Bandung to get new bus lanes

BANDUNG: In efforts to deal with traffic problems, the Bandung administration will soon get 20 new bus lanes, an official said.

Bandung Mayor Dada Rosada said the bus lanes will be set up using a grant from the Ministry of Transportation, with the first busline planned for the southern outer ring road serving the Ciburi-Cibeureum route.

"We're using the outer ring road because the roads in the city center are too small for bus lanes," Dada said after signing a MoU for the bus lane project on Thursday.

Director General of Land Transportation, Iskandar Abu Bakar, said the bus lanes would be different from Jakarta's TransJakarta busway as they would not have exclusive bus lanes.

He said the earlier monorail plan was still out of reach due to the high costs, which were estimated to reach around US$400 million for 20 kilometers of the planned route. -- JP