Organda proposes private terminal

Organda proposes private terminal

JAKARTA: The Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda)
is proposing the construction of an integrated bus terminal as
the current terminals in Jakarta are inadequate and the
government has no money to construct a new one.

"As the current terminals cannot accommodate city buses, a
number of illegal terminals have sprung up in many parts of the
city," chairman of Organda Jakarta, Aip Syarifuddin told Antara
on Friday.

He said that the illegal bus terminals should not be allowed
to continue to operate as hoodlums take advantage of the
situation to extort money from drivers and they also worsen
traffic jams in many parts of the city.

According to him, the illegal terminals also disrupt the
system as drivers prefer to take passengers at the illegal ones
rather than spending a long time lining up at the official
terminals.

He said that Organda was willing to help the government in
tackling the problem, by developing an integrated bus terminal
under an effective management. --JP