Regarding The Discourse On Tariff Increase, Transjakarta: The Decision Is The Authority Of The DKI Provincial Government

Transjakarta Fleet with a Welcome Statue background. (doc. PT Transjakarta)

JAKARTA - PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) has opened its voice regarding the discourse of increasing its regular bus rate to Rp5,000 which has drawn rejection from a number of parties. Head of the Transjakarta Corporate Secretary Division, Apriastini Bakti Bugiansri, said that although Transjakarta opened the discourse on increasing tariffs, the decision was finally the authority of the DKI Provincial Government as the company's owner. "For the decision to adjust the Transjakarta tariff is the authority of the DKI Provincial Government. In this case, Transjakarta follows the full decision of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, ” Apriastini said in his statement, Friday, April 14. Apriastini explained that the discourse on increasing Transjakarta rates was originally a proposal from the Jakarta City Transportation Council (DTKJ). Transjakarta then followed up by conducting a survey on social media conducted on April 6-13 to see the public's response. "DTKJ has the authority to provide tariff recommendations, in accordance with Regional Regulation (Perda) Number 5 of 2014 concerning Transportation," said Apriastini. The discourse of increasing Transjakarta transportation rates was revealed through uploads on the official Instagram account of PT Transjakarta, @pt_transjakarta, with the title Transjakarta Customer Voices #Vol-3 2023. In the post, it was stated that there was a proposal to adjust the Transjakarta tariff from the Jakarta City Transportation Council (DTKJ). The proposed Transjakarta tariff is from Rp. 4,000 and Rp. 5,000 during peak hours. “There is a proposal to adjust the Transjakarta tariff from the Jakarta City Transportation Council (DTKJ) to Rp4,000 and Rp5,000 at a busy time (07:01-10:00 and 16:01-21:00),” according to the description of the upload. People who want to follow in their opinion can scan the QR code uploaded in a post. PT Transjakarta also provides links that can be visited by the public. Then, Transjakarta asked the public a choice regarding the discourse of increasing the tariff. "What if TransJakarta regularly rises to IDR 5,000?" said a question thrown with two options between "Agree" and "Disagree". Transjakarta also asked the public and Transjakarta customers for their views on the increase in Microtrans rates. "What if the Jaklingko (Microtrans) service increases to IDR 1 thousand?" This was responded by the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono. Heru admitted that he did not agree with the discourse on increasing Transjakarta rates proposed through a survey of public opinion some time ago. According to him, if this BUMD in the transportation sector wants to increase its source of income, there are other ways that can be done besides increasing Transjakarta rates.

"In addition to Transjakarta services, of course Transjakarta can be from other sources to increase income. Transjakarta rates do not have to be increased," said Heru when met at the DKI Education Office office, South Jakarta, Thursday, April 13.