TY - JOUR
T1 - Life in the slow lane
T2 - Unintended consequences of public transit in Jakarta
AU - Gaduh, Arya
AU - Gračner, Tadeja
AU - Rothenberg, Alexander D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - We study how TransJakarta, one of the worlds largest BRT systems, impacted commuting outcomes in Jakarta, Indonesia from 2002 to 2010. Using planned lines for identification, we find that BRT station proximity neither reduced vehicle ownership nor travel times, and it did not increase commuter flows. Instead, the BRT exacerbated congestion along service corridors. To evaluate welfare effects, we calibrate a quantitative spatial general equilibrium model with multiple congestible transport networks. Counterfactual simulations suggest that implementation improvements, including increasing the quality of expansion corridors, would significantly improve welfare with only modest costs.
AB - We study how TransJakarta, one of the worlds largest BRT systems, impacted commuting outcomes in Jakarta, Indonesia from 2002 to 2010. Using planned lines for identification, we find that BRT station proximity neither reduced vehicle ownership nor travel times, and it did not increase commuter flows. Instead, the BRT exacerbated congestion along service corridors. To evaluate welfare effects, we calibrate a quantitative spatial general equilibrium model with multiple congestible transport networks. Counterfactual simulations suggest that implementation improvements, including increasing the quality of expansion corridors, would significantly improve welfare with only modest costs.
KW - Commuting
KW - Congestion
KW - Public transit
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jue.2021.103411
DO - 10.1016/j.jue.2021.103411
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119445092
SN - 0094-1190
VL - 128
JO - Journal of Urban Economics
JF - Journal of Urban Economics
M1 - 103411
ER -