David Overington

IndII Wrap-up Conference14th June 2011

Bus Improvement Project (BIP)

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Overall Objective of BIP

To improve public transport services for passengersConsistent with Government of Indonesia objectivesTo achieve social, economic, and environmental benefitsThrough small scale easily implemented infrastructure improvements

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Participating Cities

PalembangSurakartaBogorYogyakarta *

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General ApproachInitial meetings with city officialsWorking with city officials to develop ‘list’ of missing infrastructureWorkshops held to discuss and review each city’s proposals / requestsAustralian city fact finding tourCities submitted refined requestsCity requests submitted to AusAID for funding approval

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AusAID Approvals

Palembang – 119 new bus sheltersSurakarta – 13 new bus sheltersTotalling around A$1 M

Bogor – pending resolution of Angkot issue

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Subsequent Activities (1)

Have developed functional and technical specifications for shelters to be funded

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Subsequent Activities (2)

Have worked with Bogor City to develop a strategy to harmoniously reduce the number of Angkot operating in the city

Photo courtesy: Andre Susanto

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Subsequent Activities (3)

Have worked with MoT, MoF and other agencies to develop Grant Channeling Mechanism

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Subsequent Activities (4)

Have worked with Palembang to improve the expertise of the bus operations management

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Subsequent Activities (5)

Have worked with Surakarta to improve the on-road monitoring of the bus corridor

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Priorities in IndII Phase 2

Roll out the agreed infrastructure for Palembang and Surakarta

Continue to work with GoI and Local Governments to improve urban transport in Indonesian cities