Author: Fani Rachmita

Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Joko Widodo (Jokowi). (sumber: Beritasatu TV)
Selain menyetujui Kopaja masuk jalur busway, Jokowi juga menyepakati pembatalan rencana pembangunan enam ruas jalan tol
 
Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Joko Widodo, menerima usulan Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) terkait dengan integrasi kopaja dan metromini yang diperbolehkan masuk ke dalam jalur bus TransJakarta sebagai upaya membantu mengatasi kemacetan dan permasalahan angkutan umum di ibukota.

“Bisa, sangat bisa. Agar jalan yang dipakai busway itu betul-betul efektif, sekarang kan kosong,” kata Jokowi yang ditemui di ruang kerjanya, Balaikota, Jakarta, hari ini.

Selain menerima usulan dan mengatakan akan mengkaji lebih jauh mengenai hal tersebut, Jokowi juga mengisyaratkan bahwa dirinya juga menyepakati adanya pembatalan atas rencana pembangunan enam ruas jalan tol yang dahulu digagas oleh Mantan Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Fauzi Bowo, kepada Kementrian Pekerjaan Umum pada 2007 lalu.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Bus pengumpan atau feeder untuk bus transjakarta kembali beroperasi, Rabu (7/11/2012), setelah mogok sejak Jumat pekan lalu. Namun, hanya dua rute yang beroperasi, yaitu rute 1 (Sentra Primer Barat-Daan Mogot) dan rute 2 (Tanah Abang-Tugu Tani). Kepala Dinas Perhubungan DKI Jakarta Udar Pristono mengatakan, rute 3, yaitu SCBD-Senayan, ditutup. "Yang kemarin dikeluhkan…

As New York City recovers from Sandy, one of the problems for city dwellers is simply getting to work. Hundreds of outer-borough residents stood in lines to catch buses or ferries into Manhattan or find a car looking for an extra passenger to meet temporary minimum occupancy rules imposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The hassle left at least a few commuters wondering if the city’s bike-sharing program, which was supposed to begin this summer but was delayed until at least next spring, might have helped. “If NYC had implemented the bike share, the post Sandy transportation mess could have been avoided,” Wall Street Journal reporter Reed Albergotti suggested on Twitter yesterday. That’s an overstatement, but 7,000 bikes at 420 stations—many of them in exactly the areas hardest hit by power outages and the lack of subway service—probably would have helped.

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