Parking Problems in Ceking Tourism Objects

Parking Problems in Ceking Tourism Objects

(By: I Gusti Raka Purbanto)

Ceking tourism object that presents a panoramic view of natural beauty with rice terraces adorned with a row of coconut trees is one of the tourist attractions in addition to the beach and cultural customs of Bali. This tourism object is located in Tegallalang District, Gianyar Regency, Bali. Tourist who visits to this object are increasing from year to year. In fact, 2.7 million tourists visited this tourism object in 2018 (Central Statistics Agency of Gianyar Regency, 2019).

The available parking land is no longer able to accommodate vehicles that come. So that many vehicles are forced to park on the road. As a result, the road width is narrowed which directly reduces the ability to pass the through traffic. This study analyzes the current parking needs based on primary data obtained from a 11 hour parking survey. The method uses parking theory including parking characteristics i.e. duration, accumulation, capacity, turnover rate and volume of parking,

The results of the study for light vehicles showed that the average duration, accumulation, capacity, turnover rate, index, and volume of parking were 1.18 hours, 129 vehicles/hour, 90 vehicles/hour, 0.75 vehicles/ PSU (Parking Space Unit)/hour, 1.43, and  874 vehicles respectively for eleven survey hours. With a parking area of ​​3,213 m² or equivalent to 106 PSU (including access in/out) and for a land area requirement of 4,365 m² (144 PSU), an additional land area of ​​1,152 m² (including access in and out) is required for a new location of parking facilities. Likewise, motorcycles require an additional land area of ​​413 m² (including in/out access) to accommodate 124 PSU.