Road Service Levels Analysis at The Economic Centers of Archipelago Regions During the Covid-19 Pandemic

¹ Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, 97118 Ternate City, Indonesia
² Project consultant, CV. Indo Sereang Konsultant, 97118 Ternate City, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: gaussmuhammad@gmail.co.id

Abstract

This study aims to analyze a changes of service level in the roads as the center of the economy during the covid-19 pandemic. The flow of traffic crosses and connected at the economic centers the archipelago for 7 days, on weekdays and holidays by 14 hours a day from 07 am to 21 pm. Restrictions on activity during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a significant reduction in traffic movement in economic areas, this caused by restrictions on activities in the non-essential sector in business centers and the diversion of activities from the office to home. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the level of road service at business centers increased significantly due to, first, the shifting of activities from office to home which had an impact on reducing the movement of vehicles from home to offices and shopping centers at business centers, secondly the decline in other obstacles on road sections which usually arise due to trucks loading and unloading goods and street vendors selling their wares on the roadside, and thirdly due to restrictions on the activities of certain sectors that reduce the movement of people to and from across the business center.