Can public transport ever replace cars?
The capital of Indonesia, the capital of Jakarta, is a couple of thousands of blue and white minibus, scattered amidst some driving traffic. They travel to every corner of the city, carrying an endless stream of people who are more closed without worrying about parking problems.The network is an important part of the answer to a major problem of this 11 million-strong megacity. Very more motorized traffic.Jakarta is not alone. Globally, road accidents caused by air pollution and cars, vans and motorbikes kill about two million people every year, and the combustion engine vehicles contain about 10% global carbon emissions, which causes climate change.For decades, the increase in traffic is to manufacture more lanes, flyovers and parking. But it only attracts more ability to more cars and crowds. Now in the bid for safe, roads and cleaner air, some cities and countries are trying to dig cars in favor of public transport to their citizens. Their approaches are diverse like results.
How enticing is free public transport?
Some cities, such as Estonian capital Telin, have chosen a simple solution. In a 2012 referendum, the residents of the city, about half a million, voted for the locals to free the trains, trams and buses. Since 2013, the cost of public transport has fallen to the city government, to the tune of € 40 ($ 45) per annum – with mixed results, non -profit research group, according to the researcher Marilyn Rehema, a permanent city researcher with Stockholm Environment Institute.Rema said, “The ridership has dramatically collapsed, like 42%to 30%,” REMA said, the use of the car has increased by about 5%. “Those who were using public transport are now using it more often. And to some extent, short walk and bicycle trips which were also made bus trips. ,Other places-like Luxembourg, Malta’s island and the American city of Canus City-have also made their public transport fare-free, similar results. Researchers credited this for the sanctions of the Covid-era, but it is not all playing.
For automobile love
Pete Dyson, a practical scientist at the UK Bath University, says that decisions also come into psychology about how people choose to travel. “When people look at the psychological aspects of car ownership, they usually look at the situation and pride,” Dyson said, cars also get to meet a fundamental human need for safety and comfort that delayed and crowded buses do not do.He says that this requirement can be addressed by giving priority to buses on cars to make the journey smooth, time of time, and more reliable. And by creating public transport “a safe environment, a more comfortable environment”. Ensuring other benefits such as “access to seat or table, or the ability to do useful or meaningful things while traveling,” will also help.
Bus ride with transgecarta
In this way things are moving forward in Jakarta. Buses are air -conditioned, a separate seating space for women, and employees are at hand for any help and information necessary. Painted buses are only women. The cost of each trip is equal to € 0.20. About 10% of the trips in the city are currently made by bus and train, a number that the government wants to increase the cave of that number by 2030. But car and motorcycle traffic are increasing.Gonggomtua Sitangang, director of South-East Asia of Non-Gold Institutions Transport and Development Policy, said, “The major challenge here, or the major homework here, is to push people to use public transport.” So far, Jakarta has established that the bus is known as the Rapid Transit (BRT) system, which rebuilt the existing lane to make 14 bus-cave corridors. The Transjarta Network, as called, includes 250 kilometers or 155 miles and is connected to 2,200 blue and white minibus that can be caught within 500 meters of most places across the city. “And these minibus are free to encourage people to use public transport,” SITANGGAG said, saying that such a first and final-meal connectivity is important to reach public transport.
Discourage car ownership
Some cities are taking a different approach and trying to make driving less attractive, such as through levy. From this year, car owners in Estonia will have to pay both the initial registration fee and an annual vehicle tax.Meanwhile, London established a congestion charge zone with a car traffic fall and the use of bus and tube.But Marilyn Rehema says there are other ways to disintegrate driving, such as “really re -designing your cities in favor of public transport use.”This is what Paris is removing thousands of parking lots, closing the entire roads for cars and tripping the parking fee for large and polluting SUVs.Jakarta is also starting to re -design the infrastructure in the central region of Dukuh Atas, which has tens of thousands of parking spaces, but also sit in a major public transport center with bus and rail connections.“We start by improving connectivity, pedestrians and cycling features, and then we develop a strategy to reduce the parking space within the region,” Sitangunga said.Even cities that cannot quickly change the infrastructure, they can take action, Dyson said. “Some quick improvement routes for an existing network will improve the quality of information about the routes and make the tickets and fare simplified.”
