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TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
Safety is the utmost important aspect of transportation. Nowadays, threats from traffic accident is equal to major disease casualties and even it has been predicted as the leading cause of death in the world if not managed properly. In Asia Pacific, 1.5 million died and 5 million injured annually due to traffic accident. These figures make the country loss 2-4 % of its GDP. In Indonesia , the estimated loss of Rp 42 trillion (2002) shows that safety management is far from adequate. In ASEAN, Indonesia position in safety management, is number 9 out of 10 and declining further without clear actions. [ more - in bahasa ]
PUSTRAL in partnership with Yogyakarta Province Local Communication Office and Service Center Research, Karlstad University, Sweden has recently received a grant from EU-Indonesia Small Projects Facility (SPF) to conduct research on the organizational, operational and financial reform on urban public transport industry in Yogyakarta. [ more ]
ROAD PRICING IN YOGYAKARTA CITY? Yogyakarta is a small-medium size city with high density of activities. Motorized vehicles have invaded the city and gave small rooms for pedestrian. For the city center such as Malioboro area, the need to create more space for pedestrian (and give tourist more comfortable place) become very urgent because that area contribute a lot to city income from tourism. With nowadays condition, first, city has to implement any strategy to reduce traffic and pedestrian-oriented project. Road pricing is one of them. [ more - in bahasa ]
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