RESEARCH ARTICLE
Evaluating Sustainable Transport Indicators for Metropolitan Areas in Developing Countries: The Case of Greater Jakarta
Alfa Adib Ash Shiddiqi1, *, Dwita Sutjiningsih2, Tri Tjahjono2, Linda Darmajanti3, Gede B. Suprayoga4
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2022Volume: 16
E-location ID: e187444782206130
Publisher ID: e187444782206130
DOI: 10.2174/18744478-v16-e2206130
Article History:
Received Date: 10/1/2022Revision Received Date: 09/2/2022
Acceptance Date: 10/2/2022
Electronic publication date: 03/08/2022
Collection year: 2022
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
Sustainable transport is fundamental to progress in realising the agenda of sustainable development, as a quarter of energy-related global greenhouse gas emissions come from the transport sector. In developing countries, metropolitan areas have adopted the agenda to better serve the urban population with safe, affordable, and environmentally-friendly transport systems. However, this drive must include relevant indicators and how their operationalisation can deal with institutional barriers, such as challenges to cross-sectoral coordination.
Objective:
This study aims to explore context-specific indicators for developing countries, focusing on the case of the Jakarta metropolitan area.
Methods:
Expert judgement was used to assess the selection criteria. The participants were experts from government institutions, non-government organisations, and universities.
Results:
The findings show that safety, public transport quality, transport cost, air pollution, and accessibility are contextual indicators for application in developing countries. Similarities are shown with the research results from other indexes/sets of indicators for developing countries, for example, the Sustainable Urban Transport Index (SUTI) of UN ESCAP. However, some of these indicators leave room for improvement, such as the balance between strategic and operational levels of application.
Conclusion:
Therefore, this research suggests that global sets of indicators should be adjusted before being implemented in particular developing country contexts.
