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PERMEABILITY FACTORS AND USE OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ON OFFICES BLOCKS IN TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AREA KARET- BENDUNGAN HILIR
PERMEABILITY FACTORS AND USE OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ON OFFICES BLOCKS IN TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AREA KARET- BENDUNGAN HILIR
ABSTRACT
The development of public transportation development, big cities in general
in big cities in general, and Jakarta in experiencing traffic congestion problems,
particular, has set new trends in regional along with the increase in population.
development by referring to the concept Which increases the number of private
of Transit Oriented Development (TOD). vehicles use. The solution to solving this
Some superblock area development, problem is the provision and use of good
bundled as a TOD area ignores several and easily accessible public
principles, especially pedestrian-friendly transportation facilities In the context of
related values. Limited regulations and providing public transportation facilities,
inconsistencies in understanding the big cities change the development
application of TOD concepts and theories paradigm with the concept of Transit
have resulted in the inappropriate Oriented Development (TOD).
application of TOD principles in transit-
Jakarta as a big city has also
oriented areas. This study aims to find the
developed the concept of a transit-
implementation of connecting routes and
oriented city. Transit-oriented city
the use of pedestrian paths with
development in Jakarta and Indonesia
descriptive-qualitative methods by field
generally refers to the standards
observation. The research will be
regulated in the Regulation of the Minister
conducted on the Transit-Oriented
of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning
development area Karet-Bendungan Hilir.
No. 16 of 2017 ( Minister of Agrarian and
The study shows, although the area being
Spatial Planning Regulation No. 16 of
research provide an ideal permeable
2017 concerning Guidelines for the
block for pedestrian access, a problem
Development of Transit Oriented Areas,
with the management of the access
2017) which is the adoption of the
preventing the pedestrian access to be
internationally applicable Transit Oriented
fully functioning as a pedestrian networks
Development (TOD) standard.
system inside a Transit-Oriented
Development area. In the Ministerial Regulation No. 16 of
2017, one aspect that is an indicator of
Keywords: TOD, Permeability, the success of a transit-oriented area is
Pedestrian Access, Connecting the existence of pedestrian connecting
routes routes that can reduce the sizes of land
blocks, thereby shortening the pedestrian
INTRODUCTION distance from one point to another.
Along with the development of The quality of pedestrian connecting
technology, with the invention of paths is also a factor that influences the
machines and the invention of the car, selection of pedestrian path routes in
cities developed with a pattern of addition to the existence of pedestrian
development that adopted the car as the connecting paths, both public and private
main means of transportation. After years areas that can be accessed by the public,
of developing with this pattern of which affects the length of distance and
time that must be taken by pedestrians on aspects of distance and physical
when starting or ending the journey (first facilities for pedestrian services in public
and last miles) as the main factor. Failure spaces.
to provide first mile and last mile
Ningrum et al., (2020) in their research
connectivity will cause the use of vehicles
measured the suitability of the overall
as a transit mode to reach the transit point
Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
or from the transit point to the destination.
concept parameter in the Dukuh Atas
Interconnected pedestrian paths will area from the pedestrian service aspect.
determine the success of a transit- Meanwhile, Aqli et al., (2018) conducted
oriented area, sidewalks, which according a permeability measurement using the
to Danisworo, (1991) is a pedestrian path space syntax method which found a low
that is made separate from the vehicle level of accessibility based on distance
lane and located adjacent to or adjacent traveled. Furthermore, Pafka & Dovey,
to the vehicle path is one of the important (2017) argued that the access of
elements in terms of accessibility of connecting lines does not only depend on
transit-oriented areas. The pedestrian distance, but is also influenced by what
path as a public space as it was raised by can be achieved or done by taking a
Carr et al., (1993), is part of the city to specific travel route, that the road network
connect one point of another point that preferred is not only closely related to
can have an economic function that is not transportation aspects but also on the
only important but also unavoidable to social and economic aspects of a region
provide for the rapid needs of commuters
(Verma &Antony, 2014). Pedestrian paths
as public spaces, with its economic THEORITICAL REVIEWS
functions and other active functions are Transit Oriented Development
parameters contained in the concept of
Transit Oriented Development (TOD). According to Huang et al. (2018), TOD as
a planning tool that will encourage the use
The research area is a transit-oriented of public transportation can be
area of Karet-Bendungan Hilir (BenHil), understood as a transit area developed
with transjakarta BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) with a variety of land uses and friendly to
and MRT (Moda Raya Terpadu) in the pedestrians and cyclists. According to
main corridor of Jl. Jenderal Sudirman. Suzuki, Cervero, and Iuchi (2013), a city
The area is dominated by commercial designed with a short distance will
economic activity with office blocks in its encourage the use of the public
main corridor and has mixed activities in transportation system. Meanwhile,
the second-tier corridor behind it. Office according to Talen and Koschinsky
blocks such as within the research area (2014), an area that is compact and
are private areas tend to be closed and pedestrian-friendly and varies in both
difficult to be accessed by the public as social status and variety of activities will
part of access points to and from the support public transportation.
dense areas behind them that have the
potential to be a source of riders for mass The study of Olaru et al., (2019)
public transportation. concluded that further efforts are needed
to increase the ridership of public
This research will try to answer the transportation. The density factor alone is
influence of the area's permeability factor not enough, it must be related to the
on the use of connecting lanes by accessibility of the city as a whole and
pedestrians in the Karet-BenHil office access to and from the station and in line
block which is within a 400 m radius which with Kidokoro, (2020) which reveals the
is included in the core area of Karet- importance of intermodal integration
Benhill Transit Oriented Development planning including pedestrian paths.
(TOD). Previous studies have focused on
research on pedestrian connecting paths
A transit-oriented area (TOD) will be commonly used in walkability research
effective if the principle of compact, (Knight & Marshall, 2014).
walkable, and has a variety of
Permeability & Accessibility
designations and social classes been
implemented. The success of the TOD According to Marshall (2005)
approach will depend on urban planning Permeability can be interpreted as how
that can encourage people to walk, cycle big a block, site, combination of blocks or
and use public transportation, one of combination of certain sites can be
which is by shortening the distance penetrated in the form of a public city
between blocks/parcels within the region. space. This relates to the ease of
movement in an urban area and the large
The entire study on access and
number of route choices between 2
pedestrian pathways related to TOD, was
certain points. Therefore, permeability is
synthesized into a standard that was
correlated with the capacity to move and
mutually agreed upon as a TOD Standard
interact in an urban space. There are 2
3.0 (ITDP, 2017). Pedestrians in the
approaches in measuring the level of
Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
permeability, the first approach measures
Standard are the main principles in
the degree to which an inaccessible area
creating a transit-oriented city which is
of the city restricts movement, and the
regulated in 2 (two) main principles,
other approach measures the degree to
namely Walking and Connecting. These
which public connecting lines provide
two principles are achieved by achieving
access to connectivity. Although they look
5 goals. These two goals comprise 30%
similar, the two approaches have
of successful TOD implementation on the
fundamental differences, where the
TOD scoring card.
former measures the morphology of the
Table 1 : TOD Principles and Objectives
city and the latter measures the access
TOD network. In a permeability study
Objectives conducted in the city of Trabzon, Turkey,
Principle
The pedestrian realm is it was revealed that the level of
safe, complete, and permeability of a road is closely related to
accessible to all. the physical conditions, functions and
Walking The pedestrian realm is perceptions that shape the permeability
active and vibrant. (Yavuz & Kuloğlu, 2012).
The pedestrian realm is
temperate and comfortable.
Jacobs (1965) uses a permeability
Walking and cycling routes approach when describing the
are short, direct and varied importance of small city block sizes so as
Connect Walking and cycling routes to produce good pedestrian path
are shorter than motor connectivity. Morphogenetic research
vehicle routes shows that, the planned city block is wider
(Source: ITDP, 2017) than 1 hectare, it will change into smaller
Pedestrian Networks blocks with the addition of a road network
and connecting lanes (Siksna, 1997).
Alonso de Andrade et al., (2018) use the Normatively, based on observations in
term road network density to describe the cities in western countries, a good block
total length of roads in an area. This size is in the range of 60 – 90 meters with
approach does not take into account the a maximum dimension of 120 meters
interconnection between roads, so it is (Jacobs, 1965).
only effective for measuring road
networks of the same class and In the regulation of the Minister of
configuration. A better approach is to Agrarian and Spatial Planning Regulation
measure the density of intersections No. 16 of 2017, stipulates indicators of
within an area, a measurement standard regional arrangement concerning
pedestrian aspects, namely the pattern of
the road network that provides many
alternative achievements for pedestrians
and a compact block pattern. (Minister of
Agrarian and Spatial Planning Regulation
No. 16 of 2017 concerning Guidelines for
the Development of Transit Oriented
Areas, 2017)
Minister of Agrarian and Spatial
Planning Regulation No. 16 of 2017 Diagram 1 : Accessibility as A
concerning Guidelines for the Permeability Measurement Scheme
Development of Transit-Oriented Areas (Source : Andrade et al, 2018)
also regulates the typology of transit-
oriented areas for Sub-City Service
Centers with criteria for regional
development characteristics as economic METODOLOGY
centers, especially those with secondary The study will identify the pattern and
and regional cultural functions and having quality of pedestrian connecting paths
a service scale for the city to the city. both on the main corridor sidewalk, the
Served by at least 1 (one) short-distance path in the tread parcel, the path in the
and 1 (one) long-distance mode of transit building up to the path in the 2nd layer of
in the form of heavy rail, light rail transit, the main corridor of the transit-oriented
BRT, Local Bus/Express Bus with a area in the research area and to
frequency (headway) of 5-15 minutes. determine the movement patterns of
Population density 450-1500 people/ha, pedestrian connecting lane users related
workers 40-200 people/ha. The intensity to public space creation.
of space utilization is moderate to high
with KLB 3-5, KDB 70% and residential Identification of the pattern and quality
density 12-38 units/1,000 m2 with more of pedestrian connecting paths is done by
than 3 to 15 floors, minimum street observing (Grand Tour) directly at the
frontage 80%. Parking for vehicles and research location and documenting
bicycles is provided together with a through photos. User pattern is done by
maximum parking standard of occupancy collecting Traffic Count (TC) data at
parking 1.5 parking/unit; retail parking pedestrian access points.
office 2 parking/ 100 m2; and a maximum Data on the existence of connecting
ground floor parking of 15% of the plot lanes, pedestrian access and public
area. The mix and diversity of spatial use spaces in related private sites will be
is 30%-60% for housing and 40%-70% for included in a spatial map for descriptive-
non-residential (the housing developed is qualitative analysis. Distance data is
balanced housing) and a minimum of obtained through secondary sources of
significant activity in the area for 16 hours. maps in the network and measurements
In his research on measuring the are made on google earth maps, as well
permeability between public and private as distance data for money is carried out
spaces,(Alonso de Andrade et al., 2018) by measurements using Google earth
describes that permeability is a space that maps. Traffic count volume data at
allows interaction between spaces that pedestrian access observation points will
are limited by the presence of a private be tabulated for later descriptive analysis.
site, and what is meant by public space is In this research, the research aspect is
the road. And in the conclusion of his determined, namely accessibility with 2
research Andrade determines the (two) variables, specifically the pedestrian
permeability variable, one of which is path network (Street Network) and
accessibility, which consists of 3 access to blocks.
categories, namely: (1) no access, (2)
access to private space and (3) access to
public space in a private site.
Research Area and Limitations DISCUSSION
The research will only identify the The area is divided into 2 (two) research
existence of a connecting path that can observation units, where the first
be used by pedestrians that connects the observation unit is the Millennium
points on the main corridor of the transit- Centennial Center Office Building Site
oriented area with the road network or Block and the second observation unit is
pedestrian path in the second layer a combined footprint of the Sona Topas
behind the main transit corridor. (or Mayada 1) office building block,
Mayapada Building 2 and Mayapada
Tower Building ( Mayapada Bank).
The grouping of the two blocks as an
observation unit is based on the presence
of pedestrian access on the front side (Jl.
Sudirman) and on the back and side (Jl.
Komando Raya and Jl. Purification 1).
Mayapada blocks are grouped based on
internal accessibility among the three
office sites.
Figure 1: Research Area
(Source : Authors, 2021)
TOWER
path network.
The measurement of the pedestrian Table 8: Traffic Count Survey at Location
volume access usage at 6 access points 1, 2, 3 at 16:00-18:00
SURVEY TRAFFIC COUNT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
located in both blocks is carried out by DAY / DATE: Kamis 27 - Mei - 2021
LOCATION 1 Pedestrian access 2 Pedestrian access 3 Pedestrian access
SURVEYOR :
Table 5: Traffic Count Survey at Location Time Pedestrian access Pedestrian access Pedestrian access
06:00 06:15 0 0
Table 8: Traffic Count Survey at Location
06:15 06:30
TUTUP TUTUP
1 2
4, 5, 6 at 18:30-20:00
06:30 06:45 1 0 SURVEY TRAFFIC COUNT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
DAY / DATE : Kamis 27 - 05 - 2021
LOKASI Pedestrian access Pedestrian access Pedestrian access
06:45 07:00 2 3
Gd. TAMARA Gd. MAYAPADA Gd. BANK
CENTER & TOWER 2 (Jl. MAYAPADA (Jl.
07:00 07:15 7 5 4 3 0 1 4 MILLENIUM 5 Komando) 6 Penjernihan)
CENTENIAL
TOWER (Jl.
07:15 07:30 5 7 3 4 0 4
Komando)
21:15 21:30 7 2
Centennial Center Block is relatively the
(Source: Authors, 2021)
same and even tends to be higher than
the Mayapada Block, even though the
Table 9: Traffic Count Survey at Location
1, 2, 3 at 16:00-18:00 Millennium Centennial Center Block only
SURVEY TRAFFIC COUNT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
DAY / DATE: Kamis 27 - Mei - 2021
consists of 1 Office Building Site
LOCATION 1 Pedestrian access
Gd. TAMARA
2 Pedestrian access
Gd. MAYAPADA
3 Pedestrian access
Gd. BANK compared to the Mayapada block which
is a combination of 3 Office Block sites. It
CENTER & TOWER 1 MAYAPADA 2 (Jl.
MILLENIUM Sudirman)
CENTENIAL
TOWER
can be assumed that in addition to the
SURVEYOR :
internal movement of the office block,
access to the residential corridor behind
Time Pedestrian access Pedestrian access Pedestrian access