Director Of Transjakarta Apologizes, Promises There Will Be Improvements To The Internal System

TransJakarta President Director Mochammad Yana Aditya apologizes during a press conference/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The series of TransJakarta bus accidents that often occur recently has made the DKI Jakarta Regional Owned Enterprise (BUMD), PT Transport Jakarta (TransJakarta) apologize to the public.

"On behalf of the Board of Directors of PT TransJakarta, I apologize for the accidents on Thursday and Friday," said TransJakarta President Director Mochammad Yana Aditya during a press conference in East Jakarta, Saturday, December 4.

Which explains, current management is trying to make improvements, including carrying out a thorough audit in collaboration with the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT).

He explained that the audit covered aspects of road and traffic conditions, driver and driving conditions, then the fleet which included care and maintenance as well as improving the occupational safety and health management system.

On the other hand, TransJakarta management took preventive steps by stopping operations for the two operators who had accidents with a total fleet of 119 units from Steady Safe and 110 units from Mayasari Bhakti.

With the temporary suspension, his party ensures that it will not interfere with operations because it will relocate several vehicles.

"We have enough fleets to serve the routes where the operations of the two operators are not downgraded. We can relocate several vehicles. In this case, we have counted the existing bus vehicles," he said.

As for per day, the average number of operating fleets reaches around 3,500 TransJakarta bus fleets in collaboration with 17 operator partners.

During the stoppage of operations, he continued, the two operators must thoroughly inspect the fleet, including brakes, steering systems, engines, and transmission systems.

In addition, check the physical and mental health of all drivers and improve standard driving procedures.

Even though there have been successive incidents, this BUMD DKI still believes that people will still believe in using TransJakarta.

As of last Friday, he continued, TransJakarta served around 505,000 per day, which is one of the highest daily achievements.

In a period of 40 days, there were at least five accidents, namely at the Cawang Bus Stop, East Jakarta, which left two people dead, namely the driver and passenger of the TransJakarta bus.

Apart from Cawang, there was also a bus fire incident in Senen, Central Jakarta and a single accident in Gandaria, South Jakarta and most recently on Thursday in front of the Cililitan Wholesale Center (PGC) and a single accident near the Senayan Jakarta Roundabout Bus Stop, on Friday, December 3rd, yesterday.