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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