DTKJ proposal: JakLingko Angkot is no longer free, passengers are proposed to pay Rp2,000 for microtransactions

JAKARTA - The JakLingko Microtrans or angkot service, which has been enjoyed for free, is proposed to no longer be free of charge. The Jakarta City Transportation Council (DTKJ) considers the Rp0 tariff policy to be no longer relevant because it makes it difficult to accurately capture passenger data.

DTKJ Chairman Sugihardjo explained that the policy of making Microtrans services free of charge was initially a trial to encourage people's travel connectivity from home to public transport stops or stations.

"Microtrans was actually yesterday in the form of a trial so that what, how the first mile and last mile is the way. So from home it's directly connected to BRT, non-BRT. Because the trial is Rp. 0, but it continues," said Sugihardjo to reporters, quoted Sunday, July 5.

Therefore, the DTKJ proposed that the Microtrans service be re-tariffed. However, the tariff amount is still made affordable so as not to burden the community.

In the proposed scheme, the public only has to pay Rp5,000 to use the Transjakarta service in the city in an integrated manner. The tariff includes transfers between services, both BRT, non-BRT, and Microtrans, without additional cost.

Meanwhile, passengers who only use Mikrotrans without continuing their journey to other Transjakarta services are proposed to be charged a fare of Rp2,000.

"We propose 2,000. Well, this is from not paying to paying," he said.

Sugihardjo assessed that the implementation of tariffs was also important to improve the accuracy of passenger data. Because, until now, the Rp0 tariff is considered to open a gap for the practice of repeated tap cards that do not reflect the actual number of passengers.

According to him, the cooperation contract between Transjakarta and the Mikrotrans operator contains the target number of passengers and service kilometers. This condition has the potential to encourage the emergence of unreal data when the public is not charged when tapping the card.

"Well, later with Rp. 2,000, I want to tap-tap, right? Yes, my money is running out, right. Well, the data is more real," he said.