KSP: National Transportation System Bill to Unify Multimodal Transport Regulations
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) has revealed that the Draft Law on the National Transport System (RUU Sistranas) will serve as a binding agent for the national mass transit system.
“We see Sistranas, the draft Sistranas Law currently under deliberation, as being about strengthening regulation that binds together the national mass transit system,” said Acting Deputy IV of the KSP, Fadjar Dwi Wishnuwardhani, at a national seminar in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Fadjar said the KSP hopes the RUU Sistranas will eventually become an umbrella — not merely a binding agent, but a comprehensive umbrella for the development of the national transport system.
Regarding institutional strengthening, the KSP sees the Indonesian Transport Society (MTI) as one element with great potential to provide input and reinforcement, and perhaps ultimately to monitor the implementation of the regulation.
According to Fadjar, going forward Indonesia needs governance capable of strengthening collaboration between the central government, regional governments, operators, the business community, academics, and society.
“We also need integration between transport acceleration and spatial planning, residential areas, centres of economic activity, and metropolitan area development. Because good transport is now built with an area-based approach and the interests of the public in mind,” he said.
For context, the Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), has said the Draft Law on the National Transport System aims to integrate regulations governing multimodal transport in Indonesia.
As is widely known, he continued, there are land, sea, and air transport modes, including railways, which are expected to become increasingly integrated with a legal umbrella, so that they can truly deliver the best service to the public.
AHY emphasised that strengthening the national transport system is President Prabowo’s top priority for the next five years.
The government is committed to strengthening a more efficient and integrated national transport system. Indonesia’s transport system still faces challenges due to sectoral and partial management, meaning it is not yet fully integrated.
To that end, AHY stressed the importance of finalising the RUU Sistranas promptly as the legal foundation capable of unifying the various national transport modes, from railways and maritime shipping to aviation.