Issues, Problems and Potentials.. Site: Petaling Street
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ISSUES, PROBLEMS AND POTENTIALS OF
PETALING STREET
PETALING STREET
PETALING STREET
Open-air night market and it is popular with
bargain -hunter
Can find class A imitation stuff ( bags, shoes, belts, watches,
t-shirts, hats, etc.)
Petaling Street also known as “
CHINATOWN”
Chinese dominated area.
• Housing area Mixed use housing area• Petaling Street still fondly called “Chee Cheong
Kai” that means starch factory sheet.• A place that is crowded with locals as well as
tourists.
History of Petaling Street
1. ISSUES: Pedestrian threatened and feel uncomfortable.
PROBLEMS: 1. The inappropriate arrangement of the stalls. 2. The presence of beggars.3. The pedestrian on the walkways are distracted
by the movement of vehicles on the street.
POTENTIAL: 1. Close the road for vehicles2. Convert Petaling Street into fully
commercialized area.
Crowded walkway Unnoticed vehicle
Beggars roaming freelyThe arrangement of the stall makes the corridor narrow.
2. ISSUES: Traffic congestion.PROBLEMS: 1. Parking lots are quite far from the stall area.2. Illegal parking by non-responsible person
make the road become narrow.3. Taxi park at inappropriate place.
POTENTIALS: 4. Provide ‘park & ride’ system.5. Having bike-hire scheme.6. Tend to use public transport.
Far parking lots from the commercial area
Illegal parking at roadside
3. ISSUES: The inconvenient for visitors and local residents
PROBLEMS: 1. Inadequate number of toilet and its
isolated.1. The electrical wiring and piping for the shop
lots are not being well maintained.2. Presence of holes on the roads. POTENTIALS:1. Upgrade the facilities
Holes on roads
Dilapidated wiring and
piping
4. ISSUES: low level of hygiene at Petaling Street.
PROBLEMS: 1. Insufficient number of trash bin 2. Rubbish in the drain.
Potential:1. Add more trash bin.
Scattered garbage
Dirty drain
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