More orange boxes to be drawn to enhance safety

Motorcyclists using the orange bike box at the junction between Datuk Keramat Road and Patani Road in George Town, Penang. – LIM BENG TATT/The Star

THE Penang Island City Council (MBPP) will increase the number of orange boxes drawn at traffic light junctions to ensure the safety of motorcyclists and cyclists.

MBPP infrastructure and traffic committee alternate chairman Tan Seng Keat said there were 19 such grids marked with motorcycle and bicycle symbols on the island, with most of them in George Town.