An application of the bicycle lane on the complete street concept in efforts reducing global warming impact

Abstract

The incomplete roads, designed only for cars, with limited transportation options make pedestrians, cyclists, and other transport users feel uncomfortable and safe and risk dangerous. The bicycle as a more environmentally friendly means of transportation which is an alternative mode of transportation that can replace motor vehicles to reduce the impact of global warming. Facilities for bicycle users provide a sense of security and comfort to the various users and is considered an important part of the complete street where a community of 100,000 people replacing their cars by bicycle a month will reduce 3.764 tons of carbon dioxide gas (C02) per year. Yos Sudarso Road in Mamuju City is a road segment with activities in various zones, the intensity of activities that occur on the road is very high at certain hours, due to the different activities of the diversity of building functions. Road conditions that do not provide facilities for bicycle users require assessment of the needs of bicycle lane and analyze how the design of the concept of bike lane on the road segment is based on the complete street concept. The type of research used is non-experimental descriptive with the qualitative and quantitative approach, using a survey method in the form of direct observation at research sites, interviews and questionnaires. The condition of the road lane is not yet based on the complete street concept because there is no bicycle lane available as one of the complete street elements so it does not provide a sense of security and comfort for bicycle users. The need for bicycle lanes based on the responses of respondents is the need to provide bike lanes, on segment 1 with bike lane type, on segment 2 and segment 3 with bike lane type, for provision of bicycle lane based on bicycle volume and volume the traffic needs of the bike lane on Yos Sudarso road segment is not yet necessary to be provided. The recommended implementation of bicycle lane based on the concept of Complete Street is a bike lane (width of 1.5 meters for a one-way lane with elevated surfaces that can still be passed by motor vehicles in an emergency condition. A safe and comfortable bike lane improves people’s enthusiasm using bicycles as a mode of transportation that can help reduce carbon dioxide (C02) gas and improve clean air quality.