THE ADMINISTRATION OF ONLINE TRANSPORTATION IN THE SPECIAL REGION OF YOGYAKARTA
Abstract
The development of information technology had a major impact on human
life. The impact has touched various aspects including the world of
transportation.The need for larger modes of transportation is accompanied by
people’sincreased mobility, which is not supported by government readiness to
provide cheap, safe, comfortable and affordable modes of transportation. In the
implementation of transportation system, on-line application-based transport
modes that targeted taxi and motorcycle markets emerged. This online
transportation has been presencethroughout Indonesia, including in the Special
Region of Yogyakarta. This research aims to expose the administration of online
transportation and its obstacles in the Special Region of Yogyakarta.The research
is an normative-empirical legal research using juridical approach with descriptivequalitative
analysis. The primary data were collected through library review and
field research as well as indepth interview with relevant resource persons. In its
management, the Departement of Transportation as the regulator has authority in
licensing and supervising of online transportation in the Special Region of
Yogyakarta.Even though the government has given permission and conducted
surveillance on online transportation in DIY, some obstacles are still faced in
managing online transportation in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. These
obstacles include,Government delays in providing adequate transportation in
terms of quality and quantity and the absence of the Regulation of the Special
Region of Yogyakarta governing online transportation. To resolve these
conflicts,the researcher hope that the DIY government makes special regulations
regarding online transportation.