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Jakarta administration supports ride-sharing app regulation
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Transportation clash: Ride-sharing app drivers clash with protesters in Jakarta on March 22. Thousands of conventional taxi drivers took to the streets to protest the operations of ride-sharing app firms. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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cting Jakarta governor Sumarsono has said the city administration supports a revised regulation on the operations of ride-sharing app firms issued by the Transportation Ministry despite rejections voice by three major ride-sharing apps.
The government plans to start enforcing the revision to Transportation Ministerial Regulation No. 32/2016, which covers floor and ceiling service fares and fleet quota for ride-sharing app partners on April 1.
“There will also be a gubernatorial regulation [on the matter], but we need to consult with the BPTJ [the Greater Jakarta Transportation Management Agency],” Sumarno said as reported by tempo.co on Friday, adding that the central government had delegated the further regulation of the ride-sharing apps to local governments.
He said Jakarta did not face a serious problem with regard to the operation of ride-sharing apps, although he learned that it had sparked problems in other regions, including clashes between drivers of conventional taxis and ride-sharing app drivers, as well as between ride-sharing app drivers and other public transportation drivers.
The government claimed the floor fare for the services, to be decided by regional governments, would ensure the safety of consumers and reduce "fare wars”. Meanwhile, the ceiling fare was intended to protect consumers from extreme ride-sharing app fare surges during peak hours
Major ride-sharing apps—Go-Jek, Grab Indonesia and Uber— have strongly opposed some proposed points, such as pricing and fleet quota, which they consider to “have no relation whatsoever to safety”, according to their joint statement last Friday. (bbn)
