ARI Wiyono Pratomo had been sitting idly for hours in the Komdak bus stop in Jalan Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta, holding two TransJakarta feeder bus ticket booklets, and not a single ticket had been sold. "Feeder buses are already operational but no one has bought the tickets," said Pratomo, the ticket salesperson on duty last week.

In fact, there were many public transport passengers milling about at the bus stop that afternoon. But for some reason