Jakarta Sets $0.7 for One Journey with Public Transport

TheIndonesia.co - The Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) approved Rp10 thousand or US$0.7 for one journey including three connections of public transportation modes: the bus system TransJakarta, Jakarta MRT, and Jakarta LRT. Currently, Jakarta MRT sets a different tariff system from other modes of transportation.

"(Jakarta DPRD's) Commission B approved the tariff, as it supports the integration of transportation modes," Commission B Chairman Ismail stated here on Tuesday, June 7, 2022.

Ismail noted that the integration cost for the three public transportation modes will shift the pattern of people moving from one place to another, from using private vehicles to means of mass transportation. Although he agreed to the proposed tariff of Rp10 thousand, his side looked for an evaluation conducted every three months for a year.

 According to Ismail, the evaluation aims to comprehend the impact of integration tariffs on the people's interest in using mass transportation modes. 

Furthermore, Commission B also recommended the Jakarta Provincial Government and its regional-owned enterprises (BUMD) in the mass transportation services record the number of tariff integration customers, separated on the basis of residents and non-residents of Jakarta, as proven by their IDs. 

Ismail pointed out that the integration tariff will be made free to 16 community groups in Jakarta. The 16 community groups include Jakarta's civil servants, retired Jakarta civil servants, Jakarta contract workers, and recipients of the Jakarta Plus Card (KJP), he remarked.

Moreover, he noted that the groups comprised certain private employees, flat residents, residents holding Seribu Islands ID, poor people receiving free rice, members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police, veterans, people with disabilities, elderly people, as well as keepers of mosques, musala (prayer building), and early childhood education centers (PAUD), mosquito larva observers (Jumantik), to the Family Welfare Development (PKK) members.

 Although his side had approved the proposal, Ismail said it was still not final and required inputs from the legislative and executive members.