Public vehicles permits suspended

Public vehicles permits suspended

JAKARTA: Head of the Jakarta Transportation Agency Rustam
Effendi said his office has suspended the operational permits of
at least 15 city buses and minivans for various violations.

Some of them operated on unofficial routes, some others
could not present complete documents, while the rest unlawfully
increased tariffs.

Rustam said the licenses were suspended following a three-day
operation that ended on Wednesday.

During the operation, 43 drivers were ticketed as their
vehicles were not equipped with necessary documents like
operational permits, control cards (issued by the company), and
roadworthiness certificates.

Rustam said his office will continue to monitor tariffs
imposed by city buses as there has been reports from people that
certain buses have arbitrarily raised the tariffs.

Some reports said that city buses serving the Bekasi-Tanjung
Priok route in North Jakarta and the Bekasi-Kampung Rambutan
route in East Jakarta have increased the tariffs from Rp 900 to
Rp 1,800. --JP