Abstract
As a large archipelagic country, Indonesia has certain characteristics in terms of its transportation services. Each island or region has its own modes characteristics, the integration of which are still developing. To achieve an efficient transport system, a proportional modal share for each mode must be safeguarded and certain government regulations are needed in their implementation. In its current practice, each mode and its infrastructure was planned independently by the related authority, so that inefficient inter- modal transfer and high intermodal externalities are apparent. This paper reports a profile of multimodal transport in Indonesia. Overview of the existing supply and demand are presented. The paper also provides an initial benchmarking of the existing multimodal transport performance. Some recommendations on the strategy and measures to improve multimodal transport system in Indonesia is also discussed.T