Depok, August 28th 2023. Three Faculty of Engineering (FT) Universitas Indonesia (UI) students designed an innovation of transportation system called “Angkutan Jalan Gratis” which is shortened to Kujang. Apart from the Kujang system, the three students also designed KujangApp as a transportation support facility that can be accessed by users. The Kujang system was created by taking into account three main things, namely convenience, speed, and affordable rates.
The three FTUI students of 2020 are members of the Prakarsa Team. Khrisna Primaputra, Raisya Amru Adzhani, and Rakan Sulthan Muhammad Hadipranoto, designed the Kujang System idea under the guidance of FTUI Civil Engineering Lecturer, Ir. Alvinsyah, MSc. The team chose Bogor City as the research area with the intention of transforming public transport connectivity as a first mile connection to Bogor station.
“Bogor Station has an important role in the transportation infrastructure for the Jakarta Bogor Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) areas, especially the Bogor City area. The need for facilities to the Bogor station continues to increase and it is crucial for the movement of the Bogor citizens. However, the current public transportation facilities are not accompanied by cheap fares. They are also not quite slow, and not easy to reach. This certainly reduces the public’s interest in using public transportation as a solution to reduce traffic density in the city of Bogor,” said Ir. Alvinsyah.
Khrisna, a team member said, “We designed Kujang as a transportation system that provides convenience, speed, and affordable fares for the people of Bogor City to encourage a switch to use public transportation. The Kujang system is designed to transform road-based public transport connectivity as a first-mile connection to Bogor Station. Public transportation that will be connected to the Kujang System is city transportation (angkot) and BisKita Trans Pakuan.”
Kujang’s innovation facilitates the ease of moving passengers between modes of public transportation, the ease of finding the nearest mode of public transportation, and the ease of payment systems. These three conveniences will be facilitated by the Kujang System through the “KujangApp” mobile application.
Another team member, Raisya explained, “In this application, there are three main features that can support these three aspects of convenience, namely the ease of searching for public transportation through “Find My Kujang!”, the ease of payment through “KujangPay”, and the ease of access to Bogor station via “Kujang Pass”. These features will make it easier for public transportation users to go to Bogor Station through Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).”
Implementation of the second focus of the Kujang System is acceleration on the smart route control system that is connected to public transport driver devices. The goal is that the intensity of transportation that passes through road routes can be constant and adjusted to road density conditions.
Regarding affordable rates, the KujangPay billing feature can be utilized so that first-mile transportation costs are free for KRL service users. Thus, KRL service users will prefer to use free public transportation compared to private vehicles to get to Bogor station.
“By calculating the feasibility test and implementation feasibility, Kujang is expected to be able to provide free road transportation that connects various modes of transportation in Bogor City, namely public transportation, BisKita TransPakuan Bogor, and KRL Commuter Line,” explained Rakan Sulthan.
Dean of FTUI, Prof. Dr. Heri Hermansyah, S.T., M.Eng., IPU., said, “The “Kujang” innovation appears to be able to attract the interest of the Bogor citizens to use public transportation to reach the Bogor station through the KujangApp facility. Through technology design, it becomes a pillar that is also used in the development process of the Bogor Station transit-oriented area (TOD) in order to reduce the level of congestion. It is hoped that this innovation can be a support for the sustainability of transportation in Indonesia and can also be glimpsed and developed with stakeholders, especially the Bogor City government.”
The design of this Kujang has succeeded in bringing the Prakarsa Team to win Second Place at the 2023 Civil National Expo of the Tarumanagara University Civil Student Association (IMASTA UNTAR). The competition event which was announced last May had the theme “Arousing Enthusiasm of Civil Engineering Students in Sustainable Development in Indonesia” with the theme for the Transportation Analysis Contest is “Public Transport Connectivity Innovation”.
Author: Humas FTUI/ editor: Finda
