WORST BUSES * Indonesia - Six years on, Transjakarta services deteriorate
Jakarta,Indonesia -The Jakarta Post, by Indah Setiawati -11 January 2010: -- Transjakarta buses passengers have said they stopped using the bus rapid transit after being disappointed with the service, especially the waiting times and long queues... Felix recently wrote on the suaratransjakarta.org website that he used to think the Transjakarta bus was a comfortable mode of transport. A bad experience in the middle of last year, however, changed his mind... He said that day, he took a Transjakarta bus from the Jelambar shelter in West Jakarta at 6:30 p.m. to get to his office close to the Harmoni shelter. He arrived three hours later... “Recently, the service has been getting poorer. I took a bus from Sarinah at 5 p.m. and arrived home at 9 p.m.!”... David Tjahjana, the (unelected) chairman of the busway users community, said the demand for Transjakarta services outpaced the supply... “What worries me is that car-owning passengers will return to their private cars,” he told and added, this would only exacerbate traffic problems... David said long waiting times in shelters was caused mainly by the poor commitment of the police and the Transportation Agency to clear the busway lanes of other vehicles... Another issue contributing to the lengthy wait was the limited number of gas stations... (Photo from krisosa: Transjakarta buses)Labels: worst buses
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