6 Understanding Access and Accessibility: The State of Transportation Infrastructure and Affordable Housing in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya
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Chai Lim Choong
Abstract
Affordable housing programmes have largely been focused on addressing house prices. The goal of affordable housing provision should extend beyond a means of providing shelter and towards improving accessibility to support social and economic mobility. This chapter explores existing literature on accessibility and how the integration of the former and housing could play a role in upward mobility. A geospatial approach was used to determine if affordable housing developments in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya granted accessibility to key amenity groups and public transit services. Findings suggest that most electoral zones within these cities granted high accessibility via multimodal transport. However, existing political and economic factors, land-use patterns, and transport infrastructure favouring mobility-oriented development have contributed to existing norms of car dependence. The chapter ends with suggestions on the way forward based on learnings from Singapore’s integration of housing and transportation.
Abstract
Affordable housing programmes have largely been focused on addressing house prices. The goal of affordable housing provision should extend beyond a means of providing shelter and towards improving accessibility to support social and economic mobility. This chapter explores existing literature on accessibility and how the integration of the former and housing could play a role in upward mobility. A geospatial approach was used to determine if affordable housing developments in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya granted accessibility to key amenity groups and public transit services. Findings suggest that most electoral zones within these cities granted high accessibility via multimodal transport. However, existing political and economic factors, land-use patterns, and transport infrastructure favouring mobility-oriented development have contributed to existing norms of car dependence. The chapter ends with suggestions on the way forward based on learnings from Singapore’s integration of housing and transportation.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- List of Figures IX
- List of Tables XI
- Acronyms XIII
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Measuring Home Affordability: Challenges and Directions Forward 5
- 3 Beyond the 30% Threshold: Introducing a Subjective Indicator for Measuring Housing Affordability in Malaysia 27
- 4 Housing (Un)affordability: Reality and Challenges from the Property Developers’ Perspective 57
- 5 The State and Performance of Affordable Government Housing Initiatives in Malaysia 77
- 6 Understanding Access and Accessibility: The State of Transportation Infrastructure and Affordable Housing in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya 97
- 7 Housing Affordability and Productivity: The Socioeconomic Case for Inclusive Urban Housing Policies in Malaysia 123
- 8 Conclusion and the Way Forward 143
- About the Authors 151
- Index 155
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- List of Figures IX
- List of Tables XI
- Acronyms XIII
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Measuring Home Affordability: Challenges and Directions Forward 5
- 3 Beyond the 30% Threshold: Introducing a Subjective Indicator for Measuring Housing Affordability in Malaysia 27
- 4 Housing (Un)affordability: Reality and Challenges from the Property Developers’ Perspective 57
- 5 The State and Performance of Affordable Government Housing Initiatives in Malaysia 77
- 6 Understanding Access and Accessibility: The State of Transportation Infrastructure and Affordable Housing in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya 97
- 7 Housing Affordability and Productivity: The Socioeconomic Case for Inclusive Urban Housing Policies in Malaysia 123
- 8 Conclusion and the Way Forward 143
- About the Authors 151
- Index 155
