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Title:

Bus Rapid Transit Gone Awry in Solo, Indonesia? Lessons for Sustainable Transportation in a Motorcycle City
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Accession Number:

01623293

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Over the past 15 years, the number of global Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines has increased exponentially. However, a number of these new lines offer low quality service and have failed to have the transformative impacts of better-known systems. This paper examines the history and challenges of developing BRT in Solo, a medium-sized Indonesian city,where motorcycles dominate the local urban transportation system.Due to low ridership, Solo’s new bus lines—developed as part of a national policy to expand BRT to Indonesia’s largest cities—have had little to no influence on air quality, economic activity, or accessibility. The findings suggest that BRT is not always an appropriate sustainable transport policy, even in cities with high densities, low incomes, and poor existing transit service. Furthermore, there remains a need for transferable sustainable transportation models for the world’s many fast-growing, medium-sized motorcycle cities.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP050 Standing Committee on Bus Transit Systems.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-00750

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Guerra, Erick
Taylor, John

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Indonesia

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-00750

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 10:10AM