Article IVM-Prakoso 27 Dec-2

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Colloque international "La fabrique du mouvement", Paris, 26-27 Mars 2012

MOVING A CAPITAL CITY TO IMPROVE TRANSPORT CONDITIONS? THE CASE OF JAKARTA Doctor Hananto PRAKOSO1 Institut d’Urbanisme de Paris Université Paris-Est Créteil 61 Av. General de Gaulle 94010 Créteil Email: hananto.prakoso@yahoo.com 1.

Introduction

50 years ago, in the end of 1950, Sukarno, the first President of Republic of Indonesia, had a concept of the moving of capital city (Jakarta) to Borneo island. What was the reason? In this period, with huge area of Indonesia, the President wanted the capital city to be located in the middle of this country. Borneo island represents one of areas that is located in the middle of Indonesia and it can be reached easily from all of Indonesian sides. However, this idea of moving of capital city remained a concept for a longtime. Today, Jakarta is totally different compared to 50 years ago. Economic development that is concentrated in Java island and especially in Jakarta produces radical change of this city. On the economic side, Gross Domestic Regional Product (GDRP) of Jakarta and its agglomeration was around 22% of national GDP in 2002. In demographic side, the total population of Jakarta was 2,7 million in 1960 and 7,8 million (4,1% of Indonesian population) in 2000, or during 40 years, there is an increasing of around 200%. The rapid growth of economy and population implies an important number of trips. According to The Study on Integrated Transportation Master Plan forJabodetabek (SITRAM) project in 2000, there were around 34 million trips/day in Jakarta’s agglomeration with 18 million trips/day for only Jakarta. The most shocking result from this project was that Jakarta will be totally saturated by 2014 if there is no significant improvement on transport infrastructure. Apparently, this prediction of SITRAM happened quicker than predicted. The culmination was in 2010, serious traffic congestion in Jakarta generated people’s anger, including the President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). People’s activity disturbed by traffic congestion make the President propose three solutions for the capital city. Who is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)? He is the sixth President of Republic of Indonesia. His carrier in military was very successful. Before his retreat in military, the fourth President of Republic of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid, appointed him to be Minister of Energy in 1999. SBY was born in Pacitan in Province of East Java. The three solutions proposed by the President for traffic improvement are: 1) The moving of the capital and center of government in new area, 2) The only moving of center of government in new area and third option, improving of transport infrastructure in consistent way. According to 1

Researcher in Ministry of Transportation of Indonesia

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