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View all search resultsIn a city known for its monstrous traffic, “zombies” are rising up in a scary bid to get more people to use public transport. That’s the hope of Jakarta’s LRT (light rapid transit) operator, which has turned a train and station into the setting of a bloody zombie apocalypse, with real passengers invited to the show.
Recent emergence of youths from Jakarta’s satellite cities idling in crowds to bask in the capital’s downtown glory is a phenomenon experts described as a sign of “public thirst” for more inclusive public spaces.
Call it the pursuit of "modernization" or the modern esthetic, but public spaces filled with facilities, structures and other ar elements that make them unaccommodating to the end-user (that would be us, the public) aren't fulfilling their basic function, never mind inclusiveness.
Since the Jakarta administration started easing the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to curb the COVID-19 outbreak, large numbers of residents in Jakarta and surrounding areas have begun flocking to the commuter train service again, creating long queues and packing train stations.
State-owned enterprises minister rewarded commuter train cleaner Mujenih and security guard Egi Sandi with insurance policies, free internet quota and electronic money worth of hundreds of millions of rupiah for their services in returning Rp 500 million in cash found on a train.
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