City to obey arbitration decision on Transjakarta

JAKARTA: The city will obey the decision of the Indonesian National Arbitration Agency (BANI) that set a Rp 12,200 (US$1.20) per kilometer tariff for the Transjakarta consortium, but officials do not know when it will come into effect.

"*The decision* is binding, we have to pay it," Deputy Governor Prijanto said Friday. The new decision ends the dispute between the city administration and the Transjakarta consortium over the tariff the city should pay.

The fare set by BANI was slightly lower than the fare requested by the consortium, which was Rp 12,885, but much higher than the fare previously agreed at the bidding, which was Rp 9,500. - JP