In January 2021, an 8-year-old girl walking along a pavement in Bukit Batok was knocked down by a food delivery cyclist and had to undergo eye surgery.
Are cyclists a menace on footpaths? Should they, like PMDs, be banned from pavements, or are pedestrians to be blamed as well? CloseUp looks at the struggle for space on sidewalks across Singapore. https://str.sg/JCrF
CloseUp is a new investigative video series by The Straits Times that gives a deeper look at issues that hit close to home.
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