Analysis of Social Economic Condition on Province City Bus (Tomohon-Manado)

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10.2991/assehr.k.201014.010How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Driver, Social, Economy, Income, Bus

Abstract

The existence of online transportation and illegal taxi namely “dark taxi” at Tomohon slightly eliminates conventional transportation, especially the Tomohon-Manado city bus route. This condition then contributed to the socio-economic conditions of the Tomohon-Manado public transport bus drivers. The challenge that should be answered by the implementation of conventional public transportation in competition with online transportation and “illegal taxi”, is how to survive facing changes and improve their economic conditions. The research is expected to find out the socio-economic condition of the city bus driver at Tomohon – Manado route. This research was designed using a qualitative descriptive approach. This study describes the socio-economic conditions of Tomohon-Manado public transport bus drivers. The target or object of this study is all Tomohon-Manado bus drivers. The data has been collected is reduced for further analysis to present the data. Furthermore, the data or information are arranged, analyzed deductively, interpreted, and analyzed inductively to conclude the study. The results showed: (1) The entry illegal taxi and online taxis such as Grap, brought significant changes of income from Tomohon-Manado bus drivers, (2) Tomohon-Manado bus driver survived the job due living conditions require them to work and generate income to survive for their family. The number of family dependents is charged to bus drivers for family needs such as clothing, food, housing, and children’s education and other needs, (3) Survival strategies undertaken by Tomohon-Manado bus drivers to survive by adding travel trips and try other businesses, like opening a food stall. Some drivers save costs and buy cheap goods.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xaverius Erick Lobja
AU  - Imanuel Ronald David Mongkau
AU  - Fonny Rewah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/10/15
TI  - Analysis of Social Economic Condition on Province City Bus (Tomohon-Manado)
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 44
EP  - 47
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201014.010
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201014.010
ID  - Lobja2020
ER  -