8/12/2019 Controlling Air Pollution Level through Local Transportation Mode Revitalization

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ResearchProposalforInternshipProgrammeintheIPCCsTaskForceonNationalGreenhouseGasInventories(TFI)

ControllingAirPollutionLevelthroughLocalTransportationModeRevitalizationbyPutrikinasihSantoso

(putrikinasih@gmail.com)

Bandung(Indonesia)isacityof1,892,257inhabitantswithtotalareaof16,729.50hectare.Thecity

is basically developed under a sprawling schemewith a lot of housing areas on its peripheries,

resulting massive resident movement from periphery (housing area) to city center (education,

commercial,

and

business

districts).

Galamedia,

a

local

newspaper,

in

one

of

their

article

explained

that theautomotivevehiclegrowth inBandung inyear2010has reached1,101,680unitsor39%

more than those in 2009 (Galamedia, 2011). This number has successfully increased trafficcongestioninthecity,causingmassivedisadvantagesforthecityandthepeople.AccordingtoHead

of Infrastructure & Facility SubDivision of Bandung City Local Development Planning Agency

(BappedaKotaBandung),trafficcongestioninBandungcausingtotalinconveniencecostofRp.2.46

Billionandresulting66.34%oftotalemissiongasesfromtransportation.

Asone

of

the

public

transportation

mode

in

Bandung,

angkot

is

often

considered

as

the

most

effectivetransportationmodebecauseofitscarsizeddimension(appropriatewithBandungsroads

dimension, which are relatively narrow) and because it covers most of areas in Bandung City.

Nowadays,thereare38angkotroutesalloverBandung,consistingoftotal5,521unitsofcars.Ifone

angkotabletocarry12personstherewillbemorethan66,252peopletransported inBandung in

onehour,assumingeveryrouteisreachedwithin1hour.However,themassivegrowthofcarsand

motorcycleinBandunghasreducedcitizenswillingnessofusingangkotastheirmaintransportation

mode to 50% (Traffic Management Center Satlantas Polrestabes Bandung, 2011). Most peoplechoose to travelby theirownvehiclesbecauseangkothasbecomemore andmoreunreliable in

punctuality.Thedriversoftenwaittoolongforpassangers,causingsignificanttimedefect.

Whatiftheintraurbanpublictransportationisrevitalized,recoveringitsreliabilitytoregeneratethe

citizensenthusiasmofusingpublictransportation?Therevitalizationconsistsofthetransportation

systemandunitmanagement improvementwithoutaddingorsubsidingexistingangkotroute.Mypresumption is,whenmostofthecitizensuseangkotfortheirprimary intraurbantransportation,

thenumberofprivatevehicle inBandungcanbecontrolled.Therefore, inthe idealcondition,the

pollutionlevelcausedbytransportationwithinBandungCitycanalsobecontrolled.