Support The Mobility Of The G20 Summit Delegation In Bali, Ministry Of Transportation Ensures That Electric Buses Run Well

G20 electric bus/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) held a simulation of the movement of electric buses to support the mobility of delegates and G20 participants along with related ministries/agencies, namely the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Communication and Information, and the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs.

Secretary General of the Ministry of Transportation Novie Riyanto said that this simulation is to ensure that the electricity bus service at the time of the G20 Summit runs well and smoothly.

"We have also held a coordination meeting chaired by the Minister of Transportation. We have made a number of preparations and coordination for the operational arrangements for electric buses, a total of 41 units, both medium buses and large buses," said Novie Riyanto, quoting Antara, Sunday, November 13.

In addition to serving delegates from invited countries, said Novie, electric buses also serve the committee team and journalists covering the G20 activities.

He said that electric buses would serve movements from one point to another in Bali.

Some routes are served, namely from the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC) Apurva Kempinski Bali and the Lagoon FieldApurva Kempinski Bali for the delegates.

From Intercontinental Jimbaran to Apurva for the committee (Tem Sherpa), as well as from the Bali International Convention Center to Apurva, GWK, and Tahura Mangrove for journalists/media covering G20 activities.

For delegates, he said, as many as 12 electric buses will serve the movement to the event location, starting at 06.00 to 07.00 WITA from BNDCC and Lagoon to Apurva, with a headway or waiting time between bus arrivals between 5 to 10 minutes.

Novie said medium-sized electric buses can accommodate as many as 19 people and one driver, while large electric buses have a seat capacity of 50 passengers consisting of 26 seats, 23 standing, and 1 driver.

"In addition, we have alerted electric buses for services from Ngurah Rai Airport to the Nusa Dua area, Bali," he said.

He said that the provision of electric buses to support the Indonesian Presidency at the G20 came from a number of parties, including Red and White Electric Buses from the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Research and Technology, PT INKA and a number of universities, University of Indonesia, PT Indika Energi (Foxtron), PT Tentrem Sejahtera, PT Sinar, Globalindo fleet, PT Mobilindo Armada Cemerlang, and PT Car Anak Bangsa.

Based on data from the Ministry of State Secretariat (Kemensetneg), in general the Government has prepared 1,452 electric vehicles to assist in the mobility of the G20 Summit in Bali which will take place on November 15-16, 2022. With details of 962 electric cars, 454 electric motors, and 36 electric buses, which come from various automotive manufacturers.

In addition to providing electric buses, said Novie, the Ministry of Transportation's support in the land sector is to make the G20 implementation successful by regulating traffic engineering with the police and the Bali Provincial Transportation Service, namely through a scheme of implementing the odd-even system and limiting the operation of goods transportation from 13 to 17 November 2022, at 06.00 to 22.00 WITA.

Based on the results of trials from November 9, 2022, to Saturday (12/11), it was reported that road users' compliance during the odd-even implementation reached 71 percent.

"We hope that when the implementation of the community compliance summit increases, considering that the odd-even implementation will be effective on Sunday (13 November)," he said.