Three students from the Department of Civil Engineering (DTS), Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia (FTUI) designed an innovative transportation system called “Free Road Transport” which is abbreviated as Kujang. In addition to the Kujang system, the three students also designed KujangApp as a transportation support facility that can be accessed by users. The Kujang system was created by paying attention to three main things, namely convenience, speed and affordable rates.
The three FTUI students of the class of 2020 are members of the Prakarsa Team. Khrisna Primaputra, Raisya Amru Adzhani, and Rakan Sulthan Muhammad Hadipranoto designed this Kujang System idea, under the guidance of FTUI Civil Engineering Lecturer, Ir. Alvinsyah, MSc. The team chose Bogor City as the research area to transform public transportation connectivity as the first-mile connection to Bogor station.
“Bogor Station has an important role in the transportation infrastructure of the Jabodetabek area, especially the Bogor City area. The need for facilities at Bogor station continues to increase and is vital for the movement of the Bogor community. However, the fact is that currently the existing public transportation facilities are not accompanied by low fares, not fast, and not easy to obtain. This certainly reduces public interest in using public transportation as a solution to reduce traffic congestion in Bogor City,” said Ir. Alvinsyah.
Khrisna, one of the team members said, “We designed Kujang as a transportation system that provides convenience, speed, and affordable rates for the people of Bogor City so that they switch to using public transportation. The Kujang system is designed to transform road-based public transport connectivity as a first-mile connection to Bogor Station. Public transportation that will be connected to the Kujang System are angkot and BisKita Trans Pakuan.”
Kujang Innovation facilitates the ease of transferring passengers between public transport modes, the ease of finding the nearest public transport mode, and the ease of payment systems. These three conveniences will be facilitated by Sistem Kujang through the “KujangApp” mobile application.
Raisya explained, “In this application, there are three main features that can support the three aspects of convenience, namely the ease of finding public transportation through “Find My Kujang!”, ease of payment through “KujangPay”, and easy access to Bogor Station through “Kujang Pass”. These features will make it easier for public transportation users to get to Bogor Station through Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).”
The second focus of the Kujang system is speed. In this case, the team developed a smart route control system that is connected to the public transport driver’s device so that the intensity of transportation passing through the road route can be constant in adjusting to road density conditions.
Regarding affordable fares, the KujangPay billing feature can be utilized so that the first-mile transportation fee becomes free for KRL service users. Thus, KRL service users will prefer to use free public transportation instead of private vehicles to get to Bogor Station.
“With the calculation of the feasibility test and feasibility of implementation, Kujang is expected to provide free road transportation that connects various modes of transportation in Bogor City, namely angkot, BisKita TransPakuan Bogor, and KRL Commuter Line,” explained Rakan Sulthan.
The Dean of FTUI, Prof. Dr. Heri Hermansyah, S.T., M.Eng., IPU, expressed his response about the Kujang innovation designed by his students, “The “Kujang” innovation seems to be able to attract Bogor people to use public transportation to Bogor Station through the KujangApp facility. Technology design is a pillar that is also used in the process of developing the Bogor Station TOD area to reduce congestion levels. Hopefully, this innovation can support the sustainability of transportation in Indonesia and can also be looked at and developed with stakeholders, especially the Bogor City government.”
The Kujang design has successfully brought the Prakarsa Team to win second place at the Civil National Expo of the Civil Student Association of Tarumanagara University (IMASTA UNTAR) 2023. The competition, which was announced last May, raised the theme “Awakening the Enthusiasm of Civil Engineering Students in Sustainable Development in Indonesia” with the theme of the Transportation Analysis Competition being “Innovation in Public Transportation Connectivity”.
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