Evaluation of Semarang Public Transportation Performance (Case Study: Trans Semarang Buses and C Route Transportation)
Asep Yayat Nurhidayat, Prasetyaning Diah Rizky Lestari, Djoko Prijo Utomo, Sucipto
Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, (BPPT) Jakarta
Abstract
Semarang City, one of the major cities in Indonesia, faces increasing urbanization and also an increase in private vehicle ownership that resulting in traffic congestion, increased accidents and also level of emission. The low use of public transport needs to be improved by moving private vehicle use to reduce the problem. Semarang has some public transportation, those are: trans semarang buses and C route transportation in the city. Public transportation performance can be determined from some indicators, such as: load factor, frequency, headway, and travel time. Collecting data has been done by direct survey and interviewing public transport passengers to find out the preferences and origin-destination of public transport passengers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of Semarang public transportation and analyze potential zones to Improve performance and use of public transportation. In addition, passenger origin-destination data can be used to analyze the integration of Semarang public transportation mode.
Keywords: private vehicle, public transportation, performance, origin destination
Topic: International Symposium of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering