Public Transportation in
Jakarta
Nowadays, there are several kinds of public
transportation in the city of Jakarta. There are several types of buses without
air conditioner, that still operating until now such as Metromini and Kopaja. There
is Metromini, the regular bus with the orange colour. There are several buses
like Kopaja with the white green colour. There is also smaller minibus called “Mikrolet”
and “Angkot”. Mikrolet & Angkot usually provide for short and medium
routes. Some regular buses are also
still operating until now. But some of them have been disappeared because of
the transformation in the transportation system in Jakarta.Metromini & Kopaja |
TransJakarta Bus & Commuter Line Train |
Jakarta also has a commuter line train, the train that connects the
jabodetabek area from Jakarta, Bekasi, Tangerang and Bogor city. The ticket price
is also affordable, less than fifteen thousand rupiah. Compare to the year
around 1990s, at that time the public transportations was very limited. People
did not have many choices in the past. The problems included the
infrastructure, the bus stop, and the number of the bus. It was a familiar
view, that we saw buses full of people, like “pepesan” in the slang language.
Regular Ojek |
How I love the bajay
As a local citizen, I usually go to some places by
public transportation. Why? Because it usually faster, then I don’t have to
drive by myself, release the stress from driving in the traffic jam. Traffic jam
can makes me get headache, for sure. Of all the public vehicles, but what I
like most is the Bajay, the 3 cycles vehicle that operates in certain areas. It
is turn out from the orange typical colour to the blue one with BBG in the last
few years. The sound of the blue bajay is not noisy as the orange bajay in the
past. Bajay, my favourite |
Bajay BBG & Mikrolet |
I feel safer inside the bajay, compare to motorcycle, which is a two cycle
vehicle. I am a bit afraid my body will touch down the street and get hurt when
something happened with the motorcycle. So Bajay is my favourite when I want to
go to for the short route.
For the long route, I had better to choose
Transjakarta or familiar with “Bus way”. It is more comfortable than that the
regular bus. People in Jakarta also have choice to take regular Taxis.Taxi & Ojek Online |
Besides all of that, today we have an online transportation system, for
ojek and for taxi. There are several online transportation companies which
connect the consumer and the driver. I seldom use this kind of online service,
except for certain reason. I will use ojek online if I have to be in some places a.s.a.p,
or because of the heavy traffic jam. Sometimes I
use online taxi, when I go together with my friends or my family. No doubt that
the crimes can happen anywhere at any time. So always be cautious, and be aware
in any kind of public transportations.
Welcome to Jakarta |
In the next future, around 2-3 years from now, hopefully Jakarta will have a light rapid transportation system and mass rapid transportation system. The system will connect the Jakarta people from suburban to the heart of the Jakarta city, in a quite big number of passengers. Hopefully, it will be good news for all, includes for the tourists who wants to see around Jakarta.
So what do you
think about public transportation in Jakarta? Tell me about your favourite
vehicle.
Please give
your comment here, I will visit back your blog
Cheers
my fav is gojek, easier to find and more faster :D
ReplyDeleteYup, Ojek is people's fav
Deletebajaj yang sekarang gak ngebul asap knal[otnya ya jd lebih nyaman ya
ReplyDeleteIya mba, bajay masa kini suara mesinnya gak senyaring bajay zaman dulu hehe
DeleteIdem seperti Uni, my favorit is ojek online. Fast and cheaper. Hehehhe
ReplyDeleteKonsumen teladan ojek hehe
DeleteSuamiku yang udah nyoba naik bajay waktu ke Jakarta. Katanya sih asik, dan aku jadi mupeng, hahahaa
ReplyDeleteCoba naik bajay sesekali mba, seru
DeleteI'm a Backpacker, i like Jalan kaki :)
ReplyDeleteSelebihnya numpang hehehehe
Tp kalo my favorite aku pilih bus umum,tp yang AC :p
Yup, bus sekarang semakin nyaman karena mayoritas ber-AC
DeleteKalo ke Jakarta, dan jarak dari pool travel ke lokasi tujuan nggak jauh, aku suka pakai bajaj :D :D Di Bandung nggak ada.
ReplyDeleteIya, bajay sepertinya menjadi salah satu ciri khas kota Jakarta :)
DeleteUntuk jarak yang agak jauh, aku prefer ojek online atau taksi online. Tapi klo jaraknya gak begitu jauh, asik juga naik bajaj.
ReplyDeleteBener, sesuai kebutuhan ya mba
DeleteWew.. I just knew that Bajaj is still exsited until now.. I only use that once.. hehe
ReplyDeleteYup, I think Bajay will always be there hehe
DeleteI like ojol..faster and cheaper!
ReplyDeleteBut, my kids love bajaj..:)
Yup, kids likes to travel by bajay
Deletemba kukira bajaj udah lenyap hehehe maklum anak daerah jadi nggak tahu.
ReplyDeleteKapan2 harus coba kalo ke Jakarta
Bajay masih eksis kok, hayuk dicoba :)
DeleteBajay baru aku pake kalo short route, tapiii bertigaan. Kalo cm aku sendiri, prefer gojek aja :D.kalo metromini dan kopaja itu aku blacklist sih skr. Sejak pernah kecopetan hahahaha.. Kapok ga mau lagi. Kalo terpaksa mnding taxi deh biar aman.
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