Enhancing the Quality of Urban Space - Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Implementation in Bandung : TOD Location Assesment

Comprehensive planning of transportation and urban planning are urgently needed to anticipate dependence on automobile problems. The issues are usually addressed partially, without a long-term solution. These problems are commonly faced by both developing and developed cities, such as Bandung. To solve the problems, Bandung’s government has planned Bandung as a livable and compact city with transit oriented development (TOD) concept. TOD integrates and synergizes urban planning and transportation issues, tocreate a compact and integrated area around the transit station, in order to minimize the use of private vehicles, and encourage the use of public transportation modes. On that term, Bandung actively integrates public transport services, such as railways,BRT, and angkot. Within a short time, Bandung will have LRT (monorail) and electrified railways (Padalarang-Cicalengka),to support TOD. However, there is no specific location selected yet by stakeholder as TOD location in Bandung. As a concept originatedin America and Europe, there is no literature on TOD site selection criteria available in Bandung. This research emphasizes on TOD location criteria and assessment in Bandung, selecting the most suitable TOD location in Bandung, which is a critical factoron TOD successfulness.

"Enhancing the Quality of Urban Space" is a publication of articles presented in an international seminar Architecture and Urbanism which have passed the editorial process by the editor-in-chief Badaruddin Mohammed from Universiti Sains Malaysia, assisted by his assistant editors Widiastuti and A. A. Ayu Oka Saraswati from Universitas Udayana and Nurwati Badarulzaman from Universiti Sains Malaysia.