Vertical residential on Transit Oriented Development principles : Jakarta case study

Abstract

Vertical residential havnot integrated with public transportation modes, so that dwellers use their private vehicles as daily transportation, which is has a negative impact to the level of traffic congestion and air pollution. According to UN Habitat related to Sustainable Transportation and Communication Systems, the transportation sector is major consumer of nonrenewable energy of land and is a major contributor pollution, congestion and accident. The application of the concept of Transit Oriented Development is needed to cotrol the level of congestion and air pollution.