Abstract

Walking has been the easiest way to complete the journey from one place to another within a
relatively close distance in the city. Pedestrian path are needed more to realizing the right for
human to move by walking to do their activity. Walking as one of transportation mode are
becoming an important indicator in city’s accesibility and liveable city assessment.
Walkability index is one of many metodh to evaluate the environmental’s quality of walking
activities. This paper will discuss about the measurement of walkability index on jakarta’s
old town area using “data collection with field observation and survey form” method.
The method of walkability index was developed from various studies related to the
walkability measure evaluation in pedestrian pathways that applied in many cities in Asia.
The method of walkability index was developed from various studies related to the
walkability measure evaluation in pedestrian pathways that applied in many cities in Asia.
There are 9 parameters to develop walkability index and with survey’s form that specially
developed, field observation was conducted upon the study area.
That area was used to be a comercial area but now it turns into cultural heritage area. The
result of the sudy will shows an evaluation of the average walkability index for jakarta’s old
town area.
Within that an area can be categorized by the index. Walkability index value can give a
direction indication to do an improvement that needs to be made. This thing can be done
throug a pedestrian facility improvement into that area that refers into every parameter score
that will be sed, and the lowest score that will become a priority for imporvement.

Keywords: walkability index, arrangement, pedestrian path, pedestrian facilities.