Dangerous busway ramps

Dangerous busway ramps

From Media Indonesia

The Jakarta administration is praiseworthy for braving its various controversial plans, including the trans-Jakarta busway project. The bus stops built for this new mode of transportation are good enough, but sadly, the cross bridges for pedestrians are still without canopies.

When it was raining hard (as on Feb. 3), I saw a lot of people get utterly soaked on one of the bridges, and a woman almost fell as she walked along the path, made slippery by the rain.

In a recent morning program of private TV station RCTI, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso promised to build canopies for all busway cross bridges. Now how about your pledge, Mr. Governor? Please remember that a promise means a debt.

WURI S. WIDIASTUTI Jakarta