No gas fuel for public buses, 'bajaj'

No gas fuel for public buses, 'bajaj'

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Transportation Agency head Rustam Effendy
Sidabutar said on Monday that due to the high cost of natural gas
fuel pumps -- Rp 14 billion (US$1.59 million) each, with a
capacity of 10 buses -- the city might not continue its gas-
fueled public transportation project.

He added that higher-capacity fuel pumps, which could
accommodate 100 buses, were priced at Rp 35 billion each. He also
said it would be difficult for state gas company PGN to find
investors.

The city had planned to replace the existing bajaj with new
models that use natural gas as fuel, and also provide gas-fueled
buses. However, the demand for natural gas fuel in the city is
still very low. Of 13 natural gas fuel pumps installed in
Jakarta, only three are working. -- JP