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Description
The rise of Jakarta's cycling policy can be attributed to the consensus "Jakarta as a Bike Friendly City" initiated by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) Indonesia (ITDP Indonesia, 2019) and the bike boom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participatory-based consensus influenced stronger political support for the installation of the first pilot bike lanes network that spanned 63 km in the city and the increase of the bike lanes network to 609.4 km in 2030 (Dinas Perhubungan Provinsi DKI Jakarta, 2021). However, this policy was not sustained as it was supposed to and the budget to expand the bike lanes was cut in 2022 and discontinued (Arbi, 2022; Untari, 2022; Azzahra, 2023). The main driver of this change is related to the political changes in the government of Jakarta around the end of 2022 and rising conflicts of interest in the usage of road space in Jakarta, as people went back to using motorized vehicles when the pandemic loosened.
The main goal of this work is to analyze political transformation and cycling policies in Jakarta and the conflicts that arose. To this end, qualitative methods are used. This work will analyze the publications made by ITDP Indonesia and regulations, publications by the government of Jakarta, and news from local and national media.
As a result, a detailed and broader understanding of the topic is expected. This would allow us to understand the creation and transformation of cycling policies and, therefore, can be a basis for creating and designing better and long-lasting cycling policies. This work is part of a research project regarding the economic benefit of cycling and cycling policy between Indonesia and Germany for the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at the University of Kassel.
Keywords: cycling, bike lanes, policy, political changes, transformation
Biography
Sukma Larastiti is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt International Climate Protection Fellowship 2024/2025. She currently does her research at the University of Kassel under the supervision of Prof. Dr. rer. pol., Dipl.-Verk.wirtsch. Angela Francke. She received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia. She is interested in transport policy, road safety measures to support active mobility, and gender approaches to improve the transport system.
Angela Francke is an endowed professor of cycling at the University of Kassel. She received a diploma degree in transport economics from the University of Dresden and a doctorate degree in traffic psychology from the University of Dresden. She has research focus on traffic psychology, behavioral change, and active mobility with research on car-free measures, the influence of COVID-19 on mobility behavior, and intercultural aspects.
