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City irked by ride-hailing app drivers

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Sat, October 22, 2016

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City irked by ride-hailing app drivers Vehicles wait in a traffic jam on Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta, on Oct. 13. (Antara/Rivan Awal Lingga)

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he Jakarta Transportation Agency has objected to Go-Jek drivers’ habit of stopping in inappropriate places on the streets of the capital to wait for passengers, contributing to traffic jams.

The agency had talked to the home-grown ojek (motorcycle taxi) app’s founder Nadiem Makarim about the drivers’ road behavior, transportation agency head Andri Yansyah said on Friday.

"They said [there would be] no more drivers waiting for passengers with online ojek services but their drivers often stop on the street," he told journalists at City Hall.

Aside from ride-hailing app drivers, the agency found online taxi drivers often stopped on the street while waiting for passengers.

The city has sent a letter to the Communications and Information Ministry about monitoring ride-hailing app vehicles, especially in terms of the vehicles’ roadworthy tests (KIR). 

"There are only 6,500 online taxi vehicles that passed KIR but there are thousands more operating in the city. That's not fair," Andri said.

In order to maintain order on the streets and to prevent worsening traffic congestion, the city administration is set to crack down on anyone violating traffic rules.

"I'm not going to curb Go-Jek, Grab or Go-Car but we will curb all road violators," he said. (rin)

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