Semarang City Government Employees Must Take Public Transportation Every Tuesday, From June 8 To July 6
JAKARTA - Semarang Mayor Hendrar Prihadi requires city government employees to use public transportation or online when traveling every Tuesday, June 8 to July 6, 2021.
The mayor, who is familiarly called Hendi, said in a press release in Semarang on Sunday that apart from Semarang City Government employees, the appeal to use public transportation every Tuesday also applies to the general public.
He explained that the policy of Public Transportation Day every Tuesday for about a month is one of the activities to welcome Environment Day which falls on June 5, 2021.
"We urge the general public to use public transportation or online every Tuesday during this time, for city government employees it is mandatory," Hendrar said as quoted by Antara, Monday, May 31.
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According to him, this policy was implemented in the spirit of reducing the use of private vehicles.
He hopes that public and online transportation business actors will support the implementation of the policy.
He welcomes if these public transportation business actors prepare innovations and promotions in the success of this policy.
In addition, he also asked public transportation business actors to strengthen the application of health protocols in the services they provide.