Bogor to retain 'becak' on its roads
Bogor to retain 'becak' on its roads
BOGOR, West Java (JP): The Bogor authorities are to continue
to allow cheap transportation on the town's roads despite the
traffic congestion it causes.
"It's a complicated problem. On one hand these public vehicles
disrupt traffic, while on the other hand they help feed many
mouths," Usman Zakaria, the regent's second assistant told The
Jakarta Post over the weekend.
The official was responding to whether the town, which lies
about 60 kilometers south of Jakarta, would follow the capital's
policy of banning becak (tricycle taxis) and delman (two-wheeled
horse-drawn buggies).
Jakarta, which dumped its becak into the sea in the late
1980s, now only allows delman to operate in a few restricted
areas and plans to phase out bemo (motorized tricycles) soon.
"We have no plans to ban those three types of vehicle," Usman
said.
He argued that those vehicles will be phased out gradually
instead.
According to Usman there are currently only 50 bemo operating
in Bogor, and their licenses come up for renewal every six
months.
"If they are still feasible to operate, then those bemo will
be allowed to keep operating," he said.
The policy on the becak is to keep the current 996 becak from
increasing. "Forty percent of them only operate in the evenings,"
he said.
Even so, the administration also has a policy to reduce the
number of becak by withdrawing the operating licenses of drivers
caught violating traffic rules. (21/26)
BOGOR, West Java (JP): The Bogor authorities are to continue
to allow cheap transportation on the town's roads despite the
traffic congestion it causes.
"It's a complicated problem. On one hand these public vehicles
disrupt traffic, while on the other hand they help feed many
mouths," Usman Zakaria, the regent's second assistant told The
Jakarta Post over the weekend.
The official was responding to whether the town, which lies
about 60 kilometers south of Jakarta, would follow the capital's
policy of banning becak (tricycle taxis) and delman (two-wheeled
horse-drawn buggies).
Jakarta, which dumped its becak into the sea in the late
1980s, now only allows delman to operate in a few restricted
areas and plans to phase out bemo (motorized tricycles) soon.
"We have no plans to ban those three types of vehicle," Usman
said.
He argued that those vehicles will be phased out gradually
instead.
According to Usman there are currently only 50 bemo operating
in Bogor, and their licenses come up for renewal every six
months.
"If they are still feasible to operate, then those bemo will
be allowed to keep operating," he said.
The policy on the becak is to keep the current 996 becak from
increasing. "Forty percent of them only operate in the evenings,"
he said.
Even so, the administration also has a policy to reduce the
number of becak by withdrawing the operating licenses of drivers
caught violating traffic rules. (21/26)