The readiness of transit oriented development in Nusajaya, Johor

Abstract

The current rapid development activities has resulted in the increase to the needs and dependency on motor vehicles. Uncontrolled development and urban sprawl have caused the inability of public transportation systems. This study is to look at the requirements of the appropriate type of land use with a suitable density to ensure that TOD can be planned and developed properly. This study will be based on greenfield development in Nusajaya Johor to compare with the other existing successful TOD in Malaysia. At the end of this study, we will propose the minimum outline of appropriate land use criteria for TOD development. TOD concept is a new development approach in Malaysia. Currently, there is no specific transit oriented development guidelines in Malaysia. Some developers claimed that their development is transit friendly and in compliance with TOD standard. But, how far does this development fulfil the TOD standard and criteria. Four (4) main objectives have been outlined in this study in order to understand the standard and criteria of TOD, to formulate the assessment indicator, to assess current and future land use development and to propose and advocate the mitigation measure for future improvements. This study will mainly be based on secondary data. Digital land use data will be analyzed using the Geographical Information System (GIS) software. Analyzing of land use plan will be made to identify the characteristics and patterns of the study area. All these relevant characteristics will be assessed with the formulated indicator. Based on the analysis, it was found that the study area did not fulfil the characteristics of TOD concept. This is caused by low proportion of development land compared to the other use. The low density development will affect the number of public transport ridership. This study mainly assesses the land use factor of the development criteria. This study will not cover any other detailed technical design such as the type of trees and materials to be used in the construction. This study will also not take the consideration on a number of ridership for existing public transportation users and their efficiencies.