Study to focus on night transportation<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The City Traffic and Land Transportation Control
\nAgency (DLLAJ), in cooperation with various transportation
\ncompanies, will research night transportation in an effort to
\nrestructure nightly bussing operations.<\/p>\n
The chief of the Department of Public Transportation
\nOperations, Juhdi, told reporters yesterday that research has
\nbeen prompted due to the fact that night routes served by several
\nfirms at present are not profitable.<\/p>\n
\"We are hoping that the research will show which routes are in
\nneed of night service because up to now, the transportation
\ncompanies assigned by the city administration to provide such
\nservices are not operating effectively,\" Juhdi said.<\/p>\n
He said that most of these companies are only operating three
\nvehicles per route every night.<\/p>\n
He explained that the research will be done by counting
\npassengers in bus shelters and terminals from Dec. 12 to 17.
\nDLLAJ plans to train data collectors from bus companies such as
\ncity-owned bus company PPD, Mayasari Bakti and Bianglala on Dec.
\n5.<\/p>\n
\"The research is aimed at finding the exact routes and number
\nof people who require night transportation services. Then the
\noffice will decide the number of vehicles to be operated,\" Juhdi
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The city administration began providing transportation for
\npeople who work the night-shift in hopes of controlling the
\nunauthorized 12-seat minivans with blackened license plates,
\nwhich dominate night transport services and are prohibited as
\npublic transit vehicles.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, according to the latest evaluation conducted by
\nDLLAJ, many transportation companies are reluctant to run their
\nfleets at night because they cannot cover their operation costs.<\/p>\n
Juhdi explained that his office has issued permits for night
\nbuses on 57 routes and official minivans on 12 routes. By
\ncomparison, the office has issued permits for 359 routes serving
\nday passengers.<\/p>\n
He said that at night PPD operates 15 routes, Mayasari Bakti
\n18 routes, Bianglala one, Anion two, Himpurna three, Metro Mini
\n11, Kopaja six and Kopami one.<\/p>\n
The data provided by the office shows that from the 57
\nexisting routes only 18 are fully served. Sixteen of the 18
\nroutes are served by the private-owned bus company Mayasari Bakti
\nand the remainder by PPD.<\/p>\n
\"All companies have been ordered to operate regularly on their
\nroutes beginning Dec. 5 as preparation of the research,\" Juhdi
\nadded. (yns)<\/p>",
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