TRANSPORTATION NOWADAYS

TRANSPORTATION NOWADAYS
• Infrastructures
a. Road Networks
Total length of roads in Indonesia is 339,781 km that consist of National Roads, Provincial Highways, Municipal/city Roads, and Streets with 23.6% in good, 37.1% in fair, 23.6% in slightly damaged, and 15.8% in badly damaged condition.
b. Terminals
As an important transportation facilities, the government has also been considering to built more bus terminals for inter-city within or inter provincial district as needed.
Recently, the number of type A Terminals in Indonesia is 120 terminals, meanwhile for type B and C is 210 terminals. This will be more new bus terminals may be needed to provide to accommodate for the future demand
c. Weight Measurement Bridges
In order to maintain and prevent the road networks and road traffic safety, the government has provided some weight measurement bridges in certain location of vital routes. Recently, the number of weight measurement bridges available in Indonesia is 129 bridges.
d. Vehicle Testing Inspection Facility
Recently, the number of vehicle testing inspection facility available in Indonesia 447 unit that consist of mechanic testing 238 unit, non mechanic 223 unit and movable testing 16 unit.
• Facilities
a. Motor Vehicle
At the end of 2006 there were 50.017.950 vehicles licensed for use on the roads in Indonesia, of which 7,400,950 were passenger cars, 4,785,000 trucks, 2,730,000 buses and 35,102,000 motorcycle.
b. Urban Transport
Public transport demands in large cities are met by providing trains, taxis and buses. Urban transport vehicles are managed by individuals cooperatives and business undertakings. Most large cities such as Surabaya, Medan, Semarang, Makassar, Solo, Jogyakarta, Palembang, Batam, Banda Aceh have services provided by state-owned city buses, namely PERUSAHAAN UMUM DJAWATAN ANGKUTAN MOTOR REPUBLIK INDONESIA (abbr. PERUM DAMRI).
PERUM DAMRI also provides services between Jakarta and the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. In additon, PERUM DAMRI also provides haj pilgrims to airport embarkations. In 2006 PERUM DAMRI operated 1,169 buses.
While state-owned city buses in Jakarta are operated by PENGANGKUTAN PENUMPANG DJAKARTA (abbr. PERUM PPD). In 2005 PERUM PPD operated 18 tourist buses and 373 Single Deckers. It carried 35,567 passengers of the Capital and its surrounding. Private bus operators in the National Capital are MAYASARI BHAKTI, BIANGLALA, HIMPURNA, METRO MINI, ANDALAN, KOWAN BISATA, STEADY SAFE, etc. In 2006, a total of 3,561 buses operated in Jakarta.
Urban Transport in Indonesia is one of crucial issues to be handled. The government has been realizing that good urban transport services will contribute significantly and positively in creating quality of life for urban population as well as to improve the national economy development as a whole.
In order to enhance the existing urban transport development, the government has planned and programmed to promote mass public transport through Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and encourage people to contribute and support the government policy on such efforts. In Jakarta for instance, the bus rapid transit (BRT) system called TransJakarta was opened in February 2004 to improve public transport and alleviate traffic congestion. The first corridor, corridor I, spans a length of 12.9 km with high
platform air conditioned Euro II compliant diesel buses capable of carrying 83 passengers each. In February 2006, Corridor II and III, were added operating in April 2006. And the latest corridors, namely Corridor IV, V, VI and VII were
operated in January 2007, that made Jakarta’s BRT System as one of the biggest in the world with 92 kilometers length and 127 stations.