'Buses should only stop at bus stops'<\/p>\n
The Jakarta administration plans to construct a monorail and
\nexpand the busway system, yet it still has not completed an
\nevaluation of the four-month-old Blok M to Kota busway route.
\nAnother thing the administration has not done is work up a grand
\ndesign for the transportation system in the capital. The Jakarta
\nPost talked to residents about the issue.<\/p>\n
Matthew, 30, is an Australian who works in the business
\ndistrict in Central Jakarta. He has worked in Indonesia for two
\nyears and lives in Karet, Central Jakarta:<\/p>\n
Private vehicle owners in Jakarta should be made to pay a tax
\nfor the congestion they cause in the city. It should be used to
\nsubsidize the construction of public transportation, because it
\nis in the interest of everybody to get people to travel around
\neasily.<\/p>\n
There should be a designated bus lane on artery roads in
\nJakarta. It need not have a concrete lane divider. A line painted
\non the roads should be enough and the police should ticket
\nvehicles other than buses that use the lane.<\/p>\n
The priorities should be upgrading buses and making designated
\nbus lanes. The police should get the buses to not stop anywhere
\nbut at bus stops. That way, we can speed up public
\ntransportation.<\/p>\n
A monorail is not a good idea because it is so expensive. We
\ndon't want to make public transportation for those who can
\nalready afford to have private vehicles.<\/p>\n
Hotma Roni Simamora, 30, is a freelance photographer. He lives
\nin Rawamangun, East Jakarta, with his mother and sisters:<\/p>\n
Does the Jakarta administration have a master plan for
\ntransportation? It did not seem so in the past. For example, the
\nunderpass on Jl. Pramuka in East Jakarta, which I pass
\nfrequently, simply moves the bottleneck to another place.<\/p>\n
What I read in the newspaper suggested that the busway in
\nBogota, where we got the idea from, is very different from the
\none we have here. Therefore, I am not confident that the busway
\nwill prove to be effective.<\/p>\n
Transportation problems in Jakarta are too complex and have
\nmany aspects. And, as usual, we only solve one problem by
\ncreating another one in the process.<\/p>\n
--The Jakarta Post<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/buses-should-only-stop-at-bus-stops-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }