Replacement 3-in-1 system sought<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): As the three-in-one policy in restricted areas
\nhas only created a problem with traffic jockeys, the city
\nadministration is now looking for a new, more suitable system to
\nhandle traffic congestion during rush hours, an official said on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
\"Governor Sutiyoso has ordered a review of the policy as it
\nhas only attracted children to serve as three-in-one traffic
\njockeys,\" head of the City Traffic and Land Transportation Agency
\nBuyung Atang told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
\"We have detained more than 1,200 jockeys and fined more than
\n1,400 drivers. Yet, the jockeys keep returning and the drivers
\ncontinue using them,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said his agency had conducted research for the past three
\nweeks by temporarily revoking the policy in an effort to
\ncalculate the number of private vehicles passing the restricted
\nzones.<\/p>\n
\"We didn't announce the provisional revocation of the policy
\nas it would hamper our evaluation. Everyone would then pass
\nthrough the restricted zones,\" he said, while insisting that the
\npolicy was still in effect.<\/p>\n
\"Even without a public announcement, the number of cars
\nentering the zones has jumped about 200 percent,\" he added.<\/p>\n
He said there were about 89,000 private vehicles passing
\nthrough the restricted streets per week before the policy was
\nrevoked. Now, the number has jumped to 180,000.<\/p>\n
He dismissed speculation that the city administration would
\nrevoke the policy and impose a sticker system to overcome traffic
\ncongestion.<\/p>\n
\"There's no such plan. We're just evaluating the three-in-one
\npolicy. The rest is up to the governor,\" Buyung said.<\/p>\n
He admitted, however, that there was a 1998 Presidential
\nDecree No. 50 which allowed the city administration to impose a
\nsticker system.<\/p>\n
\"The governor listened to residents opposed to the sticker
\nsystem and continued with the three-in-one policy,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The sticker system drew opposition from many areas, including
\nthe Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI).<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso said earlier on Tuesday that with the sticker system
\nthe city administration would secure revenues to subsidize public
\ntransportation expenditures.<\/p>\n
\"The money collected from stickers could be spent to subsidize
\nthe transportation owners' expenditures or to buy new buses,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"The current condition of our public transportation is very
\nbad. Look at those buses of the state-owned PPD bus company,\" he
\nadded.<\/p>\n
Separately, deputy chairperson of YLKI, Agus Pambagio
\nregretted Sutiyoso's decision to secretly revoke the
\nadministration's three-in-one policy.<\/p>\n
\"The policy is a public policy, in which the public took part
\nin the planning and execution stages. Therefore, any instruction
\nor revocation should also be made public,\" said Agus on the
\nsidelines of a seminar at the Ministry of Transportation
\nbuilding.<\/p>\n
He lashed out at the governor, accusing him of lacking
\nsensitivity to the people's interests.<\/p>\n
\"The decision has caused a great impact on jockeys since they
\nwill lose their jobs,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"It will increase criminal activities on the street because
\njobless jockeys may commit crimes on the street,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Agus demanded that the city administration make an
\nannouncement to end the confusion whether the policy was still in
\neffect or not.<\/p>\n
\"We only read it in the media. The decision should be made
\npublic to end confusion,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He supported the plan to replace the three-in-one policy, but
\nsuggested a thorough discussion before deciding a new system.<\/p>\n
\"We should publicly discuss the liability of the recently-
\nproposed sticker system before the administration puts the policy
\ninto effect,\" he said. (asa\/nvn)<\/p>",
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