The Busway Money Pit
The Jakarta government directly appointed busway operators in six corridors. And bus operator consortiums determined cost components without clear guidelines. Consequently, operating buses on six special lanes stretching 83 kilometers demolished the province’s expenditure budget. Based on Tempo’s investigation, losses were no less than a staggering Rp122 billion—the equivalent of 102 TransJakarta buses.
June 23, 2009
FOUR buses were heading swiftly to Manggarai, South Jakarta, one Thursday morning. In convoy, they accelerated towards Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta. On their front window panes are the number 4, indicating that their operation area was corridor IV. The route for this corridor was Dukuh Atas through Pulogadung, East Jakarta. Nearing the final stop the largebodied vehicles escaped their lanes. They cut through the roads just like any other public tr
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