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Jakarta to build more park-and-ride facilities in outskirts to lure commuters
The funding, which is to be allocated by the Jakarta administration, would depend on specific aspects of the park-and-ride facilities. A facility that could accommodate 1,000 vehicles would cost at least Rp 1 billion.
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A motorcyclist recently rides through the gates of a park-and-ride facility under the MRT station in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta. (The Jakarta Post/Dhoni Setiawan )
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or her daily morning commute from her house in Bekasi, West Java to her office in Kuningan, South Jakarta, Tri Wahyuni regularly parks her motorcycle near Cakung Station in East Jakarta to continue her trip with the commuter train.
“[They are] not official park-and-ride facilities; just plots of land within a residential area near the station that belong to some residents. Some are just open spaces beneath a flyover. They use the plots to offer the service,” she said, adding that she pays Rp 5,000 (35 US cents) per day for the service.
“I think there are about 1,000 motorcycles there every day,” she said.
She said that she could not wait until the administrations of cities in Greater Jakarta built more park-and-ride facilities near stations and bus stops on the city’s outskirts, believing that the demand for them is high.
Tri’s wish could soon materialize as Jakarta Transportation Agency head Syafrin Liputo said the Jakarta administration plans to construct many park-and-ride facilities next year.
The plan was vital as more than 1 million private vehicles from satellite cities such as Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi are reportedly entering the capital every day.
“In 2020, we will build many more [park-and-ride facilities] in Jakarta’s satellite cities like Bekasi, Depok and Bogor,” he said recently without revealing further details of the plan.
