Affordability Assessment to Implement Light Rail Transit (LRT) for Greater Yogyakarta
Abstract: The high population
density and the increasing visitors in Yogyakarta aggravate the traffic
congestion problem. BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) services, Trans Jogja has not
managed to solve this problem yet. Introducing Light Rail Transit (LRT) has
been considered as one of the solutions to restrain the congestion in Greater
Yogyakarta. As the first indication that the LRT can be built in Greater
Yogyakarta, the transportation affordability index was used to understand
whether the LRT tariff was affordable. That tariff was calculated based on
government policy in determining railway tariff. The forecasted potential
passengers and LRT route have been analyzed as the previous steps to get LRT
tariff. Potential passenger was forecasted from gravity mode, and the proposed
LRT route was chosen using Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). The existing
transportation affordability index was calculated for comparison analysis using
the percentage of the expenditures for transportation made by monthly income of
each household. The result showed that the LRT for Greater Yogyakarta was the
most affordable transport mode compared to the Trans Jogja Bus and motorcycle.
The affordability index of Tram Jogja for people having average income was
10.66% while another people with bottom quartile income was 13.56%.
Author: Anjang Nugroho, Imam
Muthohar
Journal Code: jptsipilgg130032
