February 23, 2016
Banda Aceh’s urban form is dominated by residential land use, with a dominant urban center containing much of the city’s commercial land uses. There is evidence of limited ribbon development along key arterials, but this is not as dominant as in other cities in Indonesia (e.g. Palembang). The city’s southern areas are attracting increasing commercial and services sector developments per the city master plan. Additionally, the expansion of the urban footprint to the south is expected to continue.
From a mass transport planning perspective, this will drive future demand for an extension of the BRT network to the south. As demand grows, it presents a strong case for the development of viable mass transit corridors, making investments in such projects increasingly justifiable.
In February 2016, CDIA received a request for support from Banda Aceh’s Mayor to assist the city in refining and enhancing the original PFS developed originally by the Banda Aceh Transportation Team utilizing the information provided in the PFS as well as data gathered from the O-D survey (which remains in raw data form). ITDP Indonesia is joining CDIA in the Transportation team to help Banda Aceh improve its transit networks.