Real purpose of Jakarta busway

Real purpose of Jakarta busway

From Warta Kota

Jakarta's busway project creates the impression of haphazard planning, with its purpose becoming even more obscure, while its delay has increased the cost to Rp 118 billion.

The busway, which will ply the Blok M to Kota route, is financed by the Jakarta regional budget and slated for operation at the end of 2003.

The statement by Suripno, director of transportation system development at the Ministry of Communications, that the busway would serve only temporarily, pending completion of the Jakarta subway project, strengthens suspicion about the lack of proper planning.

Meanwhile, the questionable subway is followed by the emergence of Jakarta's monorail project. So what is the busway really for?

HINDUN S. Jakarta