Perkembangan Transportasi di Salatiga Tahun 1900-1942

Lembar Pengesahan tidak disertai tanda tangan dosen pembimbingPenelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui transportasi di Salatiga yang berfungsi untuk memindahkan, membawa hasil-hasil pertanian dan perkebunan menuju kota pelabuhan di Semarang maupun di pasar-pasar lokal. Transportasi tersebut mengalami perkembangan seiring dengan bertambahnya perkebunan swasta dan hasil-hasil perkebunan swasta di Salatiga. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif-naratif. Sumber data diperoleh melalui wawancara, studi dokumen Arsip dan pustaka. Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengetahui perkembangan alat transportasi yang ada di Salatiga dari jenis transportasi tradisional hingga transportasi modern yang memiliki daya tampung yang lebih banyak dan dapat menghemat waktu tempuh. Hasil penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa : pertama, adanya sistem tanam paksa dan UU Agraria menyebabkan adanya investor asing dibidang perkebunan swasta dan 32% perkebunan yang ada di Karesidenan Semarang berada di Salatiga sehingga menyebabkan dibukanya jalur-jalur pedalaman menuju kota pelabuhan. Kedua, dari dibukanya jalur-jalur perhubungan dari daerah pedalaman menuju kota pelabuhan memunculkan sarana transportasi yang semula hanya mengandalkan otot seperti menggendong, memikul dan menyunggi mulai berkembang dengan memanfaatkan tenaga hewan. Ketiga, perkembangan transportasi di Salatiga dipengaruhi oleh hasil perkebunan swasta yang meningkat, transportasi tersebut ialah transportasi tradisional dan transportasi modern (bermesin) berupa : gerobak, dokar, sepeda hingga kemudian pada tahun 1920an muncul bus, truk, sepeda motor dan mobil memberikan warna tersendiri bagi perkembangan transportasi di SalatigaThe purposes of this study are to determine the transportation in Salatiga that the function is to move, bring the agricultural products to the harbour city in Semarang and in the local markets. The transportation was improved in line with the increase of the private agricultural enterprise and private agricultural results in Salatiga. The research method which is used is descriptive-narrative. The sources of the data were obtained through interviews, archives document and library studies. This study was aimed to determine the development of transportation in Salatiga from the traditional type of transportation until the modern transportation that have a lot of capacity and can save time take. The result of the study was concluded that: first, there is a system of cultivation forced and Agrarian Law that causes the existence of foreign investors and 32% of private commercial agricultural enterprise in Semarang residence in Salatiga so that causes the connection stripes of hinterland to the harbor city was opened. Second, the opening of the connection stripes from the hinterland to the harbor city which was appeared the means of transport from the beginning only carrying rely on their muscle, such as carrying using back, shoulder began to develop by using animals power. Third, the development of transportation in Salatiga are affected by the result of private commercial agricultural enterprise, the transportation are the traditional transportation and modern transportation (motorized) in the form of: carts, carriage, bicycles then in the 1920th appears buses, trucks, motorcycles and cars to provide its own color to the development of transportation in Salatiga