History and Several Problem of TransJakarta

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The first TransJakarta line opened to the public on January 15, 2004. Following two weeks in which it was free to use, commercial operations started on February 1, 2004. It now carries an average of approximately 250,000 passengers a day.

TransJakarta was built to provide a fast, comfortable, and affordable mass transportation system. To accomplish those objectives, the buses were given lanes restricted to other traffic and separated by concrete blocks on the streets that became part of the busway routes.

There were some initial teething problems, such as when the roof of one of the buses rammed into a railway tunnel. In addition, many buses had technical issues such as broken doors and stop buttons.

In order to promote gender equity, TransJakarta is increasing the number of female driver recruits. The projected proportion is 30% of the total.

The buses run along the following routes:

    January 15, 2004: Koridor 1, Blok M-Kota (soft launch)
    February 1, 2004: Koridor 1, Blok M-Kota (commercial service)
    January 15, 2006: Koridor 2, Pulo Gadung-Harmoni and 3, Kalideres-Pasar Baru opened
    January 27, 2007: Koridor 4, Pulo Gadung-Dukuh Atas 2, Koridor 5, Kp. Melayu-Ancol, Koridor 6, Halimun-Ragunan, and Koridor 7 Kp. Rambutan-Kp. Melayu opened
    February 21, 2009: Koridor 8, Lebak Bulus-Harmoni opened
    December 31, 2010: Koridor 9, Pluit-Pinang Ranti, and Koridor 10, PGC Cililitan-Tanjung Priok opened.

    March 18, 2011 Corridor-9 was the solely corridor served until 11.00 pm. Followed by Corridor-1, with intersection with Corridor-9 at Semanggi shelter, but not all of shelters serve in this program.

    May 20, 2011 Corridor-2 and Corridor-3 initialized to serve until 11.00pm, but only open 9 shelters out of 22 on Corridor-2 and 9 out of 13 shelters on Corridor-3 remain open during the extended hours.    July 1, 2011 Corridors-4to7 have already began with the late night service, so all corridors now has already deployed late night service, except Corridor-8.

    September 28, 2011 the feeders have been launched with Route 1 from West Jakarta Municipal Office to Daan Mogot, Route 2 from Tanah Abang to Medan Merdeka Selatan and Route 3 from SCBD to Senayan. The fare will be Rp.6,500 ($0.72), which cover tickets for both the feeder service and TransJakarta buses.

From January to July 2010 there were 237 accidents involving TransJakarta buses, resulting in 57 injuries and eight deaths. Accidents occurred due to pedestrians crossing the busway and cars making u-turns. In 2011, in an effort to stop non TransJakarta vehicles using the bus lanes, the Jakarta Police Chief suggested that TransJakarta buses should run against the direction of traffic flow. Usually non TransJakarta vehicles used busway lanes during peak hours between 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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