Recommendations to boost the use of bicycles and personal mobility devices (PMDs) here, including allowing them on footpaths, have been greeted with positive public feedback, said the head of the expert panel behind the ideas.

The Active Mobility Advisory Panel is also “heartened” that its recommendations were fully accepted by the Government two weeks ago, said its chairman Faishal Ibrahim, who is also Parliamentary Secretary for Education as well as Social and Family Development.

He said: “Many people have shared with me that they find that the rules and code of conduct we proposed are practical, fair and, most importantly, account for the safety of all the different road users… They feel that it is clearer now as there is something that they can follow and abide by.”

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