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        "id": 1777331,
        "msgid": "mti-urges-government-to-address-transport-safety-issues-before-tragedies-recur-1780304767",
        "date": "2026-06-01 14:47:35",
        "title": "MTI Urges Government to Address Transport Safety Issues Before Tragedies Recur",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "bisnis",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Transport Society (MTI) has called for urgent government action to improve transport safety, stressing that current approaches only respond after incidents rather than preventing them. With over 100 daily fatalities and systemic failures in infrastructure, operations, and safety standards, the organisation warns that proactive measures are more cost-effective than post-accident responses.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, VIVA \u2013 The Indonesian Transport Society (MTI) argues that\ntransport safety should be built through three aspects: education,\nengineering, and enforcement. However, in Indonesia, the system only\nresponds after incidents occur rather than proactively preventing them.\nMTI advisory council member Djoko Setijowarno stated that this is not\nmerely a momentary oversight but a reflection of the state\u2019s negligence\ntowards road transport safety. \u201cMore than 100 people die daily from\naccidents in Indonesia, mainly on roads,\u201d Djoko said in a statement on\nMonday, 1 June 2026. He added that these figures are not from a single\nviral tragedy but from accumulated daily accidents often overlooked. \u201cSo\nfar, there appears to be no positive development in road transport\nsafety; instead, there is a gradual increase,\u201d he said. The recent\nBekasi Timur train incident is the latest evidence of systemic failure.\nNearly a month later, the National Transportation Safety Committee\n(KNKT) still lacks a detailed chronology and factual data. Although the\ninvestigation is ongoing, the pattern of the problem is already\nemerging. The Bekasi Timur tragedy did not stem from a single error but\nfrom layered failures that could have been prevented due to human\nnegligence, faulty infrastructure, suboptimal operational systems, and\nthe absence of safety standards during emergencies. Djoko stressed that\nthis reflects a lack of significant improvement in Indonesia\u2019s road\ntransport safety, which is even showing an increasing accident trend.\n\u201cPrevention is cheaper than post-accident handling,\u201d he said. The\nincident, which claimed many lives, has not only drawn public attention\nand empathy for victims but also highlighted Indonesia\u2019s suboptimal\ntransport safety standards. The challenge is growing more complex as\nsafety standards fail to keep pace with high public reliance on daily\ntransport. BPS data shows hundreds of thousands of passengers using\ntrains daily throughout 2025. Meanwhile, over 300,000 buses operate on\nroads, and 145 million motorcycles dominate movement across Indonesia.\nAt this scale, a single safety gap can turn into a mass tragedy within\nseconds. Tulus Abadi, chairman of the Forum Konsumen Berdaya Indonesia,\nstressed that risk mitigation cannot rely solely on user behaviour.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mti-urges-government-to-address-transport-safety-issues-before-tragedies-recur-1780304767",
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