New firms invited to join busway consortium

New firms invited to join busway consortium

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

TransJakarta Busway Management (BP TransJakarta) says that firms
interested in taking part in the operation of the busway project
still have the chance to join consortium TransBatavia.

"The City Transportation Agency has granted four bus operators
whose routes are affected by new busway routes roles in the
operation of the busway, but will also leave other parts to new
companies wanting to participate in the project," Irzal Z. Djamal
said over the weekend.

BP TransJakarta is the board assigned by the city
administration to oversee the entire busway project.

The new companies, he said, would also be in charge of the
procurement of buses, like TransBatavia's role in the project.

"Ideally, the new busway routes will be served by 204 buses.
At least 126 buses will be purchased by four companies grouped in
the TransBatavia, while the remaining 78 will be provided by the
new companies," he said.

The four companies grouped in TransBatavia are PT Mayasari
Bakti with the lion's share of 50 percent in the consortium,
followed by Steady Safe with 23 percent, state bus company PPD
with 22 percent and PT Metromini with 5 percent.

After successfully launching the first 12.9-kilometer busway
route from Blok M in South Jakarta to Kota in West Jakarta early
last year, the administration has now finalized the development
of the second and third busway corridors.

The second corridor links a 14-kilometer route from Pulogadung
in East Jakarta to Harmoni in Central Jakarta, while the third is
19 kilometers in length, stretching from Harmoni to Kalideres in
West Jakarta.

The administration plans to develop 15 busway corridors by
2010.

Planned busway corridors

Pulogadung-Harmoni route:
- planned bus stops: 23 locations
- number of buses: 83 units
allocations:
- Mayasari Bakti: 26 units
- PPD : 11 units
- Steady Safe : 9 units
- Metromini : 5 units
- new operators : 32 units
- estimated passengers: 6,860 passengers/hour/two directions

Harmoni-Kalideres route:
- planned bus stops: 16 locations
- number of buses: 121 buses
allocations:
- Mayasari Bakti: 37 units
- Steady Safe : 21 units
- PPD : 17 units
- new operators : 46 units
- estimated passengers: 8,786 passengers/hour/two directions

Source: BP TransJakarta Busway Management