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Cycling in Kuala Lumpur
Cycling in Kuala Lumpur ((マレー語:Menunggang basikal di bandaraya Kuala Lumpur)) refers to the bicycle uses in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for touring, recreational, work and transportation purpose. It was first appeared on 1938 when there is a first road cycling race that has been introduced in Kuala Lumpur.〔〔 The introduction of the bicycle in Kuala Lumpur was later become one of the preferred transportation methods for students and mid-class citizens.〔〔 As Kuala Lumpur begin its rapid urbanization progress since 1960s, the usage of bicycle start to decline as people shifting their transportation method to driving.〔 However, the bicycle use in Kuala Lumpur has seen another rapid growth in recent years with increased interests from different class of citizens, especially since the launch of bike tourism in Kuala Lumpur on 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Interest in cycling tourism increases )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = OCBC Cycle Malaysia Info Booklet (Section "A Word from our partners" by Khairy Jamaluddin )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = KL Mayor and Cycle Malaysia announce new route, join hands to raise funds for charity. )〕 Although Kuala Lumpur lacks many bicycle-friendly routes which is suitable for cyclists to cycle in the city in the past,〔Mustoe, A. (''A Bike Ride: 12,000 miles around the world'' ). Random House Publishing, 1992, p. 235. ISBN 9780753546727〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Why cycling to work doesn't work here )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = BICYCLE-FRIENDLY- ARE WE THERE YET? (Part 2) )〕 however, many proposals, improvements and construction of the bicycle infrastructure and introduction of urban bicycling program has been carried on in recent years, mainly under the proposal of Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Kuala Lumpur Strategic Zone 2020 )〕 and cycling activism by Cycling Kuala Lumpur〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = It takes a village… to build a bicycle )〕 in order to encourage citizens of Kuala Lumpur and tourists to cycle in the urban area.〔
==Background==
The history of the cycling in Kuala Lumpur date back in 1938 when there is a few road racing event which is held in the city〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = SHORT HISTORY OF BICYCLE RACING IN MALAYSIA )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Cycling: HISTORY )〕 and has become one of the main transportation method for mid-class citizen during the 1980s.〔Hilling, D. (''Transport and Developing Countries'' ). Routledge, 1996, p. 206. ISBN 9781134777242〕 The first bicycle route in Malaysia is Wangsa Maju bike route which is located in the residential area of Wangsa Maju, which costs US$ 320, 000 to build, officially opened in 1997 to public while at the same time the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Tan Sri Dato’ Kamaruzzaman Shariff announced that another US$1.6 million will be allocated for future bike route by encouraging developers of real estate to include bike routes in their residential area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Auto-Free World )〕 Despite it's effort to encourage people to cycle in Kuala Lumpur, many people still prefer to choose driving as their main mode of commuting to Kuala Lumpur at that time due to the urbanization of Kuala Lumpur since 1960s and introduction of automotive industry in Malaysia, particularly the debut of PROTON in 1983.〔〔〔
However, in 2012, Jeffrey Lim, the lead of the cycling activism for Cycling Kuala Lumpur has an idea of creating a Kuala Lumpur map which is specialized for cyclists to cycle in the city using the possible and suitable routes. The development of the map involving more than 50 volunteers who seeking for suitable routes for cyclist to ride bicycle, which will then marked to the blank map that are given by Lim. During the development of the map, the city still lacks many facilities for cyclists to cycle around the city such as bike routes, segregated bike routes and bicycle parking.〔 The first version of the map was completed in September 2014 and distributed through participating bicycle shops for free and released in English, Malay and Chinese language.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Turning KL into cycling city )〕 This mapping program has attracted the mayor of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), Ahmad Phesal Talib, who's cycling is his interests, to participate in the introduction and improvements of urban cycling program.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = How a crowd-sourced map changed Kuala Lumpur’s ideas about cycling )〕
In 2013, Ahmad Phesal Talib announces that the city council has planned to upgrade the cycling infrastructures in Kuala Lumpur to promote healthy lifestyle among peoples in urban zone. This proposal was announced during the Earth Hour session at Kuala Lumpur in 2013. While the construction of the infrastructure must be located in the populated area, its infrastructure must also be connected with the nearby rapid transit system in the city such as RapidKL Rail. In addition to the improvements to the infrastructure, the city hall also announces the construction of the 10 km bicycle highway which is known as Southwest Dedicated Bicycle Highway, which connects from Merdeka Square to Mid Valley Megamall. The 5.5 km Southwest Dedicated Bicycle Highway which costs RM 700,000 to construct, officially opened in April 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】New South West cycling lane to open in KL )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Kuala Lumpur opens first bicycle path for public use )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = DBKL identifies two permanent bicycle lanes in the city )〕
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