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.
Bus fares to Jakarta only Rp 3,500 after new buses roll out
Change Size
A Transjakarta bus stops at Palmerah Train Commuter Line Station in Central Jakarta on Wednesday. ( Tribunnews/Irwan Rismawan)
R
esidents of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi will only have to spend Rp 3,500 to reach Jakarta after the Jakarta administration starts operating 200 buses from the Transportation Ministry.
The buses are part of 600 buses set to address public transportation shortages in the Greater Jakarta area, the head of Jakarta’s Transportation Agency, Andri Yansyah, said on Thursday.
“If all 600 buses are ready to be operated, we will replace old buses operated by the integrated bus network (APTB),” he said, adding that those old buses would be re-hired by PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) if the owners agreed.
Normal bus fares from neighboring cities to Jakarta can reach up to Rp 14,000.
Andri said that the Jakarta administration had allocated Rp 1.6 trillion in the city budget as a public service obligation to subsidize Transjakarta and would propose a Rp 2 trillion subsidy in the city budget revision to be deliberated on in the City Council.
The subsidy will also be allocated for the operation of the trans-Jabodetabek buses that will serve all cities in Greater Jakarta, Andri said, adding that by late May all APTB buses will have been replaced.
The Jakarta administration hopes that local administrations in Greater Jakarta will support the buses by developing park and ride facilities near the bus stops to encourage car and motorcycle users to shift to public transportation, he added.
“We estimate that in the early phase, a bus will come by every 20 minutes,” he said, adding that his office would coordinate with the administrations of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi to understand the demands of those respective cities. (bbn)
