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'€˜Ojek'€™ drivers protest motorcycle prohibition

Dozens of ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers staged a protest in front of City Hall in Central Jakarta on Thursday to express their discontentment with the city’s motorcycle-prohibition policy

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Fri, January 9, 2015

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'€˜Ojek'€™ drivers protest motorcycle prohibition

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ozens of ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers staged a protest in front of City Hall in Central Jakarta on Thursday to express their discontentment with the city'€™s motorcycle-prohibition policy.

Ojek driver Jamhuri, 58, said the policy had harmed his and his fellows drivers'€™ business.

'€œWe demand that the city administration not expand the motorcycle prohibition and cancel the policy, or else we will mobilize all ojek drivers,'€ Jamhuri said as quoted by kompas.com.

However, Governor Basuki '€œAhok'€ Tjahaja Purnama said he was ready to expand the restrictions for motorcycles.

'€œWe will expand the motorcycle prohibition to Jl. Sudirman [in Central Jakarta] and Blok M in South Jakarta. We will expand to Kuningan and all areas covered by the Transjakarta busway after we increase its fleet and improve its services,'€ Ahok told reporters at City Hall on Thursday.

The city has already banned motorcyclists from traveling along Jl. MH Thamrin and Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat in Central Jakarta. (***)

 

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