BENEFIT EVALUATION OF REST AREAS IN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY NETWORK Case Study Cikopo Palimanan (Cipali) Rest Areas

Cikampek-Palimanan so called Toll Cipali is a part of trans-Java network, also the longest road in Indonesia along 116.75 km. In Government Regulation No. 15 of 2005, among others, set on every intercity toll roads are equipped with rest area  (rest area ) and services for the benefit highway users. The presence of the rest area  is expected to solve the congestion concentration in one point (the toll booth), so that the process to unravel congestion during peak times is more easily implemented. This study aimed to get an idea of the importance of rest area along the Cipali road in meeting basic needs and expectations of users of toll roads and his contribution to unravel congestion along cikampek-palimanan toll road. This study uses a quantitative descriptive approaches. The types and sources of data, namely primary data by observation in the field and interviews or questionnaires to users and managers rest area  cikampek-palimanan toll road km 130 and km 166. The scope of the research starts from the inventory results of studies that have been done before, inventory management policies toll road, inventory management policies rest area , rest area  existing capacity analysis, analysis based on rest area  user expectations, analysis of toll road management policy, analysis of management policies rest area , conclusions and recommendations. The result is that level of expediency rest area  km 130 states that the benefit level is moderate and the rest area  at km 166 expressed high level of expediency rest area . The average vehicle entry / min at rest area  KM 130 is 1.23 vehicle / min, and the vehicle exit is as much as 1:29 vehicle / min. With an average duration of parking per vehicle for 24 minutes. The average vehicle entry / min at rest area  166 is 2 vehicles / minute, and the vehicle exit is as much as 1 vehicle / min. With an average duration of parking per vehicle for 39 minutes. Location of the rest area  to another rest area  along cikampek-palimanan toll road has been compliance with applicable laws, less than 50 kilometers (farthest distance is 28.4 km from the rest area  rest area  km 102 to km 130). Locations rest area  KM 130 and 166 toward palimanan based Technical Guidelines How Siting Rest in Highway No.037 / T / BM / 1999, already exceeding the positioning or the distance from the toll gate to the facility location based fatigue resting place for driver, which is 20.3 km (rest area  km 130) and 8.7 km (rest area  km 166).