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Pedestrian Facilities as the Core of Sustainable Public Transport: A Case Study of Kuta-Bali Tourism Destinations

A tourist destination should be designed to make walking more enjoyable and sustainable. Many tourist destinations fail to provide pedestrian facilities to support sustainable tourism. Recognizing the important role that walking has in creating attractive, accessible, safe, and healthy destinations, it is necessary to develop these pedestrian facilities as a core in designing and evaluating Public Transport systems in terms of mobility and sustainability. The purpose of this study is to improve pedestrian facilities based on walkability indexes. This study uses a mixed-methods approach that combines qualitative and quantitative methods to collect data and further information on the topic. The results of this research are in the form of a guide, covering all aspects of pedestrian and bicycle planning in the tourist destination area of ​​Kuta-Bali in the form of basic and up-to-date information about various planning and design concepts.