Operators provide busway feeders

JAKARTA: Three bus operators have agreed to become official feeders for the busway operating from Blok M in South Jakarta to Kota in West Jakarta.

TransJakarta busway management spokesman Anjar Aedi said on Wednesday that the three operators were state-owned PPD, Mayasari Bakti and Steady Safe.

"Passengers can now use feeder service tickets ... The bus operators will warn crews who reject the tickets," he said, adding that the agreement had been reached in a meeting between the busway management, the City Transportation Agency and the bus operators.

Although the busway established an integrated ticketing system with feeder buses earlier this year, bus crews have been reluctant to accept feeder service tickets, preferring cash from passengers.

Anjar announced that the number of busway passengers had increased by some 400 per day since the transportation agency scrapped 12 city bus routes along the corridor last week. -- JP