On street parking and its impact on road performance

Abstract

Commercial areas have a high economic and parking activity. High parking activity that is not comparable to the availability of parking facilities and it can interfere with the performance of the road. This study based on congestion caused by activities on-street parking on Gajah Mada St., Rambipuji, Jember. This road broadness reduced because on street parking and disrupting the flow of traffic. From the survey on Thursday, March 5, 2015 obtained the following results: performance comparison roads with and without on-street parking shows capacity has increased 25%, DS decreased 25%, and the speed has increased 11%. Characteristics of the road parking for MC, LV and HV in order are: volume parking 257 vehicles, 62 vehicles, and 10 vehicles. Accumulated parking 46 veh/h, 20 veh/h, and 5 veh/h. Turn over parking 0,0997 veh/SRP/h, 0,4588 veh/SRP/h, and 1,0940 veh/SRP/h. Parking index of 0,27, 2,22, and 8,20.