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Yet rebuilding Jakarta is not just a matter of technical engineering skills, or even policy commitment. Rather, it requires a thorough re-imagining of building elements of liveability into a compact, dense space.Jakarta, among other developing cities, like Shanghai and Mumbai, falls into the high-density and low-liveability category. With a density of 15,000 people per square kilometer, it secured a low 142 out of 221 cities in Mercer’s Quality of Life Index 2016.
The results of a study by German international cooperation agency GIZ state that each 3.5-meter-wide road lane could be used by 25,000 people per hour if facilitated by bus rapid transit — much higher than the average 2,000 to 4,000 people per hour when the lanes are for general traffic. With more people using public transportation, everyone would benefit and we would have lower emissions, as urban transport is a major contributor to pollution.
The commuter train in Jakarta will run its normal operation during the Idul Fitri holiday to help shuttle revellers who plan to spend their holiday in the Indonesian capital city, the operator, PT KAI Commuter Jakarta (KCJ) announced on Monday
The Tahir Foundation has granted five double-decker buses to the Jakarta administration after the buses it donated one and a half years ago were not allowed to run due to their failure to meet the requirements stipulated in government regulations.
