The Ministry of
transportation set target for procurement of 3,000 buses for developing mass
rapid transport in 2015-2019. The buses would be distributed to 33 provinces in
Indonesia. However the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system needed strong support from
all provincial Governments. The implementation of BRT could start with opening
special free lanes. If there was no special free lanes it was necessary to
manage parking, hawkers and street vendors, or limitation of private cars.
There were pre-conditions for BRT development, i.e. to
regularly serve on time and regulate buses to pass a corridor every 30 minutes,
20 minutes or 10 minutes. “but to realize such a proposition, the Government’s
support was needed” Yuyun Wahyuningrum, director of Urban Transportation System
Development, Ministry of Transportation, stated in Jakarta on Friday (31/7).
It was a pity Yuyun said, that not all local Governments
understood the benefit of urban transportation networking which supported goods
and passengers transportation. According to Yuyun, the Government needed
stimulus and illumination about urban mass transportation like BRT.
As known, the Ministry of Transportation had officially
begun assembling of 1,000 buses for BRT. Furthermore by 2019, 3,000 units of
buses would be distributed to all provincial capital cities except Jakarta. He
said that one of the cities having successfully managed urban mass
transportation was Solo. Like Jakarta, Solo had Batik Solo Trans (BTS) which
had been operating since 2014. Besides Palembang and Surabaya were beginning to
improve their city transportation system. In Surabaya, the transportation
system.
Some observers rated that the Government’s decision to
build Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) in some big cities
by this year was a big leap. The Government was not only thinking how to
develop minus villages on the borderline and empower the people. The Government
also wished to simultaneously make all big cities in Indonesia competitive
against cities of the world. The cities in Indonesia must be modern, safe,
comfortable, efficient and green.
Transportation expert Djoko Setijowarno recommended the
Central and Provincial cities in Indonesia to build bus-based public
transportation in the cities. BRT could be alternative solution to solve
traffic jams. Djoko said that BRT had many plus points such as cheaper
operational cost, maximum use or road surface, fast construction, low cost and
flexible.
Therefore Djoko said, it was necessary to persuade
Governors to accelerate realization of this program. He said that building of
BRT was right in times when public transportation in the cities was having
regress over the past 30 years. According to the Law of road Transport, local
authorities were obliged and responsible to provide public transportation which
was adequate and affordable by the people.
He said that public transportation which was worth
developing according to public need was BRT. This transportation system was
most appropriate of big cities like Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya etc. Some the
cities being successful in operating BRT was Jakarta which ran the Transjakarta
busway, Bandung with Trans Pakuan and Palembang with Trans Musi etc. Djoko
rated public transportation was today on the brink of bankruptcy. The
Government, with financial capacity from APBD or APBN budget could built BRT.
It would be nist ideal if the transportation mode could synergy fund from the
central and local Government. (SS)
Business New - August 5, 2015
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