Transportation has created since some century ago. Transportation is one of the tools that can make our life more easily. Without transportation, people must walk if want going to other country. Without transportation, people must bring goods to other place only use people energy. But, this is only story in past. Now, there are many transportation we can use. There are car, truck, bus, bicycle, motorcycle, and other.
Now I want to talk about transportation in Indonesia, I interest discuss about public transportion. Indonesia became host on Asian Games in 1962.
Stop!
What related Asian Games and transportation?
Before Asian Games in 1962, Metromini start business in public transportation. Metromini is used for bring people espicially athlete to stadion. And after Asian Games finished, there are many people used this public bus for work, travel, and some another event. Metromini is very famous and very success about 1980.
But after about 1990 public transportation such as Metromini seems very sad.
Not only Metromini, but also Kopaja, Kopami, and other only can take few passanger so driver income is not enough for their daily needs. Unfortunately again, since online transportation is exist like Grab and Gojek, public transportation passanger decrease more and more. But, wait a minute. Not all public transportation take few passanger. There are some public transportation can take many passanger. Those are Transjakarta or people usually say 'TJ' and Indonesian train or we say in Indonesian is 'Kereta Api Indonesia'.
Why they can get more passanger?
Safe?
I don't think so.
I think it can be get more passanger because its cost is cheap and can bring people more fast than other transportation.
For Transjakarta , it can be bring passanger fast because government make road espicially for this bus or we called Busway. And for KAI, it can be bring pasanger fast than Transjakarta because train does't know traffic jam. And, Transjakarta can force Kopaja, Metromini, Mayangsari and other to work together. And this force is win win solution.
No choise for them. If they don't want to work together, they will be collapes. Minister of transportation make target all of public transportation MUST HAVE air conditioner in 2019.
How about cost?
Certain more little expensive, but it is better because it do not make passanger feel so hot.
All of goverment policy always have pro and contra. And then, I suddenly remember spouse take donkey.
Do you know that story?
If you don't know, I will tell this story.
First, they go to the village of A. Both of they ride donkey. And then, some people in village of A say that spouse is cruel because they see donkey very tired.
Next, they go to the village of B. Husband ride donkey, and wife walk. And then, some people in village of B say that husband is cruel because his wife only walk.
Next, they go to the village of C. Wife ride donkey, and husband walk. And then, some people in village of C say that husband afraid his wife.
Next, they go to the village of D. Spouse only walk with donkey. They do not ride donkey. And then, some people in village of D say that they are very stupid because they do not use donkey for ride it.
That is story about spouse and donkey. In this story, we can conclude that all of thing we doing, always have pro and contra, not in goverment only. We always cannot make other people happy forever. We work in office, we became entrapreneur, we have married, and other anything we do, we make policy for public always have people disappointed.
I have read from reader message at newspaper. She wrote that public transportation in Indonesia is not comfort and safe. That is true and I must recognize it. Then she wrote that if public transportation have been comfort and safe, without instruction from everyone (includes government), people will take public transportation.
I am silence.
I think that is not true.
Why?
Let's talk about public transportation in United States.
First, I know that only comfort public transportation is cannot make traffic jam free, such as in Los Angeles. As I read in detik.com, goverment in Los Angeles have add train 161 kilometer cannot reduce traffic jam, instead add traffic jam. People in Los Angeles, espicially imigrant in here, feel not secure if use public transportation. I sit in a minute and think why is it still happen.
After I think, I know the answer of this problem. I know there is still have traffic jam in Los Angeles because all people in the world want to have own transportion. All people want that because if have own transportation, they can keep their privacy.
Not believe?
Ask people in the deepest heart? Which do you want? Public transportion that comfort or own transportation?
100 percent people always says own transportation.
Everyone have many wants, so it is impossible if people feel better choose public transportation than own transportation.
So how to resolve this problem?
We can see Singapore.
Singapore government make policy so own trnsportation in Singapore very expensive, Not only for own transportation, own transportation tax, highwy cost, fuel cost, and other is very expensive, so many citizens in Singapore use public trnsportation such as bus, MRT, and other.
For public transportation, in future, people will not feel hot again. Now, government build MRT, LRT, and airport train.
Proof?
There are many traffic jam in central of Jakarta because of that. Many citizen complain about traffic jam. I also feel traffic jam.
That is the risk because that plan is about more than 20 years ago. Government in 20 years ago always count profit and loss. But this president know that we will not gain profit to build oublic trnsportation, but we gain eficiency. Country which don't want to build infrstructure will be leave by another country.
And in not long time, we will see Asian Games 2018 at Indonesia. Government effort build LRT so it can bring athlete easily. Note that LRT is not only in Jakarta, but also in Palembang. So, for you who are not in Indonesia, let's visit to Indonesia. Buy ticket now and type your destination to Jakarta (CGK or HLP) or Palembang(PLM).
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