Public Transportation Research Paper

Public transportation comprises all transport facilities in which passengers do not use their personal means of transportation to travel. It includes shared taxis, buses, and trains. Public transportation is of essence to passengers, due to the fact that it offers opportunity to move from one location to the other with ease. Public transportation performs a lot of functions for passengers. It enhances the quality of life in societies on condition that it provides safe, efficient and inexpensive transportation services. Besides, the ease of use (availability) and cost effectiveness of public transport services is imperative to guaranteeing a resilient economy and improving mobility. Societies also benefits from the availability of public transportation

General public transportation: this form of transportation is generally offered to all people based on schedules and routes;
2. Special public transportation: this form also offers services to a specific group of people, that is, pupils, students, persons with disabilities;
3. Tourist and charter traffic: this form of transportation is offered to all citizens and tourists on visit to destinations.
This includes modals such as taxis and private hire buses, coaches, school buses, trains and airplanes which are owned and financed by the state or private individuals. Bus as a form of public transportation means motor vehicle with motive power, except a trailer (Wijaya, 2009) designed for carrying more than 10 persons (including the driver), that is used to transport adults and/or children, unless otherwise

Data analysis using statistical tool carried out in two ways, to investigate both global and local satisfaction on public bus transport.

5.2 Respondents
Target respondent is a person that is in the range of age between 15 and 60, living in Jakarta and Jogjakarta and has the experience of using public bus transport. The ages range 15 to 60 years old chosen because people in these ages have a routine commute travel behavior and probably has taken public bus transport as their mode of choice. From the age of 15, the children usually have to go to school that is not in their own neighborhood. After age of 60, people usually do not have routine commuter behavior because they already pension.

6.0 LIMITATION OF STUDY

6.1 Time Constraint
To have the five others subject to carry on and the single semester, the times are really not enough. Indeed, the Final Year Project (FYP) is two semester projects, but with another commitment like assignment and a final exam, somewhat it can disrupt the project