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After two decades of service transporting Jakartans around the city, Jakarta-owned bus operator Transjakarta is aiming to move more passengers and also improve the sustainability of its operations through a reduced subsidy from the city to help millions more people navigate the capital's notorious traffic.
Jakarta saw two of the most awaited and long-overdue railway projects taking off in 2023: the Greater Jakarta light rail transit (LRT) and the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail (HSR) service dubbed Whoosh.
Jakarta’s plan to introduce targeted subsidies across the city’s three main modes of public transportation has drawn a bevy of mixed responses, with some experts lauding the move while others are vexed about potential data misuse.
The trial has been divided into two phases: the first for invited public officials and the press from Wednesday to July 26 and the second for registered members of public from July 27 to Aug. 17. The LRT will begin full operations on Aug. 18.
Rail 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.
As Jakarta resumes normal service in 2022 with the worst of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, the capital’s 10 million residents, plus 18 million more from the surrounding satellite cities, have found themselves dealing again with one of the city’s perennial problems: heavy traffic.
Jakarta is considering reimposing the odd-even license plate policy for private cars as traffic returns. But concerns have grown that the policy might force people to shift to public transportation, which could lead to passengers overcrowding the transit networks, increasing the risk of coronavirus transmission.
