Nurmansjah Lubis, Sekretaris Komisi B, Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah (DPRD) DKI Jakarta mengungkapkan dewan sudah menetapkan pungutan kemacetan sebagai retribusi. “Maka kendalanya kini adalah pengaturan keuangannya,” kata Trisbiantara,Pengamat Transportasi dari Universitas Trisakti, Trisbiantara, melalui sambungan telepon, Senin (18/5). Menurut Trisbiantara, masukan dari Sistem Pungutan Kemacetan harus pada rekening tersendiri. “Bukan dicampur dengan pemasukan untuk kas…
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On a recent trip to Brazil, Streetfilms’ Elizabeth Press visited ASCOBIKE, a bicycle parking garage outside São Paulo. ASCOBIKE serves 1,700 riders daily, many of whom hop a train to complete their commute from Mauá, “a city with zero bike infrastructure.” Membership perks include safety and maintenance tips, bike repair service and even legal advice, all financed…
“Society should prioritize people over cars,” said Enrique Penalosa, the visiting former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, on Tuesday. Penalosa, currently a guest lecturer at New York University and an urban development consultant for cities in Australia, Africa, South America, Europe and the United States, said that public health in the urban setting was closely linked…
You’d never recognize them. Every year thousands of “re-tired” American school buses turn up in developing countries, but aside from the trademark shape and flashing lights, these “chicken buses” show few signs of their former lives as sturdy movers of students. In Guatemala, for example, the new owners transform each standard yellow school bus from…
Kalau terus-menerus memikirkan jelek-jeleknya Jakarta, lama-lama pikiran bisa pening sendiri. Coba kalau Jakarta dilihat dari sisi lain, misalnya dari peta hijau atau green map yang tujuannya untuk menyadarkan orang akan kesalingterkaitan antara alam dan gaya hidup. Mungkin hidup menjadi terasa berbeda. Peta hijau ini merupakan peta yang menandai tempat-tempat yang memiliki makna terhadap lingkungan, budaya,…
Bus transjakarta selama ini hanya dianggap sebagai alat untuk memobilisasi manusia dari rumah ke tempat kerja. Namun, pernahkah Anda mencoba bus ini untuk menjelajah kota Jakarta? Bus transjakarta melalui jalur-jalur khusus yang disebut busway. Karena itu, masyarakat Jakarta lebih akrab dengan nama busway daripada bus transjakarta. Menurut Peta Hijau (green map) Jakarta ketika naik bus…
In March 2009, President Felipe Calderon attended the inauguration of Guadalajara’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) line. Called Macrobus, phase one consists of 16 kilometers of segregated busway, 27 stations, and two terminals. It integrates with the light rail system. Running along Calzada Indepencia, on the main avenues of the city, 41 articulated Volvo buses…
This article was published in ULI Asia Pacific Spring 2009 eNews. Millions of people in Beijing and other Chinese cities are witnessing a dramatic improvement in the quality of their housing, offices, and where they eat and shop. But what will happen to city livability, traffic congestion, global oil consumption and climate change as more…
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