STUDY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN MALANG, INDONESIA.

Malang is a college city and inhabited of approximately 1 million dwellers, dominated by productive ages. The domination of the productive age makes the movement of people in Malang is quite active. The thing is, Malang is not provided adequate public transportation system to support the movement of people. The available systems which are still use are the old systems which developed in the 90s. It affected on the surge of private vehicles as a mode of transportation. The effects of private vehicles use are the traffic jam, inefficient fuel consumption, health problems, the increase of accidents number, and the high-cost economy. Therefore, Malang needs to develop better public transportations, which can resolve the problems. Moreover, the development of public transportation system needs to consider several problems which may arise such as the refusal by public transportation entrepreneurs that already exist, the drivers or people who feel aggrieved. Then the development must be sustained, accommodate the needs of stakeholders, and involves all of them. The expectation is, with the better public transportation system, Malang will become a comfortable city, healthier, safer, and the economic is increasing.