Transjakarta And Operator Partners Sign MoU Switch To Electric Bus

JAKARTA - PT Transport Jakarta (Transjakarta) together with partner operators signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to make the Jakarta Langit Biru program a success by switching to electric buses.

Head of the Corporate Secretary and Public Relations Division of PT Transportation Jakarta, Angelina Betris, explained that the signing of the MoU was carried out by PT Transjakarta President Director M Yana Aditya and the main directors of all major bus operator partners at PT Transjakarta Head Office, Cawang, East Jakarta, Thursday, 11. November.

"We invite operator partners to make the Jakarta Langit Biru program a success and this MoU is the first step towards that transition," Betris said as quoted by Antara.

With the signing, the promise of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov) to provide clean air through the Blue Sky Jakarta Program will soon be realized.

Transjakarta as one of the development agents of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is committed to realizing the vision of the Governor of DKI Jakarta by starting to switch to electric buses.

Transjakarta as a DKI Jakarta BUMD in the transportation sector has also begun to prepare various preparations needed to operate electric buses.

The preparation includes, testing with the Brand Holder Agent (APM) to other needs needed when it is officially operated.

The hope is that all conventional fleets will gradually change to electric-based fleets by 2030.

"Everything is in process, the plan is that by the end of this year there will be 30 units of electric buses that will start serving the people in DKI Jakarta. Hopefully the preparations can go well and smoothly, so that they can serve the community as expected," said Betris.