Sabtu, 26 April 2008

Transportation in Banten

Land Transportation

The total length of the province and national roads at Banten Province in 2004 reached 862.650 km. Of the total road length, 56.85 percent was under state responsibility and 43.15 percent was under provincial responsibility. All of the roads who are under state responsibility were asphalted, while the roads that are under provincial responsibility are 100 percent was asphalted.

All of the roads at Banten province and national, only 492,815 km (57.13 percent) are well condition, around 287.141 km (33.29 percent) are sufficient or moderate, 82.694 km (9.58 percent) are damage. The roads whose under state responsibility are II class (13.03 percent), III A class (7.45 percent), III B class (32.31 percent) and 4.06 percent not yet description. While the roads whose under provincial responsibility are III A class (8.03 percent), III B class (21.75 percent), and 13.37 percent not yet description.

Number of motor vehicle
whose had been recorded in transportation agency are 1,044,275 units. That’s 38,225 units are passenger cars, 12,015 units are jeeps, 112,960 units are mini buses, 3,842 units are micro buses, 44,576 units are trucks, 38 unit are weight vehicle and 862,619 units are motorcycles. Motor vehicles are divided into two categories. Therewas 27,268 units are public category, and 172,335 units are non public (private) category, 844,634 unit are object.

Regional Police of Banten
province was published 67,474 driver license. Driver license was renew are increase around 29,17 percent, and the new driver license are increase 237.42 percent. During 2005 there was 80,089 units of vehicle serial number are published. 2,177 units of vehicle serial number are change of regional responsibilities, 11,019 units of serial number was duplicated because lost, and 32,700 units of vehicle serial number are legitimated.

From 2004 until 2005,
number of traffic accident was 340 cases. That accident showed the increasing trend: 2004 – 2005 increase 34.48 percent. Number of victims cause that accident are 203 (40,20 percent) was died, 186 (36.83 percent) are heavy wound, and 116 (22.97 percent) are small wound.

Amount of material impunity cause the traffic accident is Rp. 391,700,000,-. Cilegon /municipality is the larger of material impunity compare to another regency/municipality. There was 54.00 percent Cilegon /municipality, 18.38 percent Serang regency, 19.33 percent are Lebak regency and 8.29 percent Pandeglang regency.

Number of railways
passengers at 21 station in Banten province are 3,959 238 passengers (decrease 1.69 percent). Rangkasbitung station is the crowded station (1,036,796 passengers or 26.19 percent) compare to the other station, while Parung Panjang station has 844,855 passengers (21.34 percent). The crowded passengers had been occurs in November 2005 (383,464 passengers).

In 2005 railways freight transportation of coals is 528,528 ton (increase 26.57 percent). Branch of Railways Company of Indonesia (P.T. Kereta Api Indonesia) at Serang station inform that’s in 2005 had embarked passengers around 115,785 persons, and get amount Rp 447,688,000,-. During 2005, the crowded passengers had been occurs in December, 2005 (9.37 percent).

While the highest income had been occurs in November, about 10.61 percent. In 2005 the number of railways freight transportation is 2,820 ton, and get amount Rp. 237,000,-. During that year the highest loaded had been occurs in January, 2005 (37.23 percent), and get amount 32.70 percent of the total amount 2005.

Air Transportation

In 2005 number of domestic aircraft did landing and take off have been increased compare to the previous year. The percentage of increasing of domestic aircraft landing is 6.76 percent, and percentage of increasing of domestic aircraft take off is 7.31 percent. Number of domestic passengers arrived and domestic passengers embarked also increased. There are domestic passenger arrived increase 9.39 percent, and domestic passengers embarked increase 11.24 percent.

Different as domestic
aircraft, international aircraft also decreased. Number of international aircraft landing decreased 3,43 percent if it compare to previous year, and international aircraft take off decreased 2.88 percent. Number of international passengers arrived increase 4.91 percent, and international passengers embarked increased 7.24 percent.

In 2005 number of goods and domestic package post were increase 14.04 percent. Number of package post had been loaded was increased 212.87 percent, number of goods had been loaded was increased 139.72 percent. package post had been unloaded was decreased 69.70 percent and 43.40 percent for goods. Average of goods had been loading is 9,776,913 kg monthly, goods had been unloading is 4,971,316 kg monthly. Package post had been loading is 431,243 monthly, and unloading is 128,288 kg.

Goods and international
package post had been loading decreased 2.99 percent if it compare to previous. International package post had been loading decreased 65.25 percent, and unloading increased 287.05 percent. Increasing of goods had been lading is 5.28 percent, and goods had been unloading decreased 11.22 percent.

Sea Transportation

Ferry transportation is the one of many activities of the port services. That service is giving by company of general port of Indonesia. General port by status divided into two categories. There are exploitation general port and unexploited general port.

In 2005 number of trips of
ferry transportation at Banten decrease if it compare to previous year. Number of trips of speed boat is 6,235 trips, and 20,940 by regular ferry. Number of passengers of regular ferry had been decreased 49.74 percent, while number of passengers of speed boats was decrease 8.98 percent (from 361,099 passenger became 328,658 passengers).

In 2005 number of ships
was lean at ports in Banten is 645 foreign ships, and 1,323 domestic ships. The goods was unloaded at ports in Banten is 962,608,796 ton, and the goods was loaded at ports in Banten is 734,445,316 ton.


Source: Banten in figures 2005
Published by Statistics of Banten Province