The area of Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, is a trade and service area and, at the same time, is a historical site that has a lot of historical heritage. Nevertheless, only a few people walk along the corridor of the town. People prefer driving to commute within the area and stop at their destination point. Some of them walk but only for 20 to 30 meters. Synergically, the growing number of motor vehicles increases significantly. Research in 2016 shows that 77% of 3600 respondents go by motorcycle for daily trips. The traffic jam appears during the rush hours. A walkability concept is an approach to this problem because it gives social, economic, and environmental benefits. Before analyzing the case study of Banda Aceh, the writer determined a definition of walkability for the context of the research. By comparing Journals from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, it is to know how the researchers of the three countries define walkability. The researchers describe it in 3 ways: creating or adapting the definition, building variables, or starting by defining elements that shape it. After building a definition, the writer chose the researcher's most often used parameters. The chosen parameters become variable to evaluate the site condition in the case study. The absence of pedestrians and the trend of using a motor vehicle in the case study area is a time bomb that will endanger human survival in the future. This research investigates three aspects: the people, physical environment, and policy to answer the problem. The structured questionnaires spread over the research site to get the people's background of not walking. An observation in the research site is to get a clear idea of the condition of the pedestrian system and its physical environment. The writer learned the official planning documents related to city spatial plans and pedestrian development to get a deeper understanding. Kaiserslautern in Germany is a comparative study in this research because it is one of the best practice examples of pedestrian development. The local government has built the pedestrian zone system since the 1960s and was entirely successful 38 years after the construction. Moreover, the city has two planning tools for the transport plan. Firstly, Mobilitätsplan Klima+ 2030 provides information about people's mobility, standards, principles of transport development, and strategic guidelines for traffic development. Secondly, Nahverkehrsplan Stadt Kaiserslautern service/trip performance, minimum standards, connection reliability, and local transportation network development/development, including various investment steps. The questionnaire result shows that two-thirds of respondents who visited the old city center denied walking due to personal reasons and weather. It is because most of them own motor vehicles. Meanwhile, there are obstacles and destroyed parts along the pedestrian lane. The barriers are broken lane material, traders' products, street vendors, street cafés, and plants. Nonetheless, Banda Aceh has a plan for pedestrian system development in its city spatial plan. The document plans four segments of pedestrian lane development. This research is advantageous in adding some knowledge to the field of urban pedestrian development. It could be a consideration in researching and planning a pedestrian system development for the cities that face a similar problem. Moreover, it helps promote a healthy, sustainable town that can save people and the environment from pollution in the future.


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    Title :

    The Lost Pedestrian: Identifying determinant factors of no-pedestrian phenomenon in the area of Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, Banda Aceh, Indonesia


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    Publication date :

    2023


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    14068 KB , X, 124, xliv pages



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English