Evaluasi Kinerja Angkutan Massal Bus Rapid Transit Pada Koridor Rajabasa - Sukaraja

Abstract

The growing population and the increasing economic growth in the city of Bandar Lampung have
led to expanding geographic mobility within the city. The provision of a mass transit system,
therefore, is vastly indispensable for anticipating high traffic densities. This study was trying to
examine whether the operational performance of trans-Bandar Lampung buses, or called “Bus
Rapid Transit” (BRT), has conformed to the existing standards. The results are expected to be
taken for consideration by the municipal government when adopting policies to improve BRT’s
operational performance and to scale back traffic jams.
The study focused only on one corridor, the Rajabasa-Sukaraja corridor, and used the World Bank
(1986) standards as the reference. Observations were then made in three days: Monday and
Thursday to represent workdays, and Sunday to represent days off, with each observation day
spanning from 6.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
The results reveal that time headway, 6.29 minutes (on the Rajabasa-Sukaraja corridor), and trip
speed, 25.45 km/h, have met the World Bank’s standards. However, traveled distance, 112.36 km
per vehicle, and load factor, 20.53%, are below the given standards. This low load factor has led to
small revenue per vehicle, i.e. only Rp346,503.56. Dividing the amount by the operating cost
(operating ratio) per vehicle gives us a value of 0.7 (less than 1). In other words, the BRT system
has been operating at a loss.
In the final analysis, it is vital that the municipal government take strategic policies to reduce the
number of minibuses, or angkot, that operates on the same corridor as the BRT buses’, so that
more passengers will shift to these BRT buses. The government should also grant subsidies
immediately to make up for the loss currently being suffered by this BRT.
Keyword : BRT, trans-Bandar Lampung bus, Rajabasa, Sukaraja, time headway, load factor.