ro the /ollowing trans!ortation and obility issueses!e"ially those "on"erning wal ability and sa/e and "on#enient "y"ling as wellas !rote"tion o/ the area /ro high-s!eed and e8"essi#e otor #ehi"le tra//i" arein any ways that the "ore o/ the !rogra whi"h now needs to be /ashioned inorder to ensure that the heritage site is worthy o/ the "on/iden"e shown toPenang by .N&S)'6

That said it is i !ortant to bear in ind that be"ause o/ its odestdi ensions and the /a"t that it is generally #iewed as so ething uni7ue in itsel/the site is seen as !art o/ a leading "ity and an e8a !le /or other !arts o/ Penangand not ust a 7uaint useu !ie"e "lose in itsel/6

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5*2 P&NAN, ) AR ( R&& AES

Penang is doing a /ine ob o#er the last se#eral years in a ing "reati#euse o/ the )ar (ree ay !rin"i!le o/ "losing o// !arts o/ the "ity to otor #ehi"letra//i" so that !eo!le "an "elebrate their streets in any o/ a nu ber o/ ways6 Andsin"e the /irst )ar (ree ay in 20 11 the "on"e!t has steadily e8!anded both inter s o/ the nu ber and si4e o/ the areas ser#ed and in ter s o/ their/re7uen"y6

As o/ su er 2013 there are now /our areas in the "ity whi"h are "ar /reeon Sundays a a or ste! ahead with this o/ten underrated sustainabletrans!ortation tool6 >e strongly re"o end that this !rogra o/ e8tensions andre/ine ents be gi#en "are/ul attention both at the le#el o/ the "on"ernsgo#ern ent agen"ies and also "i#il so"iety and the edia ore generally6

The se"ond /un"tion o/ a )ar (ree ay !rogra /ro the beginning o/ the!rogra in 1 is to en"ourage !arti"i!ating "ities to "hoose one day o/ theyear /or the !rin"i!le "elebration and at that ti e both to set out a nu ber o/!ro!osals /or s!e"i/i" obility and li/e 7uality i !ro#e ents to be a"hie#ed in

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the year ahead6 And then one year later to re#iew the results o/ the !ro!osed!ro e"ts and to dis"uss their a"hie#e ents e#entual short"o ings and barriers

holding the ba" 6>e strongly re"o end that a !ro"edure be de#elo!ed to hel! the

organi4ers !re!are and !resent their a"tion !lan o/ sustainability easures /orthe year ahead and the re!orting !ro"edures that need to be established toensure "o !lian"e 5

The Streets o/ Penang K)ar (ree ay 2013L

5 Penang "ontinues to honor their annual State-wide )ar (ree ay "elebration in the"onte8t o/ >orld )ar (ree ays whi"h are traditionally held the last days o/ Se!te ber6

This "ould !ro#ide a #ery good /oru /or so e /or o/ "oo!eration and "reati#e

intera"tion with the !ro!osed annual Sy !osiu 'n State and Sustainability o/ the&n#iron ent in Penang

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5*' TRA((*) S A(&TE ) AMPA*,N K>*T T&&T L

B*/ you "anFt easure it you "anFt anage itC6 That is true when it"o es to trans!ortation re/or as anywhere else6 So in order to rein/or"ethe o#e toward sustainable trans!ortation what should be the thing wede"ide to "o it /or easureH

And sin"e we all ha#e so any things on our inds we need to besure not to "on/use oursel#es6 Too any too a bitious targets and we arelost6 So what about !i" ing one to be i !le ented the highest le#els o/state go#ern ent and a ing that a a or !rogra su!!orted by a#igorous !ubli" in/or ation !rogra o!en data /or "iti4en ins!e"tion and"on/ir ation66

>hat should that one target beH >ell sin"e we ha#e so any!roble s in the se"tor letFs see i/ we "an /ind one that will bring with itsigni/i"ant ad#an"es in other !riority areas6 So ething /or e8a !le willha#e an i !a"t on /uel "onsu !tion the e"ono y health and sa/ety6So ething that #isibly ad#an"es the "ause o/ de o"ra"y and so"ialsolidarity6 So ething that ins!ires ey !layers to stand u! and ta e their/ull !art6 So ething that will gi#e !ubli" "on/iden"e in the /a"t that theirinterests are being !rote"ted and that go#ern ent really "ares6So ething that you "an autally target and then do6

ere is the !ro!osed TAR,&T & cut motor vehicle accidents by '

annually over the coming decade, starting in * + There is "ertainly!lenty o/ roo /or i !ro#e ent6 The > ' /igures show that Malaysia as awhole with on the order o/ ; 000 tra//i" deaths annually is /ar too high u!on the list o/ dangerous !la"es to dri#e and i/ you loo at the > ' listingyou will see that the "o !any is not great6 6

Su"h an announ"ed target "old be et6 *t or so ething #ery u"hli e it has already been a"hie#ed in "ountries that "are and thatin/or ation is readily a#ailable to you6 Eou will ha#e strong national andinternational su!!ort /or a serious !rogra and go#ern ent "o it entand this "an be a"hie#ed at least in !art at the state le#el Kalbeit surelywith so e need /or

negotiationL6The Streets of

Penang

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5*( TAR,&T M'$*%*TE ('R R .RA% AR&AS

Rural obility -- that is /air e//i"ient and a//ordable obility "hoi"es /or!eo!le li#ing in rural or less densely settled !arts o/ the State -- is in ost !la"esaround the world a !oor ste!"hild o/ ainstrea trans!ortation !oli"y and!ra"ti"e6 There is a well-established !attern on the !art o/ ost !ubli" authoritiesin these atters "onditioned by the /a"t that de and is u"h o/ the ti e too!etty and in/re7uent to warrant the usual !ubli" ser#i"es6 As a result in any!la"es the tenden"y in the na e o/ the e"ono y is to a e these ser#i"es less/re7uent and worse rather than ore o/ten and better6 This is the ine#itable"onse7uen"e o/ the "o on !ra"ti"e o/ loo ing at these "hallenges /ro an

in"orre"t !ers!e"ti#e6 The ey to the !u44le lies in the !hrase whi"h is usually ad#an"ed by

go#ern ent the edia and any o/ the !eo!le li#ing in these areas na elythat what is needed in rural areas are B ore busesC6 And by buses it is in#ariablyassu ed that these will be relati#ely large #ehi"les anned by !ro/essionaldri#ers that o!erate on the traditionally organi4ed road syste /ollowing /i8edroutes and s"hedules6

The truth is that this ind o/ ser#i"e is all together insu//i"ient /or the"hallenges /a"ed in this /il new "entury6 >e li#e in a world o/ u"h ore #aried

obility re7uire ents Kthat is any-to- any as o!!osed to the old !redo inantore or less linear ser#i"esL as well as the whole ga ut o/ new te"hnologies

whi"h !ro#ide ust one or two but a "onsiderable range o/ alternati#e obility"hoi"es that now need to be e8!lored6 That /i8ed route s"heduled bus ser#i"esha#e a role to !lay is undeniable but the a#ailable o!tions go /ar beyond this6

So the "orre"t tagline /or the ne"essary 201 initiati#e should not beB ore busesC but B ore obilityC6 And in this "ase what !re"isely do we eanby B ore obilityCH Ta8is both legal and illegal "o e to ind and both o/ theseo//er a "onsiderable range o/ o!tions whi"h in ost "ases are not being

e8a ined her !ra"ti"e6AR S

KSe"tion to /ollowL

htt!:QQworldstreets6word!ress6"o QHsVwo an Q

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"* $ &TT&R (AST&R ) &AP&R

"* > A%=A$%& ) *TE PR'?&)TS

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*/ the "ity is not wal able by whi"h we ean a !la"e that o//ers a!leasant sa/e and e//i"ient way to get around by /oot then it "annot !ro !retend

to be a great "ity6 Penang today "annot by any stret"h o/ the i agination be"alled wal able "ity6 $ut on the other hand it o//ers o!!ortunities to be"o e /arore wal able at low "ost and within a relati#ely short !eriod o/ ti e on"e those

in !ositions o/ authority e8"e!t that this is an i !ortant target o/ the "ity6

There is already so e wor going on in ter s o/ the B(i#e (oot >aysC andthese !ro e"ts should not only be su!!orted but also integrated into an o#erallarea !lan so that they "an be !art o/ an agreeable wal ing en#iron ent6*n"identally as has been seen in #ery any "ases around the world goodwal ing en#iron ents are also #ery /a#orable to lo"al "o er"e one orereason /or !utting these !ro e"ts at the to! o/ the list /or 201 6

'/ "ourse we are tal ing here about not ust the !ro e"t but a !rograwhi"h is going to ta e at least se#eral years in order to be #isible and e//e"ti#e inthe broader sense that is ne"essary /or "ities to "o !ete /or the best6 'n theother hand there are a nu ber o/ !ossibilities o/ s!e"i/i" !ro e"ts whi"h "an hel!!ro#ide #isible signs o/ the /a"t that the "ity is a ing !rogress in this i !ortantdire"tion6

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The "on"e!t o/ !ro#iding /or sa/e wal ing Kand bi ingL !ro#ision /or"hildren to go to s"hool is so ething that has re"ei#ed a lot o/ attention o#er thelast 15 years6 A great deal o/ in/or ation is a#ailable on this to!i" /ro theinternational wal to s"hool !rogra /or whi"h the .R% is iwal tos"hool6org6

The ost interesting !ro e"ts whi"h we e8a ined to so e e8tent in the#arious sessions in#ol#e the s"hool wor ing with lo"al go#ern ent thei ediate neighborhoods and !arents and tea"hers grou!s in order to "reate a

!eri eter area around the s"hool in whi"h neither !ri#ate "ars nor s"hool buses"an !enetrate6 The ey to this is the "reation o/ a "ertain nu ber o/ designatedrende4#ous !oints !ossibly in the /or o/ star whi"h wor as inse"ts andgathering areas /or students and /ro whi"h they a e their way together to thes"hool6 The roads /ro the rende4#ous !oints are "are/ully onitored by !arentso/ !eo!le in the "o unity to ensure the sa/ety o/ the "hildren in transit6

These !ro e"ts wor and are good e8a !les o/ the a#ailable /or yourstudy and ada!tation6 *t wal to and /ro s"hool ea"h day o/ so ething on theorder o/ a ilo eter is i !ortant not only /or reasons o/ the "hildrenFs health butalso !ro#ides an additional so"ial s!a"e /or their de#elo! ent en"u bered by a

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"*' $ ARR*&R ( R&& , &'R,& T '>N

>or with "on"erned grou!s agen"ies to a e a $arrier (ree ,eorge Townto wel"o e your growing nu ber o/ #isitors in "ruise shi!s "o ing to #isit,eorge Town and the eritage Site6 The idea is that anybody who gets o// theboat and has to #isit wal ing on "rut"hes or in a wheel"hair will be able to en oythe heritage site "o /ortably and with dignity6

The ad#antage o/ su"h a !ro e"t is that it should be !ossible to get su!!ortin"luding !ossibly /inan"ial su!!ort /ro the #arious touris grou!s and touristboats that are "o ing in"reasingly o/ten to #isit6 Also sin"e su"h a !ro e"t is soreadily a!!arent to all it would see as i/ the su""ess o/ this a!!roa"h would bead ired and re!li"ated in other !arts o/ the state6

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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in Penang The Streets o/ Penang

"*( $ *=*N, P&NAN,

There are already a "ertain nu ber o/ "y"ling initiati#es going on inPenang but ost o/ the attention until now has been gi#en to re"reational"y"ling as o!!osed to trans!ortation "y"ling i6e6 ho!e/ully a healthy and"o /ortable way to get around the "ity6 This so ewhat di//erent a!!roa"h to"y"ling is thus /ar not too well re!resented or understood in Penang where the"y"ling grou!s are rarely re"reational "y"lists or ra"ers6

$ut it is 2013 and "ities around the world leading "ities are in"reasinglygi#ing attention to how to a e "y"ling sa/er and ore "on#enient /or !eo!le o/all ages in and around the "ity6 And there is no reason that Penang should not bea ong the 6 *t is ust a atter o/ #ision and then strategy and a"ts6

There any things that "an be done under su"h a !rogra so e o/ whi"ha!!ear elsewhere in this re!ort and also in the Penang Trans!ortation Strategybut one relati#ely si !le thing that "ould be handled on the basis o/ a s allde onstration !ro e"t would be to go and eet with a range o/ e !loyers inboth the !ubli" and !ri#ate se"tor and to dis"uss with the the !ossibility o/!ro#iding /a"ilities /or "y"lists or using the to "o e to wor 6 These ightin"lude sa/e !ar ing showers "hanging roo s lo" ers /or "lothes et"6

'ne o/ the reasons why a "o !any ight wish to "oo!erate with su"h!rogra s as they do in any other "ities that are o#ing in the right dire"tionon all this is that it is good /or their e !loyees health and o/ten "an hel! theto sa#e oney6 &8!erien"e also shows that the edia is eager to write u! and!resent e8a !les o/ su"h !rogra s6

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)o ent /ro the Netherlands 9

?aa! Ri nsburger is a so"ial entre!reneur and en#iron ent W de#elo! ent "onsultant6MS" ar"hite"t !lanner he wor ed in =enya and "o-"reated !rogra s on sustainablewaste anage ent in A/ri"a Asia and %A) K1 ;3-2003L6 President o/ ut"h )y"lists.nion K1 ;5-1 5L in 1 established *-)& *nter/a"e /or )y"ling &8!ertise and global!artnershi!s !rogra s %')'M'T*+&S K2003-200 L and $PP K200or ing on Ph on transitions towards "y"ling at a"li ate-!er/or ant s"ale K50 odal shareL6

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-rom .aap Ri/nsburger, %ycling 0ab

1iven the phase of reporting you are in 2 have one consideration to share 2n my

thinking on transitions towards sustainable mobility 3here are different transition paths per transport mode 2n for the transition path for cycling 2 distinguish ase4uence of development stages each of them with its own pulse of gainingmomentum, acceleration and stabilisation

%ycling for transport development in Penang is in the first stage, taking off at 5erowhich after the hurdling will stabilise at a critical mass of about 6 mobility share(Paris) after which a new and different momentum needs to be created for thene7t scale /ump toward ' 8'6 (1erman cities) B 3he then following scale

/umps are towards *689 (Dutch cities) and ultimately 6 (climate performance), but in my opinion these offer no practical orientations for(stakeholders in) cities in the first scale stage

-or gaining critical mass for cycling in the stage Penang is in it will be important tomerge interests and /oin forces with pedestrians " cycling share of :* willnever lead to serious investments in cycle infra Pedestrians are at much largernumbers and a fundamental consideration for using bicycles for transport ishaving sidewalks to escape to (safety) and practicable crossings, bridges andtunnels (access) even when having to push your bike

0ots of success with this very interesting pro/ect;

Raaigras '*, *< + % 1ouda The Netherlands email&

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"*5 ) 'NTRA(%'> ) E)%*N, %AN&S

This is a great and so ewhat sur!rising te"hni7ue o/ tra//i" organi4ationwhi"h has ade ra!id !rogress in leading "ities in &uro!e and elsewhere o#erthe last /i#e years6 >e dis"ussed these !ro e"ts and a!!roa"hes at so e lengthin the "ourse o/ the #arious Se!te ber eetings in Penang6 There is anabundant literature whi"h is a#ailable o#er the *nternet to hel! !lanners and!oli"y a ers a e wise de"isions about how to go about this6 $y way o/ 7ui"/irst introdu"tion here are so e o/ the aterials whi"h a!!ears on this to!i" inthe >i i!edia Klightly edited /or readabilityL:

)ontra/low is a "o on !art o/ de"ent "y"ling in/rastru"ture and is o/tenseen on one-way streets6 A standard e8a !le is that "ar and other#ehi"ular tra//i" ight ha#e only one lane while on both sides there arebi e lanesG one going in the sa e dire"tion as the #ehi"ular tra//i" theother Kthe "ontra/low bi e laneL allows "y"lists to sa/ely go in the o!!ositedire"tion to the "ars6 This is allowed as the road ay not be wide enough/or two lanes o/ "ar tra//i" but there is enough roo to allow /or theadditional bi"y"le laneG and without it "y"lists ay be /or"ed to ta e along and !erha!s unsa/e detour6 Alternati#ely there is only one bi e lanethe "ontra/low lane whereas bi"y"les tra#elling in the sa e dire"tion as

the "ars share the "ars@ lane6 This solution would be ore suited to #erynarrow roads or ones with light tra//i"6)ontra/low "y"ling is o/ten assu ed to be asso"iated with higher a""identsris s but where it has been !ro!erly e#aluated "ontra/low a"tually see sto redu"e the a""idents ris 6

)ontra/low %ane in )aen (ran"e

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"*" P& &STR*AN AN ) E)%*N, ) R'SS*N,S :&M')RAT*) PRA)T*)&S

*/ you are wal ing or "y"ling in a leading edge "ity in any !art o/ the worldyou are not going to see #ery any e8a !les o/ o#erhead !edestrian bridges or"hannels in whi"h !riority is ob#iously gi#en to otori4ed tra//i" at the "ost o/"on#enien"e and o/ten sa/ety and health o/ those were not in "ars6 There ha#ebeen enough atte !ts to a e this wor and enough e8!erien"e with dealingwith the i !a"ts o/ these de"isions that there is now u! there "onsensus at theleading edge /or "o /ort and "on#enien"e /or non otori4ed trans!ortation6

There are in Penang in addition to "onsiderably too any o/ those old-/ashioned !edestrian bridges a "ertain nu ber o/ "rossings whi"h are showingthe way to a new !attern o/ integrating the #arious "o !eting odes within thesa e li ited !ubli" s!a"e6 All o/ the te"hni"al tools are a#ailable in order to "arryout these i !ortant i !ro#e ents /or sustainable trans!ortation /or all andthese "an now be !ut to use 7ui" ly and well on the streets o/ Penang6

>e !ro!ose that at least /i#e !ossibly ten interse"tions be "hosen /or

study and analysis early in 201 so that /ull-s"ale !ro e"ts "an be laun"hed onthe streets in ti e to see the results by the end o/ the year6


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"*) P%A)&MA=*N, *N P&NAN,

=ha4anah Nasional and Thin )ity organi4ed a !ro e"t together with thenoted grou! Pro e"t /or Publi" S!a"es the goal o/ whi"h was to identi/y a "ertainnu ber o/ relati#ely s all !ro e"ts in#ol#ing better use o/ !ubli" lands in astrategy entitled B%ighter Iui" er )hea!erC whi"h deser#es a se"ond loo andwould well /ind its !la"e in the Sustainable Penang !rogra o#er the "ourse o/the year ahead6

"*8 T & &ATH

*s the heat and the hu idity a barrier to ore e8tensi#e use o/non otori4ed trans!ort in PenangH The /a"t is that it is #ery o/ten "ited as thereason why wal ing and "y"ling not ha#e u"h o/ a "han"e o/ be"o ing !o!ular

obility o!tions6

*s that trueH */ so /or who when and what "ir"u stan"esH

$ased on what * heard and saw in Penang there was a lot o/ loose thin ingabout these i !ortant issues i !ortant be"ause non otori4ed trans!ort is a"riti"al as!e"t o/ not only sustainability but also an agreeable and "o !etiti#e"ity whi"h has a tenden"y to wor against these i !ortant obility o!tions6

This situation deser#es attention and needs to be re"ti/ied6

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)* P .$%*) TRANSP'RT

)* ' N-$ 'AR $ .S ANN'.N)&M&NTS '( N&DT S T'P

>e dis"ussed with se#eral o/ the /o"us grou!s the !ossibility o/ /ollowingthe lead o/ leading "ities around the world in ensuring that all o/ the new busesare e7ui!!ed with a sound syste that announ"es the ne8t sto! "learly at leastone inute in ad#an"e so that all will be able to get to the door and !re!are toe8it6 There was substantial su!!ort /or this !ro e"t6

The i ediate reason /or doing this is to !ro#ide "on#enien"e ser#i"e /orthe blind and others su//ering /ro #isual i !air ents who "annot or ha#edi//i"ulty in re"ogni4ing sto!s !arti"ularly when they use lines whi"h theyFre not

already /a iliar with6 These announ"e ents will not only be use/ul /or the#isually handi"a!!ed but also /or 7uite a wide range o/ other tra#elingPenangites and #isitors6

The great ad#antage o/ this a!!roa"h is that it is low "ost and i ediately#isible as assigned by the /a"t that new ideas are being tried and i !ro#edser#i"e /or all is being targeted by the go#ern ent and all those res!onsible6

)*2 )AT S .TT%& $ .S S &R+*)& *MPR'+&M&NTS

The )AT Shuttle $uses are !ro#ing su""ess/ul and it would not ta e #eryu"h to turn the into a signi/i"ant obility ode /or the "ity6 'b#iously on"e

reser#ed lanes are "reated they are going to be u"h ore e//i"ient and hen"eore widely used6 %i ewise better en/or"e ent o/ illegally !ar ed "ars and other

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#ehi"les and ob e"ts whi"h render it i !ossible /or the buses to a e their wayto the waiting areas will i !ro#e both sa/ety and ridershi! on these i !ortant

/ree ser#i"es6

)*' $RT S TRAT&,*&S

$us Ra!id Transit or PRT is one o/ the /astest-growing trans!ortationodes in the world today6 A re"ent study has identi/ied a wide #ariety o/ !ro e"ts

already in ser#i"e in ore than 1 0 "ities worldwide6 There is no reason thatPenang should not be on that list6

The ongoing $&ST !ro e"t !ro#ides a good learning ground /or $RT inPenang but we "an be sure that there are at least 10 and !ossibly 7uite a /ewore roots in whi"h $RT6

As has been indi"ated it anage o/ this ind o/ a!!roa"h is that it does notde!end on anyone being /or"ed out o/ their "ar or to use another ode butrather si !ly !ro#ides an alternati#e way o/ getting to wor or to so e "entrallo"ation whi"h is better /aster and "hea!er6 >ho "ould argue with thatH

)*( A))&SS*$%& P.$%*) TRANSP'RT

*n 2010 a well-res!e"ted &nglish e8!ert on !ubli" trans!ortation anda""essibility !re!ared an in-de!th re!ort on B*nstitutional $arriers to A""essiblePubli" Trans!ortU !resents a nu ber o/ re edial !ro e"ts whi"h erit "loseattention and sele"tion /or i !le entation6 This re!ort is lo"ally a#ailable6

)*5 T '.R $ .S R&STR*)T*'NS *N &R*TA,& S *T&

This is an idea whi"h was !ut /orward by the Thin )ity tea whi"h stri esthis author as so ething whi"h is easy to do and on"e again !ro#ides not onlywere "o /ortable "onditions /or wal ing and "y"ling in the heritage area butalso greater sa/ety6 Sin"e the area is not #ery large this should i !ose no!arti"ular handi"a!s /or the #isiting tourists6

As with all o/ these !ro e"ts there are te"hni"al as!e"ts whi"h need to beta en into "onsideration and dealt with6 And as usual and in"lusi#e a!!roa"hwhi"h brings in to the !lanning and de"ision !ro"ess all o/ those "on"erned

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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in Penangin"luding in the !ri#ate se"tor #arious o!erators and those !eo!le and grou!sli#ing in or "lose to the heritage site6

)*" S&). R*TE

A. *TS

>hen we tal about trans!ortation obility issues one o/ the words osto/ten entioned is that o/ Bsa/etyC6 Sa/ety is indeed a !roble on the roads andstreets but by and large the word re/ers to being sa/e /ro e#entual har /ro#ehi"les6

*n Penang as in any other "ities around the world there is also the attero/ se"urity whi"h in this "onte8t re/ers to sa/ety /ro !eo!le rather than#ehi"les6 The #i"ti s o/ la" o/ se"urity in trans!ortation syste s are!redo inantly /e ales and "hildren6 This is a real !roble and there is #ery littlein/or ation around or re!orting !ro"edures whi"h !ro#e e//e"ti#e inguaranteeing se"urity /or not only these two i !ortant grou!s but /or e#eryonetrying to get about in their day-to-day li#es6

To this end we would li e to !ro!ose that attention being gi#en to "reatinga se"urity audit !ro"edure whi"h is well-de/ined and easy to a!!ly6 *t is to beho!ed that o#er the "ourse o/ 201 so e attention will be gi#en to de#elo!ing abasi" /or at /or "olle"ting in/or ation analy4ing it and /inding ways in whi"hthese !roble s "an be dis"ussed and ho!e/ully resol#ed6



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8* N&> M'$*%*TE *N*T*AT*+&S

An i !ortant subset o/ new obility is non otori4ed trans!ort as well asstrategi" ada!tation o/ traditional !ubli" trans!ort6 $eyond this and otheri !ortant "o !le ent o/ a sustainable trans!ort strategy is to /ind ways toi !ro#e the use o/ !ri#ate "ars in sustainable ways6 *n the /ollowing se"tion wes et"h so e o/ the !otential new obility initiati#es that were dis"ussed duringthe "ourse o/ the (o"us ,rou! eetings6

8* PAR= R * &

Par -and-ride is an interesting and ti ely "on"e!t /or Penang be"ause itnot only o//ers a way to redu"e the nu ber o/ otor #ehi"les on the street butalso is a easure that ta es a !ositi#e a!!roa"h6 Any "ar owner who "hooses tota e ad#antage o/ !ar -and-ride ser#i"es does so not be"ause they are"o !elled to but rather be"ause they a e indi#idual de"isions that su"hser#i"es when they are about right o//er e"ono i" and "on#enien"e ad#antageso#er the alternati#e whi"h is o/ten getting stu" in tra//i"6

Par -and-ride has already gotten o// to an at least oderately su""ess/ul/irst ste! in "on un"tion with The Penang $ridge &8!ress Shuttle Transit K$&STL

!ro e"t6 And while that is a good starting !la"e it is "ertainly not the only oneand it has also been re"o ended by the Penang Trans!ort Master Plan Strategythat ore attention be gi#en to this "o bination o/ inno#ations6

>e hardly su!!ort this re"o endation and also would li e to e8!ress astrong belie/ that as these ser#i"es ature there initial teething !roble s will goaway and they will !ro#ide highly attra"ti#e alternati#e obility ser#i"es to the"o unity at large6



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8*2 TAD* *N .STRE T *N=*N, AN TA%=*N, PR'?&)T

*n"luding both legal and illegal ta8is there are so ething li e 5000 otor#ehi"les on the street or waiting /or "usto ers in Penang with dri#ers whose obit is to !ro#ide trans!ortation ser#i"es /or !eo!le who need a li/t6 (or #ariousreasons that we do not need to go into here Kbut will laterL the ta8i industry has *

ost !arts o/ the world e#er been brought into the sustainable trans!ortation/a ily and a legiti ate and !otentially i !ortant obility ode6 And that in our#iew needs to be a /irst ste! in the dire"tion o/ integrating the ta8i in ways thatwill be e"ono i"ally attra"ti#e to the dri#ers and owners and !ro#ide bettertrans!ortation o!tions /or those who need the 6

There is a lot o/ "on/li"t around o!erating "onditions and !ra"ti"es in these"tor in Penang whi"h suggests that this is an area /or "ontinuing e8"hangesand sear"hes /or "reati#e "o !ro ises and !artnershi!s6 This is too i !ortant a

obility asset to be wasted6 And the best way to bring it u! a not"h or two is to

ee! tal ing6

8*' S TRAT&,*) S.PP'RT ('R M'T'R*X& T>' > &&%&RS

Motori4ed two wheelers are the une8!e"ted guest at the table o/ 21 st "entury "ities whi"h !lanners !oli"y a ers and e#en the a"ade i"s were not atall !re!ared6 As !resently used in Penang there are any things that are wrongwith the : they are dri#en o/ten in a dangerous anner and s!ee"h whi"h arenot "o !atible with "ity streets are not res!e"t/ul o/ !edestrian or other #ehi"letra//i" are !oorly aintained highly !olluting and generally dangerous andunhealthy /or all "on"erned in"luding abo#e all the !eo!le dri#ing6

'n the other hand "iti4ens "hoose to buy and o!erate these #ehi"lesbe"ause /or the they are the "hea!est and /astest way o/ getting around andthis de"ision in a /ree so"iety has to be res!e"ted6 $ut this does not ean that

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Reth in ing Trans !o r t and Pub l i " S !a"e in Penangthere is not an i !ortant goal /or !ubli" !oli"y to redu"e the downside and bringthe into the trans!ortation /a ily as /ull and res!e"ted e bers6 10

8*( TR*S A> PR',RAM

The trishaws o/ Penang are a a or !ubli" asset and not only /or touristsand #isitors6 They ha#e in the !ast had a signi/i"ant so"ial as well as obilityrole and at one !oint not too long ago were well integrated into the li/e o/ anagreeable "ity6 At !resent howe#er this ode is su//ering /ro a nu ber o/!roble s and to an e8tent it is al ost a ira"le that they ha#e sur#i#ed thus /ar6Many Asian and other third world "ities ha#e e//e"ti#ely eli inated their owntrishaw ser#i"es on the grounds that they i !ede odern tra//i" and ha#e norole in a odern "ity6 They are wrong6

*t is not di//i"ult to see how these ser#i"es and the !eo!le who de!end onthe /or wor ing in"o e

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Penang Final Report Rev15 26nov13