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Jakarta eyes more buses under Jak Lingko's wing next year
The Jakarta Transportation Agency said there were 1,160 small buses and 420 medium-sized buses under Jak Lingko.
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An air conditioned Jak-Linggo angkot that serves Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta to Kota, West Jakarta. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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s part of the efforts to improve and encourage more people to use public transportation services, the Jakarta administration is eyeing to integrate all angkot (public minivans) and medium-sized buses under its flagship Jak Lingko program next year.
Jakarta Transportation Agency head Syafrin Liputo recently said there were 1,160 angkot or small buses and 420 medium-sized buses, commonly known as Kopaja and Metro Mini, participating in the program.
“We will boost participation so that by 2020 there will be 10,000 buses [integrated in the Jak Lingko program],” he said.
According to Jakarta Open Data, there are 5,499 small buses or angkot, 2,000 medium buses and 2,646 large buses operating in the capital.
The integration measure is mandated by Jakarta Governor Instruction No. 66/2019 on air quality control, Syafrin said.
The instruction stipulates that the Jakarta Transportation Agency must tighten vehicle emission tests to help reduce air pollution in the capital, enforce vehicles restrictions like the odd-even license plate policy and ensure there are no buses aged over 10 years old operating in the city by 2020.
The instruction was issued by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan in early August, following a civil lawsuit demanding the Jakarta administration, as well as the central government and two other provincial administrations, do more about worsening air pollution in Greater Jakarta.
