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View all search resultsRail commuters face a reduction in service as Commuter Line service operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) plans to retire 10 trains due to old age this year, while the importation of used Japanese trains has been met with resistance from the Industry Ministry.
The government will discontinue subsidies for commuter line train (KRL) tickets for middle- to upper-income passengers, in a bid to reduce the burden on the state budget, while allowing policymakers to target the funds for lower- to middle-income users, as well as less favored regions.
In 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.
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