Greeting from Surabaya, Indonesia
As the President of the Indonesia Transportation Society and the Chairman of the
Conference Committee, we are delighted to announce that Surabaya, Indonesia will be
hosting the 8th International Conference of EASTS. This year conference theme,
"Enhancing Transportation Infrastructure and Services in a Rapid Regional Growth",
is specially selected to encourage all participants coming from areas with rapid
growth of traffic and transportation demand but with limited resources available
for enhancing the transportation infrastructures and services. We recognizes
that poor transport infrastructure and services are constraining the economic and
social development and impeding its efforts to alleviate poverty, stem rural-urban migration,
and more generally to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
The city of Surabaya, with a population of about 3.5 millions, represents a good case of cities in Indonesia that are showing a positive progress in alleviating urban transportation problem. With much more rapid increase of the number of motorists and vehicles on the roads than the growth of transportation infrastructures, the city of Surabaya has applied several travel demand management schemes and is planning to implement Bus Rapid Transit as well as revitalizing commuter railway system
Dr. Bambang Susantono
Chair of the Conference Committee/Vice President, EASTS
President, Indonesia Transportation Society