More women drivers to be recruited

More women drivers to be recruited

JAKARTA: Head of the TransJakarta management Irzal Djamal said
that 30 percent of buses running along busway corridors would be
manned by women drivers.

"It is part of our service improvement. Busway passengers will
be more comfortable because they are expected to be more gentle
in driving," Irzal said on Wednesday.

But he said the recruitment of women drivers would be carried
out in stages.

In accordance with the commemoration of Kartini Day on April
21, TransJakarta introduced 12 women drivers, three of whom are
already driving along the Blok M-Kota busway corridor in the
mornings, while nine others are still being trained.

Currently TransJakarta operates 60 buses along the corridor.

It plans to operate some 200 other buses on two other
corridors -- from Pulogadung in East Jakarta to Harmony and
Harmony to Kali Deres in West Jakarta. --JP