Traffic crackdown nets 109 bus crews

Traffic crackdown nets 109 bus crews

JAKARTA (JP): The chief of the South Jakarta office of the
City Land Transportation Control Agency, Bubung Burhana,
announced that a total of 109 bus crews were netted during a
recent traffic crackdown on public transit vehicles in that
mayoralty.

"Of the 109 buses, 48 belong to the Metro Mini transportation
company and 29 to the Kopaja transit service. The crews of the
buses will be brought to court soon on charges of breaching
traffic discipline," Bubung told reporters over the weekend.

He said that the operation was fully supported by South
Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko.

Pardjoko himself, together with agency officials, personally
joined the operation on Thursday and supervised traffic flow on
Jl. Tarunajaya, where his office is located. The mayor gave stern
warnings to bus crews who were not wearing their uniforms while
on duty.

Bubung said that since President Soeharto launched the
National Discipline Movement on National Awakening Day, May 20,
he has taken stern measures against any of his subordinates found
imposing unauthorized fees on bus crews at inter-city bus
terminals, including those at Lebak Bulus, Pasar Minggu and Blok
M.

On Monday, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja vowed that he would wipe
out the rampant collection of illegal levies at inter-city bus
terminals throughout the capital. The governor said that
officials of the city administration would not tolerate the
unchecked growth of such practices.

Surjadi made the remarks in response to reports that the
collection of unauthorized fees was still rampant at the vehicle
testing centers and at bus terminals.

The illegal fee collection reportedly involves not only
brokers, but also officers of the agency. (31)