THE NEED OF EVALUATION AND ESTABLISHING PRICE OF REGULAR BUS SURAKARTA-YOYAKARTA

Abstract

Surakarta is the trading city, While Yogyakarta is students and culture city. One of the supporting factors for smoothing the relation of both cities is through public tranportation bus Surakarta-Yogyakarta. Nowadays, It needs evaluation and solution. The aim of the research is to analysis the price and operational budget of this public transportation. So that, both of the users and bus owner get the benificial. The research benefits are for government input, users and bus owner, so that the public transportation can develop rapidly. The research method is descriptive analysis. The research result are; The field price is Rp 9000,- The average passangers is 27 within load factor 49%, headway 4 minutes, 20 seconds. The price based on operational budget of bus in the field is Rp 9826. The analyzing result after doing improvement is the average passangers is 40 within load factor 74%, headway is 6 minutes, 30 seconds, analysis price based on bus budget operational is Rp 6605,-. After improving analysis and integrated management system passangers is 40 within load factor 74 %, headway 6 minutes 30 seconds, the price is Rp 6346,-