Synopsis

Shared space is an urban design and traffic engineering concept that integrates pedestrians, vehicles and other road users through the removal of traditional street elements such as signs, traffic lights, pedestrian barriers, road markings and kerbs. Pedestrianisation are normally known as “to restrict vehicle access to a street or area for exclusive use of pedestrians”. In this sharing session, we shall talk on basic principle and the concept of the shared space and pedestrianisation.


Biodata of Speaker

Ir. Dr. Yuen Choon Wah is a committee member of the Highway and Transportation Engineering Technical Division (HTETD), Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM). He obtained his bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from University of Malaya. He then furthered his study to Master of Engineering Science and PhD in Transportation Engineering from the same university. Now he is the Head of Centre for Transportation Research (CTR), and also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Malaya.