Characteristics of Population, Employment, and Paratransit Service as Factors That Influence Paratransit Ridership: The Case in Bandung City

Abstract

Angkot is the most popular paratransit in Bandung, Indonesia. This study aims to understand the characteristics of paratransit in every sub-district in Bandung based on the description of factors that could potentially affect the paratransit ridership, namely population, number of employment, population density, employment density, road density, ratio between road length passed by angkot with total road length, number of line, ratio between number of fleet with population, and ratio between number of fleet with number of employment. The method used is descriptive analysis and the relative comparison between sub-districts to determine the ‘high’, ‘medium’, or ‘low’ ratings for each factor. GIS interpretation is used to determine the length of road totally and that passed by angkot. It was found that sub-districts near downtown have ‘high’ rating for some built environment factors, namely population and employment categories, but still low on other factors. Some factors that have been relatively good can be seen from more number of sub-districts with ‘medium’ or ‘high’ rating than ‘low’ are population, population density, and number of line. From the results of this study can be known what factors are necessary and can be improved for each sub-district related to angkot services in the city of Bandung.