Commuters want more buses

Commuters want more buses

Dozens of commuters working for government agencies and
private firms in the city are complaining of having difficulties
getting buses in the afternoon due to a lack of city buses plying
the Tanah Abang-Bekasi route.

"We have to wait for an hour or more for the bus to come,"
said a Bekasi woman working for a private company on Jl. MH
Thamrin, adding that the lack of city buses was felt after the
state-owned bus company PPD decided to change the operation of
its air-conditioned buses from Tanah Abang-Bekasi to the Tanah
Abang-Kota route.

The Tanah Abang-Bekasi route is now served only by the
Mayasari Bhakti express buses.

Suprapto, 34, another Bekasi resident working in Jakarta,
agreed there is a problem.

Suprapto said he not only spends more time on the road but
also pays more for travel expenses because he must to take a bus
from Jl. MH Thamrin to Cawang, East Jakarta, and then change
buses there. (has)