Busway monopoly

Busway monopoly

From Kompas

The plan to add more busway lanes to the existing ones in
Jakarta should be greeted with ambivalence. On one hand, busway
services offer comfort to some groups of citizens while on the
other, the service will potentially increase traffic congestion.

Many roads are already severely jammed even without busway
lanes, so there is the impression that for the comfort of certain
groups the interests of the majority are sacrificed.

In addition, the use of public roads by the busway system is a
form of monopoly, unless new roads are especially built for this
purpose. In this era of democracy monopolies are of course
improper.

Therefore, the body supervising business competition should be
alerted to prevent the busway from working against the public
interest.

DHARMA K. WIDYA
Jakarta