MANAGING AND DEVELOPING

MALIOBORO AS A PEDESTRIAN STREET

Regional Development Planning Board

Government of Special Region of Yogyakarta
Indonesia

Walk 21 Conference, Munich, Germany

September 2013
Malioboro Street
as Historical Axis of Yogyakarta
• Yogyakarta city location is in the
heart of the Island of Java,
Indonesia
• A leading education and tourism
destination in Indonesia,
• In 2012, numbers of tourist about
2,4 millions person, 200.000
tourists being foreigners,
• Managing and developing
Malioboro area is important,
considering that the inner-city area
has become the image of
Yogyakarta city, from social,
economical, cultural and
environmental aspects
 Potentials
• Malioboro area is the magnet for
tourism, either local, domestic or
international tourists, since this area
has great attractiveness,
• Wide sidewalks (about 6 meters)
• Lively and dynamic area, being
always full of pedestrians
Malioboro Nowadays (Problems)
•TRAFFIC JAMS
•INCONVENIENT FOR PEDESTRIANS
•NO PRIORITY FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT
•PARKING PROBLEMS
•LACK OF PUBLIC SPACE
•MIXED BETWEEN MOTORIZED – NON
MOTORIZED AND STREET VENDOR
•HIGH POLLUTION
Citywide MIXED LAND-USED
Creating downtown city with “mixed land” use
to make the user mobility more efficient

Policy & Strategy DIVISION OF ACTIVITY DENSITY

reduce the activity density in innercity area
means reducing density of motor vehicle
entering the city area.
Mass Transport, Non TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT
Motorized Zone Priority Integrating settlement and commercial
functions with emphasis on the optimization of
access to public transport (transit) and to non-
Mass Transport Zone motor vehicle
PARK & RIDE INCENTIVE CONCEPT
Establishment Park & Ride facility on the city
gateway for commuter’s to accommodate mass
transportation transfer integrated with
sub_urban feeder
ROAD & PARK PRICING
Impose road pricing and raise parking rates in
downtown areas, especially parking on street
PRIORITY ON CITY MASS TRANSPORT
city wide mass transport must ensure
operations meet the standard of service that is
good for speed and precision

MOTORIZED VEHICLES GROWTH TREND’S

ON YOGYAKARTA CITY
The concept
Malioboro as a pedestrian street 1

SIDE-TRACKING
Transfer of Malioboro street functions from street
for motor vehicle to non-motor vehicle area. 2
ENHANCE THE OUTER-ROAD
Development of Malioboro outer-road as the main
access to the area. In addition, the outer-road is the
solution to move the traffic previously passing
through Malioboro area.
IMPROVE VENTILATION STREET
Development of ventilation street as the main 3
access to the area, which connects access from
motor vehicle (road and parking area) to pedestrian
area.
PROVIDE PARKING LOTS / BUILDING
provide adequate parking building incorporated
directly through the ventilation access to
Malioboro street 4
ARRANGEMENT SPACE USAGE
Rearrangement of spatial allocation in the
pedestrian area, with the concept to improve
convenience of pedestrian to move in the area. In 5
addition, it is expectedly to increase the business
potential of the area.
Proposed Ventilation
parking lots street
Malioboro
Outer-road
Street
timeline/roadmap
PLANNING 1 ST 2ND 3 RD
(TOPDOWN & IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION
BOTTOM UP)
2014 - 2015 2016 - 2017 2018
2013
• Da ta collection
• Si te s urvey
• Soci alization ARRANGEMENT AS SIDE TRACKING PEDESTRIAN
• Regi onal Design PEDESTRIAN REGULATION STREET
Competition STREET
• Di a logue and • Pedestrian Pathway • Roa d Pri cing Pedestrian Street
Community • Non_Motorized • Pa rki ng Non motorized and
As pi ration • On Street Pa rking • Motori zed Li mitation Ma s s Public
• Tra ffi c Management • Street Vendors (Gra dually) Tra ns port
Study
PROVIDE PARKING PROVIDE PARKING PROVIDE PARKING
LOTS / BUILDING LOTS / BUILDING LOTS / BUILDING
(1 ST STAGE) (2 ND STAGE) (3RD STAGE)

IMPROVE IMPROVE
VENTILATION STREET VENTILATION STREET
(1 ST STAGE) (2 ND STAGE)

ENHANCE THE ENHANCE THE

OUTER ROAD OUTER ROAD
(1 ST STAGE) (2 ND STAGE)
 Arrangement
1 ST Implementation Stage
regarding :
(2014- 2015) •Mass Transportation
•Pedestrian Pathway (Trans Jogja)
•Non-Motorized
•Street Vendors
•On Street Parking

Goals:
• Providing wider space for pedestrians in
several locations,
• Providing bench and exclusive area for street
vendors
• Developing green line in the median between
non-motor vehicle lane and pedestrian tract
by planting several leafy trees.
• Providing open space spots for art activities.
 2 nd Implementation Stage
(2016 - 2017)

• Increasing capacity of the outer ring Proposed

road, parking lots
• Improving accessibility of parking lots Road Pricing
through ventilation street, Policy
Access to
• Limiting access on Malioboro for motor Parking lots
vehicles by implementing road pricing
 3 rd Implementation
(2018)

Goals:
• Encouraging people to walk and Malioboro street being
increasing the numbers of only allowed for
pedestrians pedestrians, non-
motorized transport and
• Improving tourism area to attract
public transport modes
more tourists
• Increasing economic growth