Desain Gerobak Pedagang Keliling pada Masa New Normal Covid-19

Abstract

— During the Covid-19 pandemic, the food vendors cart as small businesses that were affected. Their income has decreased drastically; one of the reasons is the restriction of access to residential areas to sell and the decreased trust of sellers due to the infected Covid-19 from these sellers. Entering the new normal period, there is a change in community consumption activities where the food vendors traders must adapt to changes in behavior. This study aims to upgrade and design food vendors carts that can adapt to New Normal conditions. Based on these situations, this research emphasis designing food vendors carts that implement the Covid-19 prevention protocol and changing the selling process to take way orders system. The method applied in this research is by field observations, identifying interaction activities between seller and buyers, formulating the results of the data obtained, and then determining the specifications needed for upgrading and designing the cart. The results obtained are the design of the cart with features that can make limitation interaction between the seller and the buyer, the improvement of cleanliness through the provision of sanitation and disinfectant devices that the buyer can use, changing the cart materials with food-grade metal standards (stainless steel) and the design by applying the principles of ergonomics.