IN just one month the Jakarta government will unleash its controversial Busway system, or Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), in conjunction with an expanded 3-in-1 traffic policy. The project, which Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has adopted from the equally congested Colombian city Bogota, aims to combat Jakarta's unforgiving traffic jams by streamlining a fleet of new air-conditioned buses into a corridor across the city.

But, the Busway project has been