Busway project to start January

JAKARTA: Buses will be trialed in the first week of next year on the controversial, yet-to-be completed busway running from Blok M, South Jakarta, to Kota, West Jakarta, an official says.

City Transportation Agency systems development head DA Rini said on Friday that a Japanese Hino bus and a German-made Mercedes bus would ply the 12-kilometer route but will not take passengers.

"We will see what kind of bus is suitable for the project," Rini was quoted by the city-owned news website beritajakarta.com..

Governor Sutiyoso earlier said the city may use Hungarian-made Icarus buses as the company had offered an attractive cooperation proposal.--JP