The City Of Tourism Refuses To Be A Transjabodetabek Route, DKI Transportation Agency: We Are Looking For Other Areas

Illustration. The activities of Transjakarta bus users at the Kuningan Barat Bus Stop, Jakarta. (ANTARA-Aprillio Akbar)

Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency (Dishub) Syafrin Liputo responded to the rejection of the management of Cibubur Tourism City, Bogor, West Java regarding the discourse on the Transjabodetabek route for the City of Wisata-Cawang which is being prepared by the DKI Provincial Government.

"Rejecting the City of Tourism, of course we are concerned about the management of the City of Tourism," said Syafrin at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, April 21.

In fact, according to Syafrin, the DKI Provincial Government is trying to provide public transportation services that prioritize safety, security, and are also affordable for people in the Jabodetabek area.

However, Syafrin admitted that his party could not force the management of the City of Tourism to reject the Transjabodetabek route in its area. The DKI Provincial Government will look for other routes to operate the expansion of Transjakarta to the buffer zone.

"Therefore, the internal policy of the management of the Cibubur tourism area, so we from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government also cannot force it," said Syafrin.

"Therefore, we are doing it is an effort to find other areas that can work together and we can provide the best service to the surrounding community," he added.

Previously, the management of the City of Tourism sent a letter to PT Transjakarta in response to the plan to open Transjabodetabek services to the area they manage, namely Cibubur Tourism City to Cawang, East Jakarta.

"We are still meeting the dynamics in the field, related to the plan to open a route that will enter the area that we manage, which requires further study between us as the manager of the area and the entire stakeholder ecosystem in our area," wrote a letter from the management of the City of Tourism.

With regard to that, the management of the City of Tourism admitted that they had not been able to issue a letter of support for the Tourism City-Cawang route.

"We really hope that you can understand what we have said. Hopefully, the two companies will always maintain good relations in the future," he continued.