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RaisingPeopleTrusttoPublicTransportbyProvide

1st

ProposedPriorityLineofTransJogja

Ghulamin Rizqiawan - 12/338919/PMU/7416 (Author)

Jan Prabowo Harmanto (Partner)

Introduction

Jogjakarta is one of main tourism destination city in

Indonesia. Jogjakarta also became cultural city as well

as education city. So many nice places and best

school/university locate around the city make

Jogjakarta more attractive rather than other city.Hence, Jogjakarta city grow rapidly from years to

come. One of the development challenges is to

counter the increasing of motor vehicle caused

congestion. Data show there is overloaded of road

sections because of vehicle growth (4%/year) going

faster than road provision growth (2,31%/year). Public

transport system believed has important role to

counter private motor vehicle use and make

Jogjakarta more convenient.

The existing system of Jogjakarta Public transportsystem consist regular old buses, TransJogja Busline,

Taxi, and other Paratransit such as Becak (Pedicab),

Ojek (Motorcycle Taxi) and Andong (Horse-drawn

Carriage). As a main Public Transport, regular old bus

and TransJogja still need a lot of improvement. The

main problem is still congestion, so there is an idea to

giving priority line to TransJogja to increase its speed

and integrating other mode as a feeder to widen

service area. The 1st

proposed priority line is to

connect main arterial road (jl. Solo) - main boulevard

(jl. Malioboro) North Square Palace (alun-alun utara Ngabean Parking Area. The line seem very good

because it`s going through the center of the city but

its deal with mix dense traffic, narrow road, public

space conquest, on-street parking and traditional

event held at Kraton which will closing the road.

The purpose of this small research is to examine what

will happen if the proposed line has been

implemented especially related to community

development theories. In this paper, I would like to

give emphasize on symbolic interactionism theory.

Symbolic interactionism is essential for community

development because it provides insight into the ways

people develop a sense of shared meaning, an

essential ingredient for solidarity (Hustedde, 2009).

Develop a sense of shared meaning and construct

solidarity is one of the key factors to make 1st

proposed new line successful. Joko Widodo, Major of

Solo City has implemented many successful

development of Street Vendor Relocation. He Said,

the first one is always difficult but if it`s successful,

the rest will be much more easier. After the first pilot

project completed and people got its benefit, the trust

to relocation program raised, people got the meaning

of the program, so they more open if there is any such

program in the future. In case of proposed 1st

TransJogja Fixed line, we can assume it will become

pilot project. The hypothesis is if the 1st priority line

successful, it can raise people trust to public transport

and share meaning that can change people travel

behavior from private to public transport.

Methods

To examine how the 1st

priority line will make a shared

meaning. We conduct some interview to different

peoples that will be affected by provision of this line.

The interviewed people consist Local User, Domestic

Tourist User, Foreign Tourist User, Private Car Driver,Taxi Driver, Old Bus Driver, Becak Driver, Andong

Driver, Parking Attendance, Street Vendor, and Street

Shop owner. The interview conduct to identify the

perception of TransJogja meaning to them and toward

TransJogja Reform by Provide 1st

Priority line. The

perception toward 1st

priority line will divide into three

category : positive, neutral, and negative. Identified

perception will make some portrait to us that show

how the pilot project will bring trust and potential to

change people travel behavior.

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