The Walkability Index Value of Pedestrians in the Trade and Service Area of ??Samarinda City

2022 - Independent

Walking is one of the modes of transportation that can connect people from one place to another. Thus, it can be seen that walking is a mode of transportation that can connect human movement to move from one place to another, especially in activity centers in urban areas in order to avoid traffic jams. Walking activities in activity centers in urban areas need to have the characteristics of a Walkable City. Walkable City is a city where residents in the city prefer to walk as the main mode of transportation they use, for reasons of health, leisure, and improving the characteristics of the city in the walkability index level. Based on this, it is necessary to know the value of the walkability index of the Pasar Pagi area of ??Samarinda City which is an area designated for trade and services with various kinds of activities. The walkability index assessment is done by calculating the performance on each walkability index variable using a Likert Scale. The result is that based on the average value of the walkability index of each road corridor, the walkability index value of the Morning Market Area is 36 out of a maximum score of 100. This value means that the Morning Market Area is included in the Not Walkable category.