The Applicability of Sustainable Design Values on Electric Bike Sharing Concept in Indonesia

While the development of public transportation infrastructure and its integration has been performed with higher intensity in Indonesia, some issues on transportation are still unsolved. The issues include road-traffic congestion, pollution and its effects on environmental degradation. To promote the greater utilization of public transport there is an aspect that has largely been neglected, that is the First Mile / Last Mile (FMLM) issue. FMLM influences the choice of transportation modes used. Therefore, in this study we discuss the design direction of an electric bike-sharing (EBS) system that adopts the concept of eco-friendly and sustainable FMLM transport. The study analyzes the relevant advanced case technology, design, and methods so that we can present a design scenario strategy for developing an EBS system with socio-cultural, industrial, and environmental approaches in Indonesia. We reviewed previous cases on sustainable design (SD) values and the feasibility of sharing economy, human-centered design (HCD), appropriate technology design (ATD), universal design (UD), and affordance design (AD). The application of sharing economy on transportation in the form of EBS promises abundant benefits. Indonesia needs to improve the culture of daily sharing of e-bike as a sustainable commuting mode. This preliminary proposal requires future research involving reliable research tools, prototype testing, and user experience examination on the EBS system as an iterative designing process.