Editor's note
Time flies. What was meant as an experiment and a newsletter for our Malaysian Foldies Forums and Facebook page members had turned out to be a well-received item.
Indeed there's more work for me to put up this e-magazine together. I take it as a personal challenge and with the resources available and your support, it will come through.
September witnessed the 2013 World Car Free Day which became a global phenomenon since its debut in 2009. Here, we caught on rather slow as the first Car Free Day rides were organised sometime in 2011.
Maybe there were smaller rides that were unheard of or publicised.
This year, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall had announced its plan to build cycling paths.
The KL Mayor also wanted Car Free Day events on every weekends. A tall order if the local authority had run out of steam and ideas.
September 22, 2013 also witnessed a small gathering of cyclists, roller-skaters and pedestrians at Jalan Ampang where the Kuala Lumpur Car Free Day was organized.
Seemed noble, but a road race actually dampened the mood of leisure cyclists who rode all the way from their homes to join in the fun.
The farce? Well, we get to cycle a 4km loop in the city under close watch from the KL City Hall enforcement officers, traffic wardens and the Royal Malaysian Police traffic cops.
Even with police presence, motorists are still ignoring the road closures and went on with thier business. That said, we have a long way to go before we actually see more people participating in Car-Free events.
2011 was a good start, we kept the fire going and let's hope for a better and profit-free World Car Free Day in 2014.
Sam