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According to the data of JICA’s SI-
TRAMP (Study on Integrated Trans-
portation Master Plan), Jakarta has
TOP REPORT indeed high rate of mobility needs:
21.9 millions of mobility with a total of
15.3 millions motor vehicles per day.
With an integrated mass transporta-
tion, Djoko continued, public will eas-
ily move from their private vehicles to
public transportations. “Without it, we
cant expect a city with efficient trans-
portation system for their people or
even dream that they will shift into us-
ing public transportation,” he added.
According to Djoko, it’s still been a
big job for the government to encour-
age the use of public transportation in
Jakarta. In the Jabodetabek’s Trans-
portation Master Plan, it targets an
escalation of 40% in 2019, 50% in 2024
and 60% in 2029. Unfortunately, the
situation shows otherwise, accord-
ing to the Visual Frequency and Oc-
cupancy survey conducted by Institute
for Transportation and Development
Policy (ITDP) Indonesia in 2014 and
8 2018. The survey observes the volume
of public transportation in Jakarta and
shows a reduction of public transport
users by 30%.
To make it worse, a survey con-
ducted by ITDP Indonesia also shown
that a significant 58% of the online
ojek users are public transport us-
ers. “From this data we can see that
the users of public transportation tend
to use online ojek as preferable trans- for all types of transportation servic- development. Every types of transpor-
portation modes, which significantly es. “Currently there are schedule and tation modes has the same challenge;
impacted on the reduction of public physical integrations while the inte- they need to be connected,” said Anies
transportation use in Jakarta,” Djoko gration in payment method is under- on the importance of integrated inter-
explained. way.” said Djoko. modal transportation in Jakarta.
He said that there are at least Currently, Jakarta Provincial Gov-
three kinds of integration which needs The Pillars of Transportation ernment (Pemprov DKI) has created
to be done: the physical, schedule and JakLingko, an integrated public trans-
payment. Physical integration would The Governor of Jakarta Anies portation system based on roads and
help people to move between modes Baswedan declared that the Provin- railways (microbus, Transjakarta, LRT
easily. Schedule integration would cial Government of Jakarta has tak- and MRT). Transjakarta, one of Ja-
be the suitability and well-informed en a serious improvement on inte- karta’s transportation pillars has also
schedule upon the time of arrival and grated intermodal transportation in conducted an integration program by
departure, including to cut the time Jakarta, by keeping an integration opening new, integrated routes. Pre-
of waiting for people when transiting development in Jakarta’s transporta- viously, there are 109 routes in 2017
between modes. And lastly, the pay- tion pillars such as Transjakarta, MRT, and became 247 routes in 2019. The
ment integration would be the pay- LRT and KRL. “Integrated intermodal units are also added, from 2,380 units
ment method using smartcard that transportation is the key to solve the in 2017 to 3,888 units in 2019.
enables people to use only one card challenges in Jakarta’s infrastructure According to him, so far the work