Why cycle activity is not popular in Malaysian?

Why cycle activity is not popular in Malaysian?

I'm a kampung girl, when I'm in 7 years old, I already learn how to cycling....then I'm going to school by myself with bicycle until 16 years old, after I get the motorbike and car license  then I never use bicycle again and now it become a memory in my life...

Malaysians are seldom using bicycle as their daily transportation. From my point of view, there are some reasons after I am putting myself in this issue. Improvement in transportation technology makes cycling activity disqualified at this moment. Successful of railway train, cars and motorbike provide better convince to people for travel propose. However, there are certain reasons which giving larger impact to Malaysians that why are Malaysians not favorite in cycling activity.

1.       Climate;

Malaysia’s climate is hot and humid. It is really suffer to rinse yourself under the sun. Bicycle is transport without shelter. So, it is hard to apply of bicycle in daily life. Especially to adult who needs to compile their work under the sun. Mostly, car is preferable and affordable by Malaysians.

2.       Distance between living area to working area;

Distance between living areas to working area is an important issue to citizen in choosing their daily transportation. Bicycle is a move base on human’s energetic and combination system of bicycle. It is slower, taking longer time and energetic to travel from a place to another.

In addition, Malaysia is not a small country which not every Malaysian stay in where their work area. So, it is hard to apply bicycle to Malaysians.

3.       Environmental consciousness;

Malaysians’ environmental consciousness is low compare to others country. Malaysia is still under a bad environment friendly country after we get our development in these few years. The most influence issues are: Many forests had been developed; pollution in seas and rivers; and serious gaze issue.

In addition, most of Malaysians are working on their own benefits. And, they are not really love to giving their energetic by cycling on the road. Yet, motorbike will be preferable. Even, in small village, villages are used to motorbike to travel them even it just take only not more than 1 kilometer walk. How would cycling activity get back its glory if the situations in villages as above keeping influences to others?

4.       Bicycle Facilities.

Bicycle facilities are also an issue should be taking discuss. This is because there are lots of parents are not allows their children to cycle to school. They rather pay for the school bus services. They are not confident to the bicycle facilities in Malaysia.

Furthermore, we are having limit bicycle facilities in public places. Even recreation park, bicycle issue is seldom been highlight on its’ concept. Government should aware of bicycle facilities to provide a security and safety cycling to those cyclist, so this practice can be deliver to the next genetation.