JAKARTA History today, 10 years ago, 18 June 2015, the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) emphasized that TransJakarta buses are not wrong if there is an accident on their way. This view is because TransJakarta buses are similar to Indonesian Trains (KAI) which have their own lanes.
No one demands KAI if a victim is hit by a train. Previously, the presence of TransJakarta buses was considered a symbol of the progress of the times. This condition is because the public transportation initiated by Sutiyoso is popular with Jakarta residents.
There are no two images of Jakarta as a metropolitan city. Jakarta continues to improve itself to be one of the best cities in Asia. This condition has made all kinds of public transportation projects inflamed: busway, subway, monorail, and waterway.
The special government of the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Sutiyoso, is trying to build up that desire. He considers the construction of a busway to be a solution to congestion for Jakarta residents. The busway concept is considered to be able to make Jakarta residents move from private vehicles to public transportation.
TransJakarta buses operating on the busway were also present in 2004. The presence of the mode of transportation received a positive response from Jakarta residents. Recently, the TransJakarta bus fleet has increased. Likewise with the number of corridors. Users are also piled up.
New problems are starting to emerge. Accident cases on the busway line emerged after the Sutiyoso period of power. Victims usually those who carry two or four-wheeled vehicles enter the busway lane. There are also those who cross the road and pass through the busway lane.
As a result, they passed the busway lane and hit it. Some were injured. Some died. This condition has affected many busway drivers. They are considered reckless. In fact, not everything is as alleged. Take for example the case of a TransJakarta Bus hit a copaja in 2014.
"Our driver for the TransJakarta bus heading for PGC-Harmoni is fit, not tired or sleepy. Then after the incident, the Kopaja driver intends to run away, but our field officers can catch him. Currently the driver is taken to the Kebon Nanas Police, and until now it is still being processed."
"The accident occurred when the bus was traveling in the middle of Otista to Kampung Melayu. So it was separated from the Bidara Cina bus stop, from the front there was a kopaja that broke into the lane. So the bus from behind hit the Kopaja body," said the Head of Public Relations of PT Transjakarta, Sri Ulina Pinem as quoted by the COMPASS.com page, July 3, 2014.
The affairs of many accidents on the busway lane reached Ahok's ears. The Governor of DKI Jakarta from the 2014-2017 era remained silent. He has his own assessment regarding an accident on the busway route. He emphasized that accidents on the busway route could not be fully blamed on June 18, 2015.
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Even though there were injured and died. Ahok is of the view that the busway lanes are made special and exclusive, such as railroads. This privilege makes TransJakarta buses that can enter lanes and other vehicles in emergency conditions.
The rest are prohibited from entering. So, Ahok asked the public not to immediately accuse the driver of being wrong. Those who broke in were wrong because they endangered themselves. Ahok then hopes that there will be a revision of Law Number 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation.
"Do you know what the train hits people every day? The train has never been charged because there are regulations. If Transjakarta, motorbikes enter the busway and get hit, Transjakartanya is wrong, even though it's a special lane,"
"We want all railroad tracks to be raised up, so all of them are kites. For Transjakarta, we close the separator and the bus is installed with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)," Ahok said as quoted by the COMPASS.com page, June 18, 2015.
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