10 Years Of Jokowi's Leadership, Six Type A Terminals And 44 Ferry Ports Have Been Built

President Joko Widodo. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation through the Directorate General of Land Transportation revealed that during the 10 years of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration, a number of land transportation infrastructures had been built.

Now, mainland Indonesia is increasingly connected.

"From 2015 to 2024, we have built 6 Type A Terminals and 44 ferry ports," said Director General of Land Transportation, Inspector General of Police Risyapudin Nursin, Monday, October 7.

In addition, said Risyapudin, President Jokowi's government has also revitalize or rehabilitate 53 Type A Terminals and 54 ferry ports.

"Thus for 10 years there are 157 land transportation infrastructures," he said.

Risyapudin said the construction of Type A Terminals and ferry ports was spread throughout Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke with services accompanied by digitalization.

In addition to a number of infrastructure achievements, Risyapudin also explained various connectivity service achievements such as pioneering road transportation which is now present with 322 routes.

The average percentage growth of the Perintis Road Transport route network from 2015 to 2024 is 1.48 percent. This service is certainly very useful because it connects isolated areas or areas that have not developed with urban areas, so it is hoped that it will encourage economic growth in Remote, Frontier, Outermost and Border (3TP) areas," he explained.

In the crossing sector, he continued, there is also a pioneer crossing service that has been served by 269 routes with 104 pioneer ferry boats.

In the last 5 years, the average percentage of track growth is 4.77 percent and the percentage of ship growth per year is 4.54 percent.

In line with that, he said, the Directorate General of Land Transportation also continues to improve connectivity in urban areas by providing Buy The Service services, namely urban transportation services provided by the government by buying every kilometer of transportation services carried out by operators.

"With this scheme, the government provides subsidies so that tariffs are set cheaper according to economic costs and people's purchasing power," he said.

"The implementation of Buy The Service is a manifestation of the implementation of Law no. 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation which mandates that the government and local governments are responsible and must ensure the availability of public transportation in accordance with their respective authorities," he continued.

From its existence from 2020 to 2024, he continued, Teman Bus has served the people in Medan, Palembang, Bali, Solo, Yogyakarta, Banyumas, Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar, Banjarmasin, and Balikpapan with 817 bus units and 54 passenger cars.

More than 71 million people have benefited from the Teman Bus service.

"Based on the results of a survey by the Directorate General of Land Transportation on Teman Bus customers in 10 cities, most people feel that there is a savings in transportation costs per month of 30 to 70 percent. This shows that BTS services are able to contribute in responding to the needs of the community," he added.

Not to forget, he continued, every year the Directorate General of Land Transportation is also present to help people who want to enjoy the moment of Eid with their families in their hometowns with the Lebaran Transportation Free Homecoming Program.

The provision of free homecoming and return flow transportation is carried out from and to cities that are the favorites of most people, such as Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, East Java, parts of Sumatra, and Kalimantan.

"This program aims to improve the safety and comfort of travelers and reduce the risk of fatality of accidents on the highway, and as an effort to unravel traffic congestion due to reduced travelers using private vehicles," he said.