Monorail please!

Jakarta is one of the most populated cities in the world. There are about 12 million people in Jakarta everyday. About five million of them are people who live in the suburbs, but work in Jakarta. In fact, this phenomenon brings many problems. One of them occurs in the field of public transportation. To minimize the problem, Jakarta should have a monorail. There are some reasons why Jakarta should have a monorail: It is faster, comfortable, has a big capacity and zero emissions.

Monorails are faster compared to other public transportation. Under normal conditions, a monorail goes up to 300 kilometers an hour while a car can only go 150 kilometers an hour, motorcycle goes about 80 kilometers and bicycle goes 30 kilometers an hour if there are no traffic jams.

It means people who use the monorail could save twice the time or more than people who commute by car. Furthermore, it is four times faster than motorcycles and 10 times faster than bicycles. The condition occurs only when there are no traffic jams. If there are, then it will be worse for the car and motorcycle riders. Unfortunately, traffic jams occur and are around us every single day.

Monorails are comfortable. Buses and train are not comfortable enough. They are littered with trash and have broken seats. The buses and trains don't have restrooms like the buses in London or the trains in Europe. Monorails have so many facilities to make passenger feel comfortable, such as air-conditioning, restrooms and televisions.

Monorails have a large capacity. A monorail can fit 825 people, whereas 400 cars can fit 825 people and 550 motorcycles can fit the same amount. Not only does the monorail have a very large capacity, but also the world can save energy if more people use the monorail.

Monorail don't pollute the air. It has zero emission because monorail uses electricity while SO2 and other dangerous materials are produced by uncompleted oil burning in motorcycle, cars or buses.

ARRIYADHUL QOLBI Jakarta