Strategic Policy on Green Transportation in Semarang

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10.2991/978-2-38476-174-6_20How to use a DOI?

Keywords

climate change; CO2 emissions; green transportation; strategic policy

Abstract

Climate change has become a global issue of serious concern that need solving problem by all stakeholders. Indonesia is committed to reduce emission. It is supported by all regions. Semarang City as the capital city of Central Java Provence have this high commitment. The City itself contributes to CO2 emission caused by the private vehicles which continues to growth 12% every year while the addition road infrastructure in only 0,9% every year. This disproportionate growth will have an impact to congestion on the roads, resulting to increase CO2 emissions. Therefore, it is necessary to take strategic policies and comprehensive transportation development programs to become direction of policies and programs for improvement, connectivity, accessibility, mobility, safety and environmental sustainability. This research is to find out one of the solution to reducing transportation problems is through the integration of the public transportation system, in order to make harmony and synchronization of program, activities and budgets, all city transportation plans need to become one into a sustainable transportation management strategy. By using mixed methods that combine quantitative and qualitative research methods, to manage secondary data by combining qualitative data through the policies of stakeholders in the perspective of sustainable transportation management to reduce CO2 emission. The strategy for reducing emissions is by carrying out green transportation with several strategy, optimizing spatial planning, improving public transport services, developing vehicle technology, developing environmentally fuels and improving traffic management.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hevearita G. Rahayu
AU  - Rina Kurniati
AU  - Hadi Warsana
AU  - Hartuti Purnaweni
AU  - Safrinal Sofaniadi
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/01/08
TI  - Strategic Policy on Green Transportation in Semarang
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Democracy and Social Transformation (ICON-DEMOST 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 113
EP  - 118
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-174-6_20
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-174-6_20
ID  - Rahayu2024
ER  -