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Path Paved for Jakarta’s Transport Superbody
Ulma Haryanto | February 22, 2012

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SirAnthonyKnown-Bender
1:26pm Feb 23, 2012

More corrupt quangos added to the mix. Yep, that should sort things out.

WebEd
1:13pm Feb 23, 2012

Thanks. Corrections made.

respati.sara
1:00pm Feb 23, 2012

OJT should be OTJ (Otorita Transportasi Jabodetabek) or JTA (Jabodetabek Transportation Authority)


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A long-awaited multi-jurisdictional transportation superbody for Jakarta and its satellite cities is expected to be established before the end of the year, an official said on Tuesday.

Luky Eko Wuryanto, the deputy for infrastructure and development in the office of the coordinating minister for the economy, said the Jabodetabek Transportation Authority (OTJ) and a master plan for the Jabodetabek Urban Transportation Policy Integration (Jutpi) still needed to be finalized before they could go into force through a presidential decree.

“The OTJ still needs a little tweaking since it’s faced protests mostly from regional officials, while the master plan is already at the State Secretariat for approval,” he said. “But they have to be established this year.”

He added that a sprawling metropolis like the Greater Jakarta area needed a strongly integrated transportation system.

“People come here from all over, so coordination between the Jakarta administration and those on the outskirts is a must,” the development deputy said.

The master plan includes Rp 400 trillion ($44.4 billion) worth of projects planned for Greater Jakarta transport development over a 20-year period, he added. The OTJ will oversee those projects.

“In fact, we’ve been proposing that the OTJ have ministerial-level authority, including for financing, due to the complexity of its task,” he said.

“It would be risky if it’s going to be anything lower than that since we all know that regional officials have difficulty coordinating with one another.”

When they were conceived two years ago, the OTJ and Jutpi were expected to reduce chronic traffic congestion, improve road safety and set the guidelines for a “transit-oriented” city development for the next 20 years.

Other institutions involved in the policy include the transportation and public works ministries, the police and the Japan International Cooperation Agency, which is providing technical support to the government until its contract ends next month.

The establishment of the OTJ is also being monitored by the Presidential Unit for Development, Supervision and Oversight (UKP4).

Farchad Mahfud, an adviser for development monitoring and control at the UKP4, said the four points of focus in the Jakarta transportation system should be the loop line train system, the TransJakarta bus network, a park-and-ride system, and the mass rapid transit rail line.

“We’ve told [the Jakarta administration] that we are looking for two key performance indicators: Increased ridership [on public transportation] and reduced traffic congestion,” he said.

Immediate plans include adding 22 refueling stations for the TransJakarta network to slash its headway times, as well as stricter enforcement of its bus-only lanes.

“We can only add more buses to the fleet if there are sufficient refueling stations,” Farchad said.

“The buses also need to be able to drive in their lanes unimpeded.”