ResearchProposal

forInternshipProgrammeintheIPCCsTaskForceonNationalGreenhouseGasInventories(TFI) ControllingAirPollutionLevelthroughLocalTransportationModeRevitalization byPutrikinasihSantoso (putrikinasih@gmail.com) Bandung (Indonesia) is a city of 1,892,257 inhabitants with total area of 16,729.50 hectare. The city is basically developed under a sprawling scheme with a lot of housing areas on its peripheries, resulting massive resident movement from periphery (housing area) to city center (education, commercial, and business districts). Galamedia, a local newspaper, in one of their article explained that the automotive vehicle growth in Bandung in year 2010 has reached 1,101,680 units or 39% more than those in 2009 (Galamedia, 2011). This number has successfully increased traffic congestioninthecity,causingmassivedisadvantagesforthecity andthepeople.According toHead of Infrastructure & Facility SubDivision of Bandung City Local Development Planning Agency (Bappeda Kota Bandung), traffic congestion in Bandung causing total inconvenience cost of Rp. 2.46 Billionandresulting66.34%oftotalemissiongasesfromtransportation. As one of the public transportation mode in Bandung, angkot is often considered as the most effective transportation mode because of its carsized dimension (appropriate with Bandungs roads dimension, which are relatively narrow) and because it covers most of areas in Bandung City. Nowadays,thereare38angkotroutesalloverBandung,consistingoftotal5,521unitsofcars.Ifone angkot able to carry 12 persons there will be more than 66,252 people transported in Bandung in one hour, assuming every route is reached within 1 hour. However, the massive growth of cars and motorcycleinBandunghasreducedcitizenswillingnessofusingangkotastheirmaintransportation mode to 50% (Traffic Management Center Satlantas Polrestabes Bandung, 2011). Most people choose to travel by their own vehicles because angkot has become more and more unreliable in punctuality.Thedriversoftenwaittoolongforpassangers,causingsignificanttimedefect. Whatiftheintraurbanpublictransportationisrevitalized,recoveringitsreliabilitytoregeneratethe citizens enthusiasm of using public transportation? The revitalization consists of the transportation system and unit management improvement without adding or subsiding existing angkot route. My presumption is, when most of the citizens use angkot for their primary intraurban transportation, the number of private vehicle in Bandung can be controlled. Therefore, in the ideal condition, the pollutionlevelcausedbytransportationwithinBandungCitycanalsobecontrolled.