Making Urban Transport Planning Pro-poor and Green:

Examples from Palembang, Indonesia

BY:
H. EDDY SANTANA PUTRA
THE MAYOR OF PALEMBANG

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Delhi Conference, 24-26 November 2010

 THE OVERVIEW OF PALEMBANG
MAP OF PALEMBANG’S ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
 THE OVERVIEW OF PALEMBANG

The Characteristic of Palembang City

Area : 400.1 km²

Administrative Divisions : 16 Sub Districts

107 Kelurahan (Villages)

Population : ± 1,452,860 (population census

2010)

Population Growth : 1.76% (annual)

Economic Growth : 6.7% (with oil & gas)

Income per capita : US $ 2,000 (annual)

Economical Structure : Dominated by the sector of industry,

trading and services.
 THE OVERVIEW OF PALEMBANG
Data of Pre-prosperous and
FAMILY
Prosperous Family in Palembang, Sub District
2008

High Poverty
Area
Means of Urban Transport Pro-poor & Green in Palembang

Water Transport

Existing conditions of the pro-

poor and green water transport.

Approximately 9,500 boats on the

river with 4,500 traditional boats.
Means of Urban Transport Pro-poor & Green in Palembang
Water Transport

Existing conditions of the pro-

poor and green water transport.
Means of Urban Transport Pro-poor & Green in Palembang
Land Transport

Trans-Musi
Bus

Traditional
Transport

Existing conditions of the land transport

pro-poor and green.
 Existing route for the
Transmusi
Terminal
Alang-Alang Lebar

Terminal
Sako

T. Alang-Alang Lebar –
Ampera (39 halts)

PIM
T.Sako– PIM (35 halts)

Ampera
 Making the Planning Pro-poor and Green

Water Transport

• Encourage and campaign the

use of traditional boats.
• Provide places where they can
put the boats safely.
 Making the Planning Pro-poor and Green
• Encourage and campaign the use of
Land Transport bicycle & tricycle (becak) to carry out
daily activities.
• Encourage and campaign to walk to work.
• Provide good sidewalks for pedestrians.
• Subsidize the purchase of bicycles by
poor
family.
• Improve Trans-Musi with more corridors
and better facilities and services
 TRANS
TRANSMUSI
MUSIBUS
BUS
ROUTE
ROUTE
Terminal
Alang-Alang Lebar

Terminal
Sako

T. Alang-Alang Lebar –
Ampera

T.Sako– PIM

JK.BARING – AMPERA
- PIM

BANDARA – BUKIT
SIGUNTANG

PLAJU – KERTAPATI –
KARYAJAYA

TERMINAL AAL –
MUSI II - KARYAJAYA

PIM

SAKO – PUSRI - PIM

Ampera

KENTEN LAUT – DEMPO

- JM
 Making the Planning Pro-poor and Green
There is still much room for
improvement. We are currently
working with CDIA to improve
our public transport system and
provide better facilities for
pedestrians, and NMT (Non-
motorized Transport).

Existing bridge (The Ampera), which is the landmark The existing condition under the Ampera bridge.
of Palembang City.
THANK YOU