Choice of Metropolitan Transport Planning Process and Transpot Authority Organization

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This paper aims at finding a suitable approach and organization for metropolitan transportation planning (MTP) for Bandung Metropolitan Area (BMA). Three approaches for MTP process were investigated i.e. bottom-up, top-down and combined, and three types of metropolitan transport authority organization were examined including an adhoc organization with no power, powerful organization and a hybrid type. The results showed that both top-down and bottom-up approaches have to be combined, and it was found that a hybrid type of authority organization is more suitable for BMA transport planning governance.