Questionable bus project

Questionable bus project

The Jakarta administration, as its regional secretary Fauzi Bowo has said, will launch a new project in attempts to solve the traffic problems stretching from Blok M to Kota. With construction costs estimated at Rp 54 billion, a bus way will cross the city from the south to the north.

The Jakarta administration must understand the current bus conditions in the city before giving lofty promises to consumers. Special bus lanes were provided in the past but they were ineffective as many drivers violated the regulation. City regulations, if any, would be useless without officers supervising road users.

Will this bus way really be a solution? Or, is this merely a big project without strong arguments for it, supporting data and comprehensive research?

This would mean that whether the project is appropriate or will even run will be the burden of the next governor -- what's at stake now is that the project is realized and that funds can be disbursed. Or more importantly that a deal with the private party involved in the project can be secured.

-- Warta Kota, Jakarta