Three students from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia (DTS FTUI) came up with a strategy for Smart City 2030 optimization. Joining the Happy 2030 team, these three students offered optimization strategies by utilizing the Public Transport Coverage Area, Transportation Facilities, and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) System.
Wahyu Aji Saputra (class of 2019), Almaurizka Verninda (class of 2020), and Hana Nisrina Fathin (class of 2020) chose Semarang City as the location to implement the Smart City 2030 optimization strategy.
“We chose Semarang because the city already has public transportation that serves the first mile and last mile. In addition, Semarang City has a type of urban structure that is by the theory of concentric cities with an existing coverage area of 59.84%. Currently, there are two types of public transportation operating in Semarang City, Trans Semarang as a BRT that stops at bus stops and Angkot as a feeder that can stop anywhere along the route. However, the availability of public transportation in Semarang City is not well-targeted,” Wahyu Aji said.
By looking at the various conditions of Semarang City, an optimization strategy was developed to realize Semarang as a Smart City in 2030 while improving public transportation connectivity in Semarang City. The first strategy is to add more Bus Stop Points (TPB). TPB can increase the reach of the Public Transport Coverage Area in Semarang City.
“The proposed additional TPBs refer to the existing TPBs and also the demand in several sub-districts. By considering population density and potential users, we propose the addition of 97 bus stops in Semarang City to be included in the proposed development of Trans Semarang on several roads,” said Almaurizka.
The second strategy presented was Angkot route optimization. Angkot is a public transportation that acts as a feeder in Semarang City, so its routes must be able to reach various residential areas. From the data on residential areas in Semarang City, the team proposed modifications to six Angkot routes by applying a route form that refers to the 2020 general guidelines for network planning. From the quantitative analysis, there was an increase in the percentage of coverage area of 5.68%.
Finally, the third strategy is bicycle lane optimization. “Semarang City currently only has six bicycle lanes on the city centre protocol roads. Meanwhile, there are also quite a lot of bicycle users in the suburban areas. Therefore, bicycle lane optimization can be developed in suburban areas close to residential areas, schools, and employment centres. The hope is that bicycle lanes can be used as feeder transportation facilities to reach the nearest public transportation modes,” Hana explained.
In addition to these three optimization strategies, several facilities can support Smart City 2030, namely Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and Mobility as a Service that can support the quality of mobility of urban communities, such as Real-time Traffic Monitor, Integrated ICT, and Standalone Screen Monitor.
“The optimization strategy carried out by the Happy 2030 Team to address the availability of public transportation in Semarang City is a form of support to reduce the level of congestion in Indonesia and also supports the realization of the Smart City 2030 concept. Realizing this concept, will certainly be a savings in the future to prepare Indonesia to be a developed country with various superior infrastructure and transportation facilities,” explained Prof. Dr. Heri Hermansyah, S.T., M.Eng., IPU.
By providing this optimization strategy, Team 2030 Bahagia won the National Transportation Analysis event held by the Civil Engineering Student Association of Tarumanegara University. They were crowned the third winner, which was announced in May, beating many representative teams from various universities in Indonesia.
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