David Overington IndII Wrap-up Conference 14 th June 2011 Bus Improvement Project (BIP)
May 15, 2015
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