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Transportation operators criticized for refusing to lower fares
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City buses queue to exit a toll road as taxi drivers and their vehicles occupy Jl. Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta during a protest against the operation of ride-hailing applications on March 22. They claimed that app-based transportation services were illegal. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari)
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akarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has criticized public transportation operators for refusing to lower their fares following the government’s decision to lower subsidized fuel prices from Friday.
"If fuel prices increase, they want to increase fares. When the gasoline price decreases, they don't want to decrease the fares," Ahok said in Jakarta on Friday.
He referred to a statement made by the Organization of Land Transportation Owners’ (Organda) Jakarta chapter, which has refused to lower public transportation fares.
The government has cut fuel prices by Rp 500 (4 US cents) per liter, making the price of Premium drop from Rp 6,950 to Rp 6,450 per liter and subsidized diesel decrease from Rp 5,650 to Rp 5,150.
Such a refusal, Ahok added, would drive forward a plan to integrate all modes of public transportation into city-owned PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta).
So far, the city administration has integrated Kopaja public buses into Transjakarta. After the integration, the payment system became distance-based. Under such a system, drivers do not need to drive faster in an attempt to earn more. (bbn)
