If Copenhagen can allow pedestrians, cyclists and others to reclaim the streets from cars, why not Penang?
The weekly car-free day in a few streets in George Town, launched on 11 December 2011, is a good start which should eventually be expanded to cover more areas.
It’s not just in Penang that people want more green spaces and bicycle paths as over-development results in nostalgia for the less-frenzied lifestyles of the past.