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Jakarta develops drop-off areas for online motorcycle taxis at four railway stations
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App-based motorycle taxi (ojek) drivers drop off customers in front of Tanah Abang railway station in Central Jakarta on Thursday. (JP/Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman)
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he Jakarta administration, in partnership with state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), is developing pick-up and drop-off spaces for app-based ojek (motorcycle taxis) at four railway stations in Central Jakarta as part of its efforts to ease traffic congestion.
The project, expected to be completed by the end of March, is being developed at Tanah Abang Station, Sudirman Station, Senen Station and Juanda Station -- four busy Commuter Line stations whose land is owned by KAI.
"We will redirect [online motorcycle taxis] inside the railway stations so that there is no traffic congestion outside," KAI executive vice president of Jakarta operational region Dadan Rudiansyah told The Jakarta Post by phone on Thursday. "We want to facilitate railway passengers in moving to other modes of transportation.
People living in Jakarta and its surrounding cities frequent the four stations as they commute on weekdays. In the fourth quarter last year, the number of railway passengers in Jakarta reached 5.13 million people, up 1.63 percent year-on-year, according to data released on Feb. 5 by Statistics Indonesia's (BPS) Jakarta office.
The railway operator was planning to develop similar pick-up and drop-off spaces at all railway stations in Jakarta after the first four projects were completed, Dadan said. Such facilities for app-based ojek are part of a larger renovation project that will allocate space inside railway stations for, among other things, temporary parking lots for bajaj (three-wheeler rickshaws) and traditional motorcycle taxis.
Jakarta Transportation Agency head Syafrin Liputo said the renovation project was the administration's measure to integrate different modes of transportation, which was expected to eventually encourage more people to use public transit instead of private vehicles.
"All parties involved, both formal and informal, are being rearranged by the administration," he said in a press statement on Wednesday. "[We] are giving options for locations and facilities so that they can carry on their economic activities [without unnecessary disruption]."
