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City to scrap hundreds of bus routes in Jakarta
A Mayasari Bakti bus moves out of a TransJakarta lane into the main traffic on Jl
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A Mayasari Bakti bus moves out of a TransJakarta lane into the main traffic on Jl. Raya Jatinegara Timur in East Jakarta. (Antara)
The Jakarta Transportation Agency plans to cancel the operation of large city buses along 124 routes in order to eliminate overlapping services with Transjakarta routes.
41 inner city bus routes will be scrapped and 83 routes linking Jakarta with neighboring cities like Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi will also be scrapped.
"There are still a lot of routes that overlap, particularly with Transjakarta lanes," Transportation Agency head Andri Yansyah said as quoted by kompas.com.
Some of the routes that will be eliminated are PPD 41A, serving Kampung Rambutan-Dr Sutomo, Mayasari Bakti Patas AC 03, serving Tanjung Priok-Kalideres, Jasa Utama 973, serving Rawamangun-Grogol, Steady Safe 921, serving Kampung Melayu-Terminal Blok M, and Steady Safe 948, serving Tanjungpriok-Kampung Melayu.
The buses from those scrapped routes would be redeployed to other areas that do not have public transportation, he added.
Andri said the transportation agency would still maintain about 10 overlapping routes, adding that the city would consider the fate of another eight routes in the future.
The elimination of bus routes would be followed up by rerouting the services of medium-sized buses and minivan public transportation services, known locally as angkutan kota, soon after all the operators of those modes of transport joined up with Transjakarta, he added.
After joining Transjakarta, the operators will be paid based on a rupiah-per-kilometer scheme and the drivers will receive a monthly salary.
Mayasari Bakti field manager told thejakartapost.com that his company had agreed to join Transjakarta. Mayasari has around 800 buses and employs 1,600 drivers. (cal/bbn)(+)
