Pavement Planning on Jalan Pendidikan in Palembang City

Abstract

Pavement as a pedestrian network is also an important element in the image of the city, along the road in the urban area all elements and attributes of the city are arranged, arranged and interconnected. People will observe and shape the imagination of the city area by moving through the streets (Kevin Lynch; 1962. Jalan Pendidikan is one of the roads in the Jakabaring District of Palembang City. This road is one of the areas in Palembang which is the center of education in Palembang. The length of this road is ± 1 km where there are many good schools ranging from kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school / MAN on this road section, including MAN 1 Palembang City, Palembang 19 Public High School, Palembang Junior High School and Sports High School, and 81 City Primary School Palembang. As long as this road has no pedestrian facilities, at the time of going and going to school this road is always crowded with pedestrians who want to go to school but still mixed with private vehicles so that it can cause congestion and conditions that are dangerous for pedestrians. From the results of the analysis obtained the highest volume of pedestrians that occurs on Monday at 06:00 WIB to 07.00 WIB with a number of 484 people. The highest pedestrians are from school children who go to school on foot.The width of the pavement plan is 2.42 meters, for safety the sidewalk must have a height higher than the road. For the type of sidewalk that is suitable that is the sidewalk on Rumija which is quite wide by adding a type of sidewalk that has a public transport stop