angerang City Transportation Agency head Syaiful Rohman says it plans to consolidate the Trans Kota Tangerang city bus services under the management of city-owned company PT Tangerang Nusantara Global (TNG).
Currently, 18 of the 20 Trans Kota buses are owned by various operators, while only two are managed by the Tangerang city administration. The two buses under the city administration ply the routes between Poris Plawad and Jatiuwung (corridor 1) as well as between Poris Plawad and Cibodas (corridor 2).
Syaiful said he expected the handover of Trans Kota management to make the service more professional, such as the Jakarta-owned PT Transjakarta service.
“The handover is intended to ease bureaucracy and to make the buses’ operation more professional, like Transjakarta,” Rohman said on Tuesday, kompas.com reported.
He said city-owned companies would find it easier than private operators to establish corporation with other parties and to procure buses.
Rohman added that the administration was currently drafting a mayoral decree to give PT TNG the authority to run Trans Kota.
Currently, TNG is tasked with managing parking spaces, building public facilities and communication facilities in Tangerang.
“The mayor wants [the handover] to take place soon, so that public services can improve,” Rohman said. (ami)
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