The Ministry Of Transportation Gives 3 Days For Ojol Aplikator Run New Tariff Adjustments

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) of the Directorate General of Land Transportation has officially given an online motorcycle taxi operator (ojol) three days to adjust the new tariff.

As is known, the ojol rate has been set to increase on Saturday.

The Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Hendro Sugiatno said this service fee adjustment was made in order to adjust several service components such as fuel, UMR, and other service calculation components.

This provision is stated in the Decree of the Minister of Transportation Number KP 667 of 2022 concerning Guidelines for Calculation of Services Fees for the Use of Motorcycles that Are Used for Public Interests Implemented with Applications signed on September 7, 2022.

Hendro said, through the Decree of the Minister of Transportation recently, the latest calculation of online motorcycle taxi rates will officially take effect from the next three days after the determination or September 10, 2022, at 00.00 local time.

Therefore, Hendro asked the applicator to immediately adjust the new online motorcycle taxi tariff according to the decision he mentioned for a maximum of three days since this provision was issued.

"The timing of this increase is given 3 days from the date of this decision," he said in a virtual press conference, Wednesday, September 7.

Hendro claimed that the ojol applicator was ready to carry out this new tariff adjustment.

This is based on the communication made by the Ministry of Transportation with the applicator.

"So we have communicated with the application several times and for the past three days the agreement has also been made. The applicator is ready to run in three days. So it's not just our decision, but there has been readiness communication from the applicator," he said.

Previously, the Ministry of Transportation 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 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 explained 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 from Rp2,650 to Rp2,800. Thus, the minimum service fee with a range of service costs between Rp. 9,000 to Rp. 10,500 rose 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 from Rp2,600 to Rp2,750. Thus, the minimum service fee with a service fee range of between Rp7,000 to Rp10,000 rose to Rp9,200 to Rp11,000.

The Ministry of Transportation also lowered the cut of the online motorcycle taxi application (ojol) to 15 percent. Previously, the discount on ojol partners by the applicator was 20 percent.

"Meanwhile, the amount of indirect costs in the form of rental fees for the use of applications is set at a maximum of 15 percent. So there was a decrease yesterday, 20 percent," said Hendro.