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‘Angkot’ drivers demand fewer OK OTrip program requirements
A number of angkot (public minivan) drivers staged a rally near Tanah Abang station in Central Jakarta on Thursday to protest the number of requirements they had to fulfill when joining the city administration’s OK OTrip (One Card One Trip) integrated transportation program.
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'Angkot' (public minivan) drivers display a banner criticizing the OK OTrip integrated transportation program during a protest near Tanah Abang Station in Central Jakarta on Feb. 22, to demand that the city administration reduce the number of program requirements. (kompas.com/David Oliver Purba)
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number of angkot (public minivan) drivers staged a rally near Tanah Abang station in Central Jakarta on Thursday to protest the number of requirements they had to fulfill when joining the city administration’s OK OTrip (One Card One Trip) integrated transportation program.
Angkot driver Toto Purnomo said the program required each driver to travel 190 kilometers per day, while the driver claimed that he could only complete 150 km per day because of heavy traffic congestion in Tanah Abang, where the biggest textile market in Southeast Asia is located.
A driver's income is subject to deduction should he or she fail to meet the required distance.
The drivers urged the city administration to lower the distance requirement by considering traffic congestion.
Senior official at the Jakarta Transportation Agency, Massdes Arouffy, said separately that his agency had recently conducted a simulation to figure out the ideal distance that angkot should travel. He admitted that the 190-km per day requirement was too long because of Tanah Abang’s congested roads.
“We will consider lowering the distance requirement to 175 km,” he told reporters at his office in Tanah Abang.
