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For South Tangerang dwellers, it is easier to go to Jakarta than get around their own city
The city administration has yet to establish its own public transportation or to regulate angkot (minivan bus services). The administration was established in 2008.
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Visitors ride electric scooters operated by GrabWheels in BSD City, South Tangerang, Banten, on Thursday. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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or residents of South Tangerang, Banten, taking public transportation to Jakarta is not a hassle. But within their own home city, mobility is still a problem, with limited means of public transportation available.
Dion Hamdani, 46, a resident of housing and office area BSD City, Serpong, South Tangerang, owns a retail paint shop on Jl. Raya Ciater. He uses his motorcycle to go to his shop and uses his car to get around the area and the neighboring city of Tangerang.
If he has errands to do in Jakarta, he usually takes the Trans BSD bus toward Senayan, Central Jakarta, or the Commuter Line train toward Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta.
“For South Tangerang residents, public transportation is still lacking, especially the numbers of angkot [minivan bus services],” Dion told The Jakarta Post on Sunday, adding that local residents preferred buses run by Jakarta-owned Transjakarta or the Commuter Line trains operated by state-owned PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI).
He said there should be more reliable public transportation like Transjakarta in the satellite city. The existing modes of transportation, such as angkot, were still lacking. Drivers still practiced ngetem (stopping to wait for passengers until the vehicle is full).
M. Noordhani, whose parents’ house is in Pamulang, South Tangerang, but who works at a private company in Tebet, South Jakarta, rents a room in a boarding house in Tebet to avoid the long commute from home to work.
“I used to commute from South Tangerang to Tebet. But I’ve recently moved to Tebet to cut down on the commute time because it can take up to two hours,” Noordhani said.
