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How walkable is Bandar Menjalara, Petaling Jaya?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Bandar Menjalara has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of the 3 neighbourhoods ranked in Petaling Jaya, which scores 80 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
723 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Bandar Menjalara. The nearest grocery is about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and books & libraries.
Groceries
- FF Mart SB, 6 min
- Lotus's Kepong, 11 min
Restaurants & bars
- 名将美食馆 • Ming Jiong Restaurant, 3 min
- Ho Ho 168 Kopitiam, 3 min
Shopping
- Sense Capture Bridal Studio, 3 min
- Bb Classic Embroidery, 3 min
Coffee
- Cha Don Kopitiam, 3 min
- Uncommon Coffee, 3 min
Banks
- UOB Branch - Kepong, 7 min
- Public Bank Menjalara, 8 min
Parks
- The Central Park, 12 min
- The West Park, 15 min
Schools
- MRC Kids Bandar Menjalara, 4 min
- Kuala Lumpur Islamic School, 6 min
Books & libraries
- Popular Bookstore, 10 min
- Booktique, 24 min
Culture & entertainment
- MBO Cinemas, 11 min
- GSC, 11 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Bandar Menjalara, Petaling Jaya at 3.1941, 101.6272. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 166 street intersections per km², and blocks average 84 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Bandar Menjalara, Petaling Jaya
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Bandar Menjalara, Petaling Jaya. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Petaling Jaya
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Pantai Dalam | 11.3 km | 76 |
| Taman OUG | 14.3 km | 82 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Petaling Jaya page.
Questions about walking in Bandar Menjalara, Petaling Jaya
Is Bandar Menjalara walkable?
Yes. Bandar Menjalara in Petaling Jaya has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Bandar Menjalara more walkable than the rest of Petaling Jaya?
Bandar Menjalara is more walkable than Petaling Jaya as a whole: it scores 91, against 80 for the 5 km around Petaling Jaya's centre. It is the most walkable of the 3 neighbourhoods ranked in Petaling Jaya on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Petaling Jaya?
Of the 3 Petaling Jaya neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Bandar Menjalara (91), Taman OUG (82) and Pantai Dalam (76).
How is the walkability score of Bandar Menjalara calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Bandar Menjalara it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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