The Government Wants 60 Percent Of Jabodetabek Residents To Take Mass Public Transportation By 2029

ILLUSTRA TION / MRT JAKARTA (IRFAN MEIDIANTO BUT)

JAKARTA - Head of the Jabodetabek Transportation Management Agency (BPTJ) Polana B. Pramesti revealed the government's target for 60 percent of Jabodetabek residents to use mass public transportation by 2029.

"In the Greater Jakarta Transportation Master Plan (RITJ) target, as many as 60 percent of the movement of residents in Jabodetabek must use mass public transportation," Polana said in his statement, Friday, April 2.

Therefore, Polana said that the main target in the campaign to use public transportation and non-motorized transportation (NMT) would target millennials and the younger generation below.

"Millennials, generation Z, and Alpha will later dominate the activities of this Greater Jakarta metropolitan life in 2029," said Polana.

Polana said, the use of mass public transportation has great positive benefits for the public's interests in general and personally.

The use of mass public transportation is closely related to public health and environmental health problems that must be the concern of all parties.

In addition, he said, the use of mass public transportation must be seen in its entirety.

"Not only have you just been on KRL, MRT, LRT or BRT like Transjakarta, but in it there are stages from the starting point to mass public transportation or the transfer from mass public transportation to the last point of destination by walking or cycling," he said.

Polana said that people's awareness and trust in choosing to use mass public transportation in Jabodetabek is not enough just by fulfilling the facilities and infrastructure.

This is because the use of public transportation is formed from behaviors that are born through habits that originate from awareness.

"Therefore, all efforts that are campaign and communication in nature to increase public understanding of the benefits of mass transportation must be consistently carried out. Moreover, currently entering the COVID-19 pandemic," he explained.