First and last mile


Journalist Melizarani T.Selva and deputy editor Sam Cheong (behind) riding folding bicycles to Menara Star from Seri Setia, Petaling Jaya, in conjunction with World Car-Free Day on (Sept 22)

CONGRATULATIONS and well done to the government in finally getting the MRT line up and going. It should change the way a lot of people travel in Greater KL/Klang Valley for work and play.

However, it was disappointing that, in the article for “Walking on the edge” (The Star, July 14), the government perceives cycling and walking as seemingly not suitable for our tropical climate as the first and last mile connectivity. This is contentious and erroneous. It also wrongly assumes our European counterparts are impervious to and suffer little discomfort from heat and sweat.

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