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Jakarta focuses on bus services to tackle traffic jams
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Passengers queue at the Dukuh Atas Transjakarta bus stop in Central Jakarta as a bus heading to Pulogadung in East Jakarta arrives. (the jakarta post/Wienda Parwitasari)
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akarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has explained that his administration will focus on improving Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services to resolve worsening traffic congestion in the capital.
City-owned bus operator PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) would be further developed to help passengers easily reach their destinations, the governor said on Monday.
“I’ve ordered Transjakarta to not only focus on serving passengers along busway (Transjakarta) lanes. Transjakarta should know where most people are headed. We should take the passengers as close as possible to their destinations or their homes,” Ahok said at City Hall.
Apart from plying the 12 busway corridors, Transjakarta also operates feeder buses to train stations and other places.
Transjakarta has also recently opened routes to the neighboring cities Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi and the bus operator plans to extend its services to Bogor soon.
Transjakarta is currently in the process of buying more buses to encourage people to use public transportation. The city administration has allocated Rp 3.2 trillion (US$241.42 million) in funds from next year’s public services budget to purchase the vehicles. (bbn)
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