The Effects of On-Street Parking toward Street Performance (Case Study: Kaliurang Street, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Abstract

Street is a transportation infrastructure that people use in daily activities. The quality of street performance greatly affects community activities. Street performance is influenced by various activities around the street. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of on street parking toward street performance in terms of street capacity and level of service. The study was conducted in three stages, i.e. preliminary survey (determining the time and location of the study), data collection (geometric data of streets, traffic volume, parking volume, pedestrian volume, number of slow vehicles, and access of vehicles from the side of the street, data analysis (calculate streets capacity and level of service. The result of research shows that there is influence of on street parking activity toward street performance in Kaliurang street. The effective width of the street is 10 meters down by 3.6 meters and the street capacity decreases from 3097.5 smp/hour to 2151.5 smp/hour. The decline was caused by various activities on the side of the street such as one on street parking. On a weekday, the morning of the Monday and Thursday, the level of service in Kaliurang Street is at level C, while on the holidays precisely Sunday morning is at level B. The level of street services increased significantly during the afternoon. In the afternoon, the level of street services is at level E on weekday or holiday.