49 Trans Pakuan Units Ready To Pave In Bogor, Walkot Bima Arya Opens Opportunities For Recruiting Angkot Drivers

Bogor Mayor Bima Arya while trying out the Trans Pakuan bus at the Laksana Semarang bodywork (ANTARA/HO-Bogor City Government)

BOGOR - Bogor Mayor (Walkot) Bima Arya Sugiarto visited the Laksana Semarang Body to try out one of the 49 Trans Pakuan buses that are being prepared to pave the 'Rain City' at the end of 2021. replace public transportation in Bogor City," said Bima while turning the key for the bus in a video released by the Bogor City Government, Antara, Friday, October 29. Bima Arya said that the Trans Pakuan bus from the Buy The Service (BTS) program was able to accommodate the passengers of three city public transportation (angkot) which had been the mainstay of Bogor City residents. If the angkot can carry 12 passengers, then Trans Pakuan will be 36 people.

Dozens of Trans Pakuan buses will start operating in stages in early November 2021.

With a blue seat with the Ministry of Transportation logo, the Trans Pakuan bus driven by Bima Arya is dominated by gray in its interior. Not to forget, the bus also has a batik pattern on the back design. There were several buses that looked uniform with the words Trans Pakuan bus on the windshield and the words Bus Kita on the side of the bus, lined up inside the body. In addition, the passenger seat is designed facing each other like angkot in general. But something is different. Bima showed bicycle transportation facilities for riding lovers in Bogor City which was in front of the bus. He said the Bogor City Government would provide an opportunity for angkot drivers to become drivers of the Trans Pakuan bus, which has been designed in such a way.

"If you can't become a bus driver, you will become a mechanic," said the Mayor of Bogor.