Disability and Justice Mobility in Indonesia’s Public Transport: The Case Study of MRT Jakarta

Abstract

This study aims to examine the accessibility of People with Disability (PWDs ) in public services, especially public transport, by taking MRT Jakarta as the case study. This study specifically builds on the theory of mobility justice put forward by Sheller to develop holistic, network wide approaches to promoting the social inclusion of PWDs through opportunities to participate in public transport. This study methodologically employs the qualitatively semi-structured interviews with purposively selected informants, including persons with disabilities who regularly use public transport, policymakers, public transport service providers, civil society organizations, and academics. Besides the primary data, the study also used the secondary one, including data stored in general data archives, special collections, publishing companies, reports and public documents as well as academic publications. This study finds that while PWD’s involvement at the stage of design and planning of public transport remains restricted, the accessibility of PWDs to public transport has been significantly improved and decently provided, thereby addressing the injustice of mobilities among people with different physical abilities.