TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
'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 cityâs motorcycle-prohibition policy
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
D
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.
'We 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 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama said he was ready to expand the restrictions for motorcycles.
'We 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. (***)
