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Indonesia wants to learn transportation safety at ITF Summit

Farida Susanty (The Jakarta Post)
Leipzig, Germany
Thu, May 24, 2018

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Indonesia wants to learn transportation safety at ITF Summit A bus plunges into a 15-meter-deep ravine in Jl. Puncak-Cianjur in Cipanas subdistrict on April 30, 2017. (Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya)

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ndonesia wants to learn and adopt new transportation safety technology as displayed at the International Transport Forum (ITF) 2018 Summit in Leipzig, Germany. 

"If we talk about safety and security, we can't just rely on a single system. There are technologies that we can learn about," secretary of the Transportation Ministry's research and development agency, Fadrinsyah Anwar, said on Wednesday.

He revealed Indonesia’s focus on developing digital technology and the use of big data in the transportation system.

Indonesia has targeted to reduce the number of accidents by 80 percent by 2035, from the figure in 2010, he said.

According to Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data, the number of traffic accidents in 2010 in Indonesia stood at 66,500, a 5.5 percent increase from 63,000 accidents in 2009.

In the ITF, Indonesia wants to seek cooperation with agencies or other countries to improve transportation safety in the country, Fadrinsyah said, adding that Indonesia expected to hold bilateral meetings with several countries to discuss possible cooperation.

Organized by the International Transport Forum at the OECD since 2008, the Leipzig summit is the world’s largest gathering of transportation ministers and policy makers.

More than 40 ministers attend the three-day event, which runs from May 23 to 25, with around 1,300 delegates also participating.

Meanwhile, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) deputy secretary general Masamichi Kono said governments needed to introduce the right regulation and use data to develop transportation safety. (bbn)

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