Lockdown In China Hambut Arrival 70 Transjakarta Procurement Electric Buses 2022

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JAKARTA - Throughout 2022, the DKI Provincial Government is targeting the procurement of 100 Transjakarta electric buses. However, until now, only 30 Transjakarta electric buses have been operating. Head of the Corporate Secretary Division of PT Transjakarta Anang Rizkani Noor explained that actually the remaining 70 electric buses had been processed and were just waiting for delivery. However, shipments were delayed due to a number of cities in China experiencing lockdowns due to an increase in COVID-19 cases. "The procurement with 100 buses in 2022 has been completed. Only 30 are operating. 70 of the buses have been delayed until they arrive in Indonesia because China is in lockdown," said Anang when met in North Jakarta, Friday, January 13. Anang targets that the 70 Transjakarta electric buses are targeted to arrive in stages from February to March. This upcoming bus is still the same type as the previous one, namely the low deck type and is classified as non-BRT (bus rapid transit). "The bus arrived in Indonesia in February or approximately, or March. It will be sent gradually. We will update it again later. But the target for procuring 100 buses in 2022 has been completed," he said. Meanwhile, in 2023, Transjakarta will again purchase 120 units of electric buses. "Hopefully this year's procurement will have a bus on the right (path), which (stops) to the bus stop," Anang continued. Furthermore, Anang said, the increase in the number of electric bus fleets will support the addition of the Transjakarta route with a reach of 95 percent in Jakarta. This target figure increased 5 percent from the end of 2022 which has touched 90 percent.