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Jakarta sees progress in public transit revitalization
A grand plan to overhaul the cityâs public transportation is progressing, with 124 routes plied by full-size buses set to be discontinued and their operators integrated with city-owned bus operator PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta)
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A grand plan to overhaul the city's public transportation is progressing, with 124 routes plied by full-size buses set to be discontinued and their operators integrated with city-owned bus operator PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta).
Jakarta Transportation Agency head Andri Yansyah said that the routes to be discontinued included Mayasari Bakti's Route 03 from Tanjung Priok in North Jakarta to Kalideres in West Jakarta, Steady Safe 921 from Blok M in South Jakarta to Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta and Steady Safe 948 from Tanjung Priok to Kampung Melayu.
The routes, Andri said, were being discontinued because they overlapped with Transjakarta routes, adding that the operators had agreed to join Transjakarta and were set to procure new buses in order to comply with Transjakarta's minimum service standards.
In compensation, the operators will be given a 50 percent operational quota in the respective Transjakarta corridor with which their routes clashed.
For example, the Mayasari Bakti and Steady Safe routes overlap with Transjakarta's Corridor 10, which travels from Tanjung Priok to PGC in East Jakarta. 'Mayasari and Steady Safe can then share a 50 percent operational quota in the corridor,' Andri said. The remaining 50 percent will be reserved for bid winners.
The agency has high hopes for public transportation integration, which Andri said would benefit not only residents but also bus operators. Under the new system, all bus operators will be managed by Transjakarta, which will pay the operators per kilometer traveled and pay the driver salaries, allowing business certainty to operators.
In order to join Transjakarta, the operators must improve their services for passengers' safety and comfort.
The absence of a transportation master plan in Jakarta has led to frequent overlap, including in ongoing projects such as the light rail transit and mass rapid transit systems, as well as six inner toll roads.
After full-sized buses, the Transportation Agency is to continue its public transportation revitalization program by integrating minibuses, such as Kopaja and Metro Mini, with Transjakarta, as well as angkot (public minivans).
Transjakarta spokesman Prasetya Budi said that a number of bus operators had already moved to join the city-owned firm by listing their services in the National Procurement Agency's (LKPP) e-catalogue, which is available for public access on the agency's website, e-katalog.lkpp.go.id. Each entry must include the specifications of the operator's buses and the rupiah-per-kilometer tariff for each bus.
Mayasari Bakti and Steady Safe's services using full-sized buses are included in the e-catalogue. The models of bus they offer include Swedish-made Scania and Volvo and German-made MAN, with a tariff of Rp 22,291 (US$1.65) to Rp 24,523 per km, depending on the model.
'We welcome all bus operators seeking to join Transjakarta because it will support the city administration's public transportation revitalization program,' Prasetya told The Jakarta Post over the phone on Wednesday.
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) country director Yoga Adiwinarto lauded the progress, noting that the city's revitalization program was heading in the right direction.
'It makes sense to fix the business model of bus operators first before fixing the routes, and this is exactly what the city administration is doing,' Yoga said.
