THE EVALUATION OF MOTORCYCLE LANE: CASE STUDY OF JOHOR BAHRU EASTERN DISPERSAL LINK EXPRESSWAY (EDL)

Abstract

Transportation is a medium for us to go to a destination we need. It is very important for us to complete our daily life routines and activities such as working, studying and travelling. Without proper facilities on the road and bad behavior of the road users while driving or riding, accidents may be happened. Nowadays, a lot of accidents keep occur day by day due to the problem of motorcyclists behavior reacts with the other road users. It can influence to serious injuries and death if the road users are not following the rules while using the road. Due to these problems, one research has been made to create awareness of safety for motorcycles especially at highways and these research is been conducted at one of the highways in Johor Bahru which located at Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway (EDL). This research is closely related to the problem of accidents due to motorcyclist and their interaction with the other vehicles. An alternative to avoid this problem is to build an exclusive motorcycle lane or specific lane for motorcyclist, so that the research main purpose or objectives is to create awareness of safety and to increase safety enhancements especially for motorcyclist. For the successful result and implementation, this motorcycle lane must be provided on the road and the attitude of the road users must be maintained. With good planning on the road by developing motorcycle lane, it is possible to decrease the percentage of accidents because motorcyclists have their own lane and the increasing of safety enhancement can be achieved.