<![CDATA[Banjarbakula Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is an inner-city bus-based mass transit system that provides a sense of comfort, safety, speed in mobility, and low cost in serving the citizens of Banjarmasin City and Banjarbaru City. Based on data on the number of passengers on the Banjarbakula BRT for the period April 2020 - February 2023, public interest in using the Banjarbakula BRT as a mode of transportation is quite high. However, the limited units and operational schedules make the Banjarbakula BRT unable to fully meet the needs of the public. Forecasting the number of passengers of BRT Banjarbakula for the next 12 periods is one of the measures to prepare the infrastructure, quality and units of BRT Banjarbakula in order to facilitate the public and create a better transportation system. In the Banjarbakula BRT passenger data, there is an increase in the number of passengers at certain times such as during religious holidays and school holidays, so this increase in passenger numbers is thought to be due to the influence of the calendar variation effect. This research intends to forecast the number of passengers of BRT Banjarbakula using the best ARIMAX model with the effect of calendar variation. The results indicate that the ARIMAX (0, 1, 1) model is the best ARIMAX model to forecast the number of passengers of BRT Banjarbakula for the next 12 periods. The forecast results indicate an increase in the month where the Christmas celebration and also the memorial haul guru sekumpul, so that the variable Christmas celebration and memorial haul guru sekumpul significantly affect the number of passengers of BRT Banjarbakula.Keywords: Forecasting, BRT Banjarbakula, ARIMAX with calendar variation effects]]>
