Anies: 2 STA Awards Are Proof Of Commitment To Transportation Development

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JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the achievement of the Sustainable Transport Award (STA) for two consecutive years is proof of the world's acknowledgment of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government's commitment to the development of an inclusive and sustainable public transportation system.

"This consecutive award is an acknowledgment of our tireless commitment to continuously improving and transforming the public transportation system," Anies said via the TEDx Talks YouTube channel, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 15.

Anies said previously Jakarta was the runner-up for the 2020 Sustainable Transport Award from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and the Sustainable Transport Committee for the best progress category in the field of public transportation.

Then in 2021, Jakarta managed to occupy first place in the 2021 Sustainable Transport Award.

"This year we are one step ahead by winning first place in the 2021 Sustainable Transport Award," he said.

Anies said that Jakarta is the largest megapolis in the southern hemisphere which is home to 11 million people and reaches 30 million people when added to the population in its buffer areas.

With the high number of people who will carry out mobility in the capital city, qualified public transportation is a fixed price that must be met by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

"So our public transportation system must meet the needs of a large, dynamic and busy city. So, we have made an inclusive, reliable and sustainable public transportation system a priority in the last four years," he said.

Jakarta won the award for successfully integrating all modes of transportation, both physically and in payment.

In addition, the arrangement of DKI Jakarta's public transportation facilities such as TransJakarta or the Integrated Moda Raya (MRT) Jakarta which is integrated with the Commuter Line train belonging to PT KAI is also a new milestone for the public transportation system in Jabodetabek.

DKI also received a transportation award for improving pedestrian access to available public transportation.

Jakarta has also succeeded in eliminating cities in the world that are competing in the STA event, such as Adis Ababa, Bogota, Auckland, Braga, Buenos Aires, Frankfurt, Sao Paulo, and so on.

The Sustainable Transport Award (STA) is an annual award given to cities that have demonstrated commitment, political will, and vision in the field of sustainable urban transportation for the past two years (18 months).

The spirit of the STA event is to celebrate cities with all their limitations insisting on realizing a fair and affordable transportation system for all citizens regardless of age, gender, economic and physical ability.

Jakarta is considered to have carried out an ambitious intermodal integration program for public transportation for the past few years.