Persons with Disabilities Welcome Sarinah Pedestrian Bridge Revitalisation, Call for Lift Maintenance

The Sarinah pedestrian bridge has been completed and revitalised. Catur, a person with disability, expressed satisfaction as access to public transport has become easier.

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung inaugurated the newly revitalised Sarinah pedestrian bridge on Monday, 2 March 2026. He subsequently interacted with wheelchair user Catur, who experienced firsthand the benefits of using the new bridge.

“For this location, I used to use the underpass before. Fortunately, there is now an elevated option and I tried it just now and it is accessible. My hope is that the lift doesn’t break down,” Catur said when asked by Pramono at the site.

Catur went on to say he is an active user of Jakarta’s public transport services. He stated that he has already provided feedback to Pramono directly regarding pedestrian bridge access across Jakarta.

“For example, there are several bus stops here. If I’m not mistaken, 55 stops are already accessible for people with disabilities, but the rest still have accessibility issues,” Catur said.

Additionally, he noted there remain many obstacles for persons with disabilities like himself when boarding buses from stops. This is because bus platforms are too high.

“I also provided feedback about MiniTrans—its stops and buses are still quite high. I hope there could be options with lower platforms, as it happens I live in Penggilingan and MiniTrans is too high,” he said.

“Eleven of us wheelchair users in my area have difficulty using the Transjakarta MiniTrans service. When we use Transjakarta, we have to go to Pulo Gadung first, then use the BRT buses,” he added.

For this reason, he hopes the Jakarta provincial government will listen to feedback directly from persons with disabilities. He expressed no concern about the implementation being gradual.

“I hope that the suggestions from myself, from the community, and from people with disabilities can be addressed, even if progress is incremental rather than immediate. At minimum, I hope that going forward, persons with disabilities can use public transport comfortably,” he said.