Relocation of parking area in order to deliver better parking characteristics

Abstract

Indonesia with high number of population needs transportation, facilities, and motor vehicle. Indonesia Statistical Center Bureau Data indicated that number of motor vehicles increase around ten percent each year. Available and adequate number of parking area as one of facilities as well as good management is needed in order to reduce traffic congestion. Case study is carried out at a alrge shopping mall in Bandung, West Java. The aim is to examine whether relocation of off street parking area could deliver better parking characteristics. License plate observation method used in order to collect the data. Furthermore, hypothetical test and two sample t test method used to compare before and after relocation parking data set. Based on analysis, the results show increase parking accumulation and parking duration, but decrease in parking index and parking turn over after relocation. Furthermore, parking accumulation during weekend is still higher than those during weekdays.