TOD-related features and station-level ridership: insights from the Jakarta Metropolitan Area, Indonesia

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2025

Subject Area

place - asia, place - urban, mode - rail, land use - planning, land use - impacts, land use - transit oriented development, infrastructure - station, ridership - modelling

Keywords

Transit-oriented development, Transit ridership, Spatial regressions, Jakarta

Abstract

This paper contributes to the extensive literature on Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) by examining the association between TOD-related features and station-level ridership using the Commuter Rail Line system in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area (JMA), Indonesia, as a case study. We empirically test this hypothesized association through a series of statistical analyses, drawing from the Direct Ridership Model (DRM) literature. We incorporate indicators of station-level built environment as TOD-related features, along with socio-demographics and transit service characteristics as controls, to predict station-level ridership. Owing to the spatial dependency nature of the data, our results primarily focus on spatial regressions, suggesting that employment density and land-use entropy are consistent TOD-related features influencing station-level ridership. The paper concludes with a discussion of policy insights based on the findings, considering governmental initiatives in developing TOD policies.

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