FEEDER TRANSPORT SELECTION STUDY TO CIBUBUR LRT STATION HEADING TO JAKARTA BASED ON COMMUTER WORKER’S PREFERENCE

• Main Author: Mangara Pardede, Timothy
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/40333
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

LRT is an electric railway system operating at ground level, on aerial structures, in subways, or in streets. Its construction in Cibubur is expected to break the traffic jams caused by commuting workers towards the city center. Cibubur’s LRT needs to be supported by feeders to connect itself and residential areas. Preference influences a person's decision in choosing a mode of transportation so needs to be taken into account in the procurement of feeder transportation. The purpose of this study is to examine the commuter worker’s preferences about feeder transportation towards the Cibubur LRT station. Respondents in this study were selected through purposive sampling with a total of 97 respondents. Stated preference showed respondents wanted high-frequency services, costing the equivalent of existing public transport, having more capacity than existing public transport, and can be reached within 0-200 meters walking distance from the front points of settlements. All attributes related to comfort and safety are stated to be very important because of perceptions regarding the condition of Cibubur’s main road traffic which will cause a long waiting and time in the vehicle. Multiple linear regression which shows that socio-economic dan traveling characteristics of respondents do not significantly influence respondents’ preferences about feeder transportation. This result may be due to homogeneous answers caused by lack of experience of respondents in using feeder modes and poor perceptions of traffic conditions in Cibubur. Comparing the results to previous studies shows the similarity of the results of this study with the research of Bachok & Zin (2017) regarding lack of influence of respondents’ characteristics on respondents' preferences regarding feeder services, and the importance of feeder’s reability regarding it’s schedule. Other things that are important based on commuter workers’ preference are the comfort and safety of feeder transport to deal with Cibubur’s traffic congestion