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The construction of medium and infrastructure of transportation has to be followed by the population growth. The trend to divide a regency / city into new separate one was perceived from the theorem of public welfare. This perception generates a big problem throughout Indonesia. Central Bureau of Statistics (2015) stated that the most populous city after Banda Aceh and Lhokseumawe is Langsa. Population of the city increased after the expansion in Langsa in term of motor vehicle. The congestion emerges at the peak hours, between 7.30 to 8.30 AM, 12.30 to 1.30 PM and 3.30 to 4.30 PM IWST. To anticipate this problem, the government of Langsa city in 2015 constructed a new road in the northern area, when the eastern area is not as effective since the width of the road is varied and it needs substantial cost for the construction. On the other hand, the existing road (national road) aquire longer travel time to access the office, education and shopping centre. Therefore, author was interested to observe these 3 (three) road, which generate a result stating that the time required to travel in the existing road is 1.15 hours and 0.03 hours in the alternative road for each one-way travel. The aimof this research is to analyze the benefit for road users by applying consumer surplus method and the public perception in terms of economy based on the Vehicle Operating Cost (VOC), saving of travel time and economic feasibility study based on Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR), Net Persen Value (NPV), Economy Internal Rate Return (EIRR) and sensitivity analysis.

Pedestrian bridges are provided by the government to make it easier for pedestrians to cross over crowded roads. The phenomenon that occurs under the mind is used for motor crossings. Prepare the purpose of this study to determine the types of socio-economic communities for crossings in Banda Aceh City. The data retrieval method used was Stated Preference (SP) with 180 respondents taken randomly stratified (random sampling) with target of user and society respondents around pedestrian bridge. Processing and data analysis using descriptive statistics. The results of descriptive analysis of socio-economic characteristics of the public's on the effectiveness of pedestrian bridges, the most dominant cause is the majority of male gender, aged 20-29 years old, primary, junior and senior high school, civil servant, private employee, self-employed, student, monthly income below 2 million rupiah, travel purpose for work / office, sales, cargo / freight, trader, school / college / study. Judging from the government policy in the application of pedestrian bridges, the result is that most people agree with the implementation of the pedestrian bridge in Banda Aceh City, and most respondents have also used pedestrian bridges to cross the road to the destination.

Determination of road maintenance involves complex multi-criteria in decision making process. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method has been used to determine the weight of criteria in evaluating the road maintenance priority. In this study, the priority decisions for maintaining collector roads in Banda Aceh city were determined using the AHP method. The objective of this study is to describe the decision making process in determining the road maintenance handling priority accurately involving the key persons. There are 4 (four) criteria used, namely road condition, traffic volume, policy, and land use factors. The results showed that the highest criteria weight was achieved by road condition with a score of 0,454, followed by traffic volume (0.255) and land use (0.158), respectively. Surprisingly, the lowest score was obtained by policy factor. It was really beyond expectation since road maintenance priorities were usually relied on the government policy. The results indicated that road condition and traffic volume were the main factors in determining the road maintenance priorities.Keywords: road handling priority, road condition, traffic volume, AHP method

More than 90% of freight movement in Indonesia is carried out by land transportation (mostly highway mode). Meanwhile most nation land is surrounded by water, in which the movement could have been carried out by sea transportation. There are rail network in Java Island and some parts of Sumatera Island where multimodal/inter-modality system can be applied. However, lack of sea and rail transportation infrastructure and management makes highway mode the main choice among other transportation modes. This study investigated the impact of overloading trucks in the freight transportation system in Indonesia, because the government still allows trucks to carry up to 50% of the normal maximum load. This policy has greatinfluence on road deterioration, creating the vehicle damage factor approximately 5 times higher than that of the normal one. This overloading has a big impact on the maintenance of the road and will increase themaintenance budget.

More than 95% of freight movement in the Province of Aceh is done by the road mode. As most of the land in the province is surrounded by sea, the freight movement could have been done by sea transportation. Railway was already in the Province of Aceh long time ago, it began to operate in 1906, but the operation was closed in 1982. The Central Government and the Aceh Provincial Government want to revitalize the railway and there is also a plan to build a new Jalan Raya from Banda Aceh to North Sumatra border. However, there is a constraint in the costs of building these infrastructures so that multimodal and intermodal transportation can not take place. As a result, road transportation remains to be a major transport choice and this condition is even worse with vehicles on the road also tend to carry overload. This study was conducted in connection with the overload effect of the freight transport using trucks and how these trucks cause road deterioration and increase road maintenance costs in the Province of Aceh. The results suggest that multimodal/intermodal freight transportation, specifically road and railroad combined transport, could provide more efficient freight transport and, most likely, is the best option for the province.Keywords: freight transportation, multimodal/intermodal transportation, overload