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Title: Urbanization and Motorcycles: Challenges for Urban Transport in Jakarta
Accession Number: 01031615
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: Jakarta is a typical, large metropolitan city in the developing world, judged by its urbanization trend, its suburbanization patterns, and its transportation problems. Hit by the enormous economic crisis in 1997 -commonly known in Indonesia as krismon, Jakarta attempts to remain a livable city for its residents. The use of motorcycles become much more popular than other transportation modes. The number of motorcycles increased dramatically since 2000. This paper discusses the use of motorcycles in light of rapid urbanization and heavily dependent peripheral areas on the central city in Jakarta. What factors contribute to the high use of motorcycles and the distinctive characteristics of motorcyclists in Jakarta are identified. The use of motorcycles can be perceived as the “solution” to the urbanization, suburbanization and krismon faced by Jakarta. Some problems were found in the use of motorcycles including traffic violations and accident exposures. This will be the next challenge for urban transportation in Jakarta.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01020180
Report/Paper Numbers: 06-2923
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Rukmana, DedenHasibuan, Hayati SariPagination: 18p
Publication Date: 2006
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: CD-ROM
Features: Figures
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; References; Tables
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I10: Economics and Administration
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-2923
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Mar 3 2006 11:10AM
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