City to get more private buses

City to get more private buses

JAKARTA (JP): More than 100 new buses will start operating
in the city soon, Herman Tonglo Langi, head of the City Traffic
and Transportation Control Agency, said yesterday.

Ten of the new buses are owned by private company PT
Bianglala, 25 by PT Mayasari Bakti, 12 by Mastrans, 40 by Giri
Indah and the remaining 25 by the minibus cooperative KWK, Herman
said without giving details on the routes of the buses.

Herman said that all drivers of the new buses would attend a
training course to be held by his agency from April 25 to May 9.

"All expenses for the training course will be paid by the
drivers' companies," he said.

Herman told reporters that 51 new buses had begun operations
over the past few months.

Thirty five of the 51 buses are operated by PT Bianglala and
serve people traveling between downtown Kota in West Jakarta and
Ciledug in Tangerang and those commuting between Kota and Blok M
in South Jakarta. Eleven of the 51 buses are operated by the
city-owned bus company, PPD, and travel between Kampung Rambutan
in East Jakarta and Kota, while the remaining five are run by PT
Mayasari Bakti between Kampung Rambutan and Kalideres in West
Jakarta.

The latest additions are part of the 1,000 new buses to be
operated by both the PPD and private bus firms to transport the
increasing number of passengers in the city. (31)