GPS trial for busway routes

GPS trial for busway routes

JAKARTA: The Jakarta administration said over the weekend that
it would collaborate with the Japan Transportation Consultants
Association (JTCA) to test the use of the Global Positioning
System (GPS) on buses operating on the Blok M, South Jakarta-Kota
and West Jakarta busway routes.

"The new system will be a big improvement over the walkie-
talkies we currently use to run and control busway operations,"
Deputy Governor Fauzi Bowo told reporters at City Hall.

Fauzi said the system would enable the busway operator to
better control the speed of and distances between the buses
through the monitoring screen.

Fauzi, however, did not give any details of the project cost
or when the tests would be conducted. --JP.