Efficiency Assessment of Jakarta Bus Rapid Transit Operation

Abstract

Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, operation in Jakarta has been in operation since 2004 capturing major parts of the city with its 13 main corridors. This operation keeps expanding beyond the main corridors integrating the feeder networks of medium and small size of buses, and even connecting the neighboring cities of BODETABEK to serve the commuters. With its wider coverage Jakarta BRT still keeps into effect the affordable flat tariff of 2004, however it has consequence of soaring local government subsidy to BRT. Growing fleet provision is not only by government but also some private bus operators, to which the hired fleet is paid based on distance produced. This study undertakes efficiency assessment of fleet operation to attain rational subsidy, and it elaborates two out of thirteen corridors with very different operational conditions. Analyses focus on schedule and load factor, and result in some interpretation that the existing operations are not efficient yet. This paper also suggests some fleet scheduling to reduce operating costs with consequence of potentially less subsidy.