Until May 2022, The Passenger Transport Capacity Of BisKita Trans Pakuan Reached 77.19

Bogor City Transportation Agency officers and members of the Bogor City Police manage traffic during the BisKita Trans Pakuan trial in Bogor City, West Java. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation sees that the interest of the people of Bogor City in using the BusKita Trans Pakuan mass transportation service is increasing.

This is indicated by the continued increase in the load factor or average passenger carrying capacity of the Trans Pakuan BisKita, which in May 2022 had reached 77.19 percent.

Director of Transportation of the Jabodetabek Transportation Management Agency (BPTJ) Kemenhub Tatan Rustandi said the increase in the load factor of the Trans Pakuan BisKita tends to occur every month throughout the 2022 year.

In January 2022, the load factor was recorded at 43.8 percent and then increased in a row in February 2022 to 47.37 percent, in March 2022 60.78 percent, in April 2022 61.33 percent and in May 2022 it increased dramatically to 77.19 percent. .

Of the four service corridors of the Trans Pakuan BisKita, the data for the month of May 2022 shows that the corridor with the longest route connecting Bubulak Terminal to Ciawi was recorded to serve 131,703 passengers with the highest load factor among all corridors, which was 121.43 percent.

Meanwhile, the corridor with the Bubulak - Cidangiang Terminal route has served 97,987 passengers with a load factor of 80.19 percent.

Furthermore, the Ciparigi Terminal Corridor-Bogor Station during the month of May recorded a load factor of 76.14 percent or 93,425 passengers.

As for the total passengers of the Parung Banteng Terminal - Air Mancur Bogor corridor, the number of passengers reached 47,600 people with a load factor of 37.51 percent.

Tatan said, the significant increase in May 2022 is of course in line with the return of community activity and mobility as before the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, more than that, Tatan said that this proves that the people of Bogor City still believe in public transportation services.

"There are still a lot of people who return to carrying out busy activities like before the pandemic and choose public transportation, otherwise it would be impossible for BisKIta's load factor to increase that drastically," he said.

According to Tatan, the trust of the residents of the city of Bogor is very valuable in order to encourage the maximum use of public transportation and reduce private vehicles.

Still need improvement

In its development to date, said Tatan, the operation of the BisKita Trans Pakuan service still needs improvement.

One of them is the addition of stops and signs. Especially in the corridor of Parung Banteng Terminal - Bogor Fountain.

"The addition of this bus stop will further provide easier access for city residents, so that the number of passengers will be more optimal," said Tatan.

Therefore, Tatan really hopes that the Bogor City Government can pay attention to the need for the addition of this bus stop, considering that this is the authority of the Bogor City Government (Pemkot).

For your information, BisKita Trans Pakuan is a bus-based urban mass public transportation service (Bus Rapid Transit) in Bogor City launched by the Jabodetabek Transportation Management Agency (BPTJ) of the Ministry of Transportation.

This service is a form of central government subsidy with a Buy The Service (BTS) mechanism for the development of urban mass public transportation in Bodetabek where the City of Bogor was selected as the pilot project.

Since its launch in November 2021 until now, BisKita Trans Pakuan has served 4 corridors with a total bus fleet of 49 units.

In contrast to conventional subsidies, in the BTS mechanism, the Government does not provide support in the form of providing bus fleets.

However, the government compiles and establishes the concept of bus-based mass public transportation services (Bus Rapid Transit) with certain minimum service standards.

Furthermore, the implementation of this service is auctioned off to interested operators, where the operator who is selected and is able to meet the service standards set will be paid for by the government for its entire operation in rupiah per kilometer (km).

The Bogor City Government whose area was selected to be the pilot project has an obligation to support infrastructure (stops and signs), traffic engineering management and corridor security.

In addition, the Bogor City Government is also authorized to make policies that are push policies to encourage people in the city of Bogor to abandon private vehicles and switch to public transportation.