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After breaking 1 million passenger record, Transjakarta dreams big in 2020
“Yes, it took us 16 years to transport 1 million passengers a day, but we’re confident that we can reach 2 million in a year,” Yoga told The Jakarta Post in an exclusive interview on Thursday.
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Passengers ride a metrotrans, a medium-sized bus provided by city-owned bus operator Transjakarta, on Jl. MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta, on Feb. 14. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
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fter recording 1 million passengers this year, city-owned bus operator Transjakarta is dreaming big in 2020 with a vision of doubling the figure.
The company’s acting president director, Yoga Adiwinarto, expressed his optimism that the country’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) service could unlock even more achievements this year.
“Yes, it took us 16 years to transport 1 million passengers a day, but we’re confident that we can reach 2 million in a year,” Yoga told The Jakarta Post in an exclusive interview on Thursday.
Transjakarta reached the 1 million passenger mark on Feb. 5, 16 years after the service was introduced to the capital’s streets in January 2004. At the time, it was the first BRT system in Southeast and South Asia.
Yoga said he remained optimistic that the ambitious target was feasible this year with network expansion.
“One important lesson we learned in 2019 was that expanding our networks, especially to smaller roads in the capital city’s suburbs, increased the number of passengers significantly,” he said.
Yoga explained that last year, about 18 percent of Transjakarta's passengers came from its 1,723 microbuses, commonly called angkot (public minivan), under the city’s one-fare public transportation scheme dubbed Jak Lingko.
