Open AccessWalkability in Banda Aceh: An approach in urban mobility development
Author(s) -
Mufti Ali Nasution
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/452/1/012148
Subject(s) - walkability , sustainable development , affect (linguistics) , transport engineering , business , built environment , geography , environmental planning , psychology , political science , engineering , civil engineering , communication , law
Banda Aceh starts to develop the city transportation system by introducing bus “Trans Koetaradja” in 2016. It is one of the government actions to accommodate people to move within the city and expected to solve and prevent the city traffic jam that starts to happen in the last decade. On the one hand, the high growth in the number of motor vehicles reveals the needs of the people to commute in the city, however, on the other hand, this situation brings some problem that can affect city life, related to human and environment. For these reasons, early observation and questionnaire indicate that people’s willingness to walk is low due to the factors of the physical environment and local habits. For these reasons, this paper tries to approach the problem with the idea of walkability; understanding the definition of walkability and learning what variables needed to take into account to apply and evaluate the notion, in the more contextual matter through literature studies. It is necessary to consider about walkability development, to support the progress of Banda Aceh forward sustainable development.