Ojol Tariffs Rise 8 Percent, Ministry Of Transportation: If Higher Market Foods Can Shift

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) of the Directorate General of Land Transportation has officially increased the rate of online motorcycle taxis or ojol.

The tariff adjustment is carried out in line with the rising price of fuel oil (BBM).

The average increase is 8 percent for each zone.

Director of Road Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Suharto explained that his party increased the rate of ojol with an average of 8 percent based on a study conducted by the Transportation Policy Agency (BKT).

"This is roughly our consideration. But on the other hand, we also have to balance the current regular service. Is it an angkot, bus, and so on or including taxis. We will try to balance it," he said in a virtual press conference, Wednesday, September 7.

Furthermore, Suharto explained, the reason why the ojol rate was not raised was higher.

This is because it will affect the market share of the motorcycle number.

"If we are going to increase it higher than that (8 percent), then it is possible that later the market share of the ojol will shift to regular transportation," he explained.

Previously, the Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Hendro Sugiatno officially announced an increase in ojol tariffs. This new tariff will take effect three days after the determination or to be precise as of September 10 at 00.00 local time.

Hendro said the applicator was given three days to immediately adjust the price or new ojol tariff.

"For the issuance (of the latest Minister of Transportation) as of now, September 7th. So September 7 plus three days September 10, at 00.00 the new tariff has been applied. So three days after this decision was announced," said Hendro.

Hendro explained that the adjustment of service costs was carried out in the context of adjusting several service components such as fuel, MSMEs and other service calculation components.

"So the calculation of the components of online motorcycle taxi service costs includes direct costs and indirect costs," he said.

Increase in Tariffs Based on Zoning

Hendro said the provisions for this online motorcycle taxi tariff were divided into three zones, namely Zone I, namely Sumatra, Java non Jabodetabek, and Bali. Zone II is Jabodetabek. Zone III is Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua.

Furthermore, Hendro said that the cost of online motorcycle taxi services in 2022 was decided, for Zone I, the lower limit rate was Rp. 1,850 to Rp. 2,000, an increase of 8 percent. Meanwhile, the upper limit is from Rp. 2,300 to Rp. 2,500, an increase of 8.7 percent.

"So (the tariff) is at least (first 4 km) Rp. 8,000 to Rp. 10,000 for that for Zone I," he explained.

For Zone II, from KP 548 in 2020, the lower limit rate from Rp2,250 to Rp2,550. Meanwhile, the upper limit rate is from Rp2,650 to Rp2,800.

Thus, the minimum service fee with a service fee range of between Rp. 9,000 to Rp. 10,500 increased to Rp. 10,200 to Rp. 11,200.

Zone III is the lower limit rate from Rp2,100 to Rp2,300. Meanwhile, the upper limit rate is from Rp2,600 to Rp2,750.

For the minimum service fee with a service fee range of between Rp. 7,000 to Rp. 10,000, it will increase to Rp. 9,200 to Rp. 11,000.