Multimodality of Jakarta’s public transportation interchange case study: Lebak Bulus MRT station

For the past few years, the private car has seemed to be the ideal tool for inner city travel. However, with the rapid population growth and urban development issues, a metropolis city like Jakarta is not capable to provide sufficient space for everyone's car. Corresponding to this, Public Transit has become the most efficient means for a mass transportation and plays an essential role as a tool upon sustainable city development. Jakarta has now several public transportation modes to offer, ranging from micro-level to macro-level transportation modes, to provide its daily commuter coming both from the city and peripheral area of Jakarta. Having several transportation modes also means a necessity to have good connectivity between modes, as it would create more travel possibilities and reach area coverage. In this case, transit area of a station/stops has always been a critical point that links variety modes of transportation to ease commuter's transfer between modes.