The Need of Pedestrian Footbridge to Promote Sustainable Living; Case Study Footbridge Jln A Yani Pabelan, Kartasura

摘要

The purpose of the study is to support more sustainable behaviour, facilities should be provided for better pedestrian activities. One of the important facilities for pedestrians is a footbridge, which provides safety and comfort for its users. The increasing volume of vehicles in the city has made road traffic become extremely crowded. Pedestrian becomes the most vulnerable users of the road to get traffic accident, especially during rush hour. The footbridges are built to help people to cross the high traffic road and to reduce accident rates. This research was conducted to study the behaviour of people and to find the factors to increase the footbridge use. Methodology: Research was conducted on footbridge Jalan Ahmad Yani Pabelan Kartasura using observation and questionnaire methods. The observation was conducted to record the vehicle traffic and the footbridge area; meanwhile, questionnaires/interview were done to as many as 35 people who crossed by the footbridge surrounding and questionnaires were spread to 117 university students. Results: Research showed that the vehicles crossing by the road of Jalan Ahmad Yani Pabelan are significantly high, especially during the rush hours. The observation of the footbridge showed that it had fulfilled the minimum standard from the Ministry of Public Works; however, the intensity of footbridge usage is extremely less. Questionnaires to university students showed that as much as 84.6% of students prefer to use a motorcycle as daily transportation. Only 15.4% students use sustainable transportation, i.e: public transportation (6.8%), bicycle (2.6%), or walking (6%). The pedestrian footbridge usage is very low; it is only 0.85% who often use footbridge on Jalan Ahmad Yani Pabelan, and 11.97% use it for 1 to 5 times. Research showed that there is no significant gender preference. The highlighted factors which attract pedestrian attention are the safety, distance and aesthetical value of footbridge.