Abstract

The urban vitality theory is one of urban design theories from Jane Jacobs (1960) stated that a city where can live for 24 hours should be equipped with good built environment refers to pedestrians.. This research has been conducted in Semarang City Centre Area which is the center of Semarang City. Semarang City Centre is Pandama area consists of Jalan Pandanaran, Jalan Pemuda, and Jalan Gajah Mada. This area consists of the central government, trade and services, residential areas, and already has public transportation, one of them is Trans Semarang BRT. However, the interest of Trans Semarang BRT users has not yet dominated can be influenced by several factors such as environmental conditions that have not supported pedestrians, affecting individual behavior on foot. This study used a quantitative method approach by first calculating values of the indicators at all Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Halte on Semarang City Centre and then used ranking method to perform comprehensive comparative analysis to identification urban vitality. The results from this study shows that the Hotel Santika Halte has the highest urban vitality level, followed by Balaikota halte has the second rank and Theresia Halte has the third rank of urban vitality.

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