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Indonesian Government (GOI) is planning to implement electric vehicles (EVs) in its big cities, especially in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area (JMA). The GOI implemented fiscal policies (vehicle tax and other related taxes relaxations) to increase EV adoption. At the same time, it is also known that EV has an issue with the driving range. Range extender (RE) is one of the methods to increase the EV range. This study aims to test whether fiscal policies and implementation of RE and other factors are significant on EV adoption. At first, we conducted exploratory study to find out influential attributes for car purchase intention. After that, a stated choice experiment with three alternatives, battery electric vehicle (BEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), and internal combustion engine (ICE), was carried out with respondents from JMA. In total, we obtained 472 valid responses for eight scenarios which resulted in 3,776 observations. We used a mixed multinomial logit model (MMNL) to show the trade-off among the applications of several hypothetical fiscal policies and RE on EV choice decisions. Additionally, with MMNL, we also calculated the willingness to pay and demand elasticities. We found that fiscal policy in the form of purchase price subsidy significantly influences the decision to choose BEV and PHEV. RE is also found to be significant for BEV and PHEV choice. It is a good sign for implementing fiscal policies on EV adoption. Finally, the results of this study would be beneficial as insight to EV adoption in Nusantara (New Capital City of Indonesia).

ABSTRACTDue to an alarming threat of air pollution and climate change, governments around the world are now actively promoting electric vehicles. The case for vehicle electrification is even more important in big cities of developing countries, where motorcycle is a dominant mode of travel. To promote electric motorcycles successfully, we need to understand the factors that would drive the consumer choices when buying a motorcycle. This study chose Bandung in Indonesia as the case study location, where nearly 75% of vehicles are motorcycles. This study conducted a survey of preferences from over 700 residents and included battery charging methods such as plug-in/battery swap at home/office, superfast charging at stations, and deployed an innovative modelling approach constraining the mixture of distributions for monetary attributes. The study found that quick recharge in 10 minutes and battery swap at station are preferred over the base method of plug-in at home/work. The battery swap at home has been perceived the same as plug-in home/work and the respondents are indifferent to this option.

Pembangunan dan operasional gedung sangat tinggi pada kawasan sentra bisnis dapat menarik dan membangkitkan lalu lintas yang signifikan pada jaringan jalan di kawasan dan sekitarnya. Dengan mengunakan simulator jaringan jalan, yaitu Paramics, makalah ini menganalisis dampak lalu lintas dari pembangunan sebuah super high-rise building atau gedung bertingkat sangat tinggi (GBST) pada kawasan sentra bisnis di Jakarta. Simulator ini divalidasi dengan menggunakan data observasi dilapangan, yaitu data kecepatan rata-rata dan panjang antrian kendaraan. Studi ini juga mengusulkan metode estimasi nilai trip rate untuk super high-rise building. Metode pengukuran tersebut dikembangkan berdasarkan survei bangkitan-tarikan dari gedung dengan fungsi atau karakteristik sejenis di kawasan bisnis tersebut. Metode yang telah dikembangkan tersebut kemudian diterapkan untuk sebuah studi kasus. Studi ini kemudian melakukan pengujian dari beberapa tindakan manajemen lalu lintas untuk meminimalkan dampak lalu lintas yang ditimbulkan oleh pengoperasian gedung super tinggi. Tindakan tersebut diantaranya adalah penambahan lajur jalan, sinyalisasi persimpangan dan pengoperasian transportasi publik di sekitar kawasan.

Despite various measures implemented to manage road traffic, Jakarta City is still experiencing severe congestion. The concept as well as the implementation of integrated urban transportation strategy is gaining more attention in public discourse and policymaking. As bus and rail lines are being extended in the city, P&R facilities is expected to play an important role, as it can function as an interface between private vehicles and public transport. However, the development and use of P&R facilities have not been efficient until today. This paper reviews the P&R development in Greater Jakarta area and conduct users’ perception survey in private P&R sites at Cawang area. It was found that for the P&R to be attractive, the waiting time of public transport (BRT) connected to P&R facility should be short and predictable. Most P&R users expect that parking charges can be lowered and wish that public transport service and P&R facilities were available and accessible. The placement of advertisement and information system about the P&R services, providing a place to eat and drink, the presence of tower to monitor the P&R area and the availability of intermodal transfer facilities are also essential to encourage the potential user to use P&R facilities.

Intercity roads, rail networks and air transport in Java, Indonesia, have suffered greatly due to the congestion of goods and passenger transport. The plan to build a 730 kilometer high-speed rail (HSR) route from Jakarta, the state capital, to Surabaya, the capital of East Java Province, has been discussed in the public sphere for years. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) plans to connect these two cities by HSR to supplement the alternatives, such as conventional rail, air and toll roads. The HSR service is expected to reduce the existing average intercity train travel time from nine hours to five hours, or even to three depending on the maximum design speed. Currently, door-to-door air travel may take five hours. Another goal of the Jakarta-Surabaya HSR is to improve accessibility between major cities in Java, reduce congestion between them, and reduce air pollution, accidents and energy consumption along the transport corridor. The purpose of this study is to estimate the number of passengers from existing modes of transportation (e.g. road, rail and air) who would be willing to change their choice of mode to the planned high-speed trains. The data for the study are based on stated choice questions posed to respondents, in which the differences in attributes such as travel time and cost; service frequency or headway; and accessibility, such as the distance and cost to reach the stations, are the main factors influencing switching behavior to the new HSR services. The chosen model is the MNL III model, with 45.36% accuracy and 0.128 pseudo R-square. By using the Multinomial Logit model (MNL), the study reveals that the most important variable is travel time, followed by frequency and cost. The MNL model is also used to estimate the initial HSR ridership to produce the demand forecast along the planning horizon.

The banking sector has experienced a far leap related to Information Communication and Technology (ICT)-based services. Among them is e-banking that has been used by the community, especially in urban areas. Likewise, the use of ATMs can be used to provide banking services to the wider community, so that it can replace most of the functions of services in banks. However, in communities outside of urban areas such as rural communities there are still limitations in accessing e-banking and ATM services. Limited use of e-banking because this service must use internet media or smart phones to access. Meanwhile, the limited use of ATMs due to the availability of ATMs in rural areas is not as much as in urban areas, considering that rural areas are areas with low settlement densities. Today, banks in Indonesia have provided branchless banking by enabling agents. Branchless banking is found in urban, suburban and rural areas. In previous research, the existence of branchless banking in the form of agents and their utilization by customers has been identified. From previous studies, maps of agent and customer density and analysis related to the condition of regional accessibility have been produced. This research is a further study focusing on sub districts area with high agent density in both rural, suburban and urban areas. The purpose of this research is to analyze the development model of agent-based branchless banking services. Data was collected through primary data through observation, structured interviews and measurement of coordinates of the location of agents and banking services in the form of ATMs and Banks. The final result is expected to be used as a model for the development of branchless banking services in Indonesia.