KOMPAS/SUTTA DHARMASAPUTRA Kepala Dinas Perhubungan DKI Jakarta Udar Pristono, Senin (7/5/2012), menempelkan kartu elektronik pada mesin sebagai kunci penggunaan sepeda di Guangzhou, China. Di kota ini, sepeda digunakan sebagai pengumpan bagi busway. Kartu itu bisa didapatkan di minimarket-minimarket dengan menyimpan uang sebagai deposit sebesar Rp 300.000, setara dengan harga sepeda tersebut. GUANGZHOU, KOMPAS.com —…
Author: Fani Rachmita
GUANGZHOU, KOMPAS.com — Sistem transportasi massal di Jakarta yang saat ini cukup bisa diandalkan adalah busway. Kendati demikian, bila dibandingkan dengan sistem bus rapid transit (BRT) negara lain, masih terlihat kelemahan di sana-sini.Jumlah armada yang masih terbatas, rentang waktu kedatangan antarbus yang masih tidak teratur, atau daya angkut penumpang yang belum masif adalah beberapa kekurangan…
Sebagai dukungan untuk mengurangi polusi udara, selama pelaksanaan Hari Bebas Kendaraan Bermotor (HBKB), Dinas Perhubungan (Dishub) DKI Jakarta mengganti puluhan bus Transjakarta di koridor I dengan bus berbahan bakar gas (BBG) yang dipinjam dari koridor lainnya. Seperti diketahui, armada yang melayani koridor I dilayani oleh bus-bus yang berbahan bakar solar. Kepala Dishub DKI Jakarta, Udar…
Importantly, the various planning agencies appear to have arrived at a consensus — pedestrian safety is paramount
Mention footpath and our cup of collective cynicism runneth over. Yet Corporation of Chennai (CoC) seems determined to prove us wrong. CoC has identified 60 bus route roads in the city and around 170 km in the newly-added areas to upgrade street facilities to world class standards.
Sceptical? Anecdotally, 80 per cent of our footpaths have no real encroachments. They are just badly designed and maintained and can be set right. 10 per cent have obstacles that can be removed and the rest have serious encroachments. Is 90 per cent a good start?
Now it can be told: there are objective standards for measuring how good your Bus Rapid Transit system is. The Institute for Transportation Development Policy has issued new scoring system to see how good BRT systems around the world are. Among the criteria for making a good BRT — off board payment, segregated bus lanes,…
Sustainable transportation needed as Brazil gears up for World Cup, Olympics As Brazil readies itself to host the world's two largest sporting contests, its leaders realize the importance of having the right infrastructure in place to sustain growth and handle the transportation of goods and people these events will demand. At a first glance,…
Hidayat berjanji akan memperluas kegiatan Car Free Day, dan membuat Jakarta lebih hijau. VIVAnews – Bakal calon gubernur DKI Jakarta, Hidayat Nur Wahid, mengikuti kegiatan Car Free Day (CFD) di kawasan Bundaran Hotel Indonesia, Minggu 29 April 2012. Hidayat dan calon wakilnya, Didik Rachbini, menikmati hari bebas berkendara dengan mengayuh sepeda dan jogging. Mantan Ketua…
The November launch of a new kind of bus transit on Cedar Avenue is looking less and less likely. Dakota County commissioners heard Tuesday that some key elements of the bus-rapid transit (BRT) project — most notably, two of its five stations — will not be finished in time, probably pushing the full launch into…