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Title:

Exploring variation of trip fares by taxi-like paratransit services in Jakarta City: A Multilevel Analysis

Accession Number:

01371525

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

In developing countries, the real contribution of paratransit becomes significant due to the limitation of government capacity on the public transport system and also because it supports much-needed mobility, especially for the poor. This paper discusses fare trips of several types of taxi-like paratransit services such as three wheeler, motorcycle taxi and pedicab in Jakarta city and surrounding areas. In their daily operation, taxi-like services have no fixed route and schedule. Trip fares were offered by drivers and negotiated with passengers and there may be discrimination of fares on certain groups of users. Based on the reveal preference survey distributed to drivers, the authors analyze trip fares of taxi-like paratransit services. A multilevel analysis is applied to examine the variation of fares and to explore the components which effect the trip fares of each paratransit type, especially focusing on driver attributes, passengers attributes, and temporal and spatial variations of trips. It is confirmed that driver attributes such as driver age, working experience, and education level play a significant role in determining fares. The fare per kilometer travelled reduces when the travel distance increases. It is also found that a fare discrimination regime may exist. This study also finds that passengers in the city center of Jakarta need to pay more per kilometer travelled, compared to those who ride taxi-like paratransit services in suburban areas. In the case of non-motorized paratransit, the number of passengers per trip increases the price because of the direct effect on the human energy required to run the service.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP060 Paratransit

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-2804

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Sudarmanto, Budi Nugroho
Chikaraishi, Makoto
Fujiwara, Akimasa
Zhang, Junyi
Gang, Li

Pagination:

24p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Negotiations

Geographic Terms:

Jakarta (Indonesia)

Subject Areas:

Finance; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-2804

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:12PM