Current Situation of Urban School Transport in Indonesia

1. INDONESIA
INFRASTRUCTURE
INITIATIVE
Current Situation of Urban School
Transport in Indonesia
Prof. Leksmono Suryo Putranto
IndII National Advisor for IURSP
Workshp #2 IURSP
Denpasar, 22 January 2015

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 Students need to be
transported from
home to school vv
daily on certain
schedules
 The underlying
problem is actually
lack of satisfactory
public transport
Lack of Satisfactory Public Transport

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WEALTHY:
 Delivered and
picked up by
parents using cars
 Delivered and
picked up by paid
school transport
NOT WEALTHY:
 Walk
 Delivered and
picked up by
parents using
motorcycles
 Ride motorcycle
(underage)
 Ride bicycle
 Use poor public
transport
 Use free school bus
(limited services)

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• Congested road
network with
parents cars passing,
boarding/ alighting
students
• Illegal parking on
street and sidewalks
Delivered & Picked Up by Parents Using Cars

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• It can be organized by the school or
rental agency.
• Payment is usually carried out
monthly.
• Involve complicated schedules and
routes as students picked up from/
delivered to individual home. A
vehicle might serve different level
of education and therefore different
school start/ finish time .
• Although the service might not
very satisfactory, but the parents
considered the service as safer than
general public transport.
Delivered and picked up by paid school transport

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 Transporting students from a particular
school or group of schools located close to
each other.
 Operated in a fixed schedule and a fix route
determined by the school management.
 Using bus or passenger car.
 Registered as private vehicle.
 Travel time less than 90 minutes.
 Well ventilated or air conditioned.
 Under regular maintenance.
 Clearly indicated as a school transportation
Director General of Land Transportation
Decree No. SK.967/AJ.202/DRJD/2007

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Walk
 Unsafe walking
environment (side walk
not available or
occoupied by street
vendors/ motorcycles)
 Unsafe road crossing
(zebra cross/
pedestrian bridge not
available)
 Insufficient street
lighting.
 Inconvinient walking
environment due to
wheather

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Delivered & Picked Up by Parents Motorcycles
 A motorcycle rider
might carry more than
one passenger.
 More passengers
meaning they less
likely to wear helmets
 To ensure punctual
arrival time at school
the rider maight
conduct lane splitting,
riding in opposite
direction and riding in
side walk

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Underage Motorcycle Rider
 Certain culture
encourage motorcycle
use in early age (e.g. in
Pangkal Pinang,
Bangka Belitung)
 Underage motorcycle
rider tend to be more
likely to conduct safety
violation (riding
wihout helmet, riding
impaired motorycle,
carry more than one
passenger (Putranto
and Rostiana, 2014)

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Ride Bicycle
 Healthy and affordable
mode of school
transport
 Unsafe cycling (limited
bike lane)
 Incovinient cycling
environment due to
wheather and air
pollution

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Use Poor Public Transport
 Limited capacity
during peak hours
 Unsafe operation of
public
 Bus operator
discourage students to
board the bus to
increase income
(student pay less)

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Use Free School Bus (e.g. Jakarta)
 Consists of 15 routes
(10 long distance routes
and 5 circular routes
(shorter distance.
 Consists of 104 vehicles
 Carry about 10,000
students a day
 Available for
elementary school,
junior high school and
high school students

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SHIFT 1 05.30 – 07.00
SHIFT 2 11.00 – 16.00
SHIFT 3 17.00 – 18.30
WAKTU OPERASIONAL 2014
SCHOOL BUS OPERATION TIME :

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BUS SEKOLAH BUS SEDANG
(MEDIUM BUS)

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BUS SEKOLAH BUS KECIL
(MICRO BUS)

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1. Can not compete with cheap student rate for general public
transport.
2. Some small bus operators refuse the existence of parallel
school bus route
3. Difficult to shift private vehicle user to school bus
4. Limited number of school bus fleet.
5. Bid for school bus operator was based on cheapestbid and
therefore did not guarantee best service.
6. Limited number of high quality staff.
PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL BUS DEVELOPMENT

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Example of School Safety Zone in In Two
Lanes-Two Ways Undivided Road in Bandung

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Example of School Safety Zone in In Four
Lanes-Two Ways Divided Road in Semarang

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Some Problems in School Safety Zone in
Indonesia
•Red carpet markings are covered during asphalt
overlay process.
•Road signs are removed during road widening.
•Road signs are covered by trees.

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Printed Materials Available for Children/
Parents Traffic Safety Education
• For children 3-5 years old
• For children 6-8 years old
• For children 9-11 years old
• Parental guide for 3-5 years old children
• Parental guide for 6-8 years old children
• Parental guide for 9-11 years old children

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Example of Material for 3-5 Years Old Children

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Problems in Traffic Safety Education for
Children
• School curriculum has already occupied with too many
subjects.
• Adding traffic safety education as part of the school
curriculum might be a burden for the school children.
• It might be delivered as an extra curriculer activities
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