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Bogor city to limit 'angkot' numbers to improve transportation
More than 6,400 angkot operate in Bogor city, 2,400 of which have permits from the city, while rest come from Bogor regency.
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Lines of 'angkot' (public minivans) stop on the road side to wait for passengers in Bogor city, West Java, on Sept. 7. (Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya)
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esides being known as “the city of rain”, Bogor in West Java is also notorious as the “city of 1 million angkot (public minivan)”, thanks to their ubiquitous presence across the city. However, the municipal administration aims to steer the city in another direction with plans in store to regulate the unwieldy angkot as part of a strategy to improve transportation management.
Although not exactly 1 million in number, the Bogor administration has recorded that more than 6,400 angkot roam the streets of the 118.5 square kilometer city. Not all fall under the administration’s authority as only 2,400 have acquired operating permits from the Bogor administration, with the rest coming from the neighboring Bogor regency.
Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto recently said that in the first phase of the plan, the city aimed to reduce the number of angkot operating in the city center, particularly around the famous Bogor Botanical Garden, a popular tourist destination.
Moreover, the city will also impose age restrictions on public transportation vehicles and remap angkot routes.
Bima said his administration was firm in its decision to not extend licenses for 800 angkot aged above 20 years by the end of this year.
Under the plan, his administration expects to reduce the number of angkot operating in the city center to 1,600.
“By 2022, angkot will disappear. They will go naturally,” he said on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.
