Transport Affordability and Motorcycle Ownership in Low-income Households: Case of Yogyakarta Urbanised Area, Indonesia

Abstract

The sprawling urban form and low quality public transport services are proven to affect the use of private vehicles. Most low-income people who live in this kind of area are forced to have private vehicles to meet their mobility needs. Therefore one of the solutions is to improve public transport as a more affordable mode. In the case of developing countries such as Indonesia, this policy alone may not solve the problem. The growth of motorcycle causing public transport cost not necessarily more affordable than private vehicles. Based on the reasons, the purpose of this paper is to examine whether these presumption are valid using the case of the Yogyakarta Urbanized Area. Data are collected using questionnaire and interview. The result of this study is that transportation costs using motorcycles are considered cheaper than public transport. However, the cost of a motorcycle was apparently still causing low-income communities in hardship. Keywords: transport cost, transport affordability, low-income people

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