nice transportations: Commuter Line It's Good, Fix Ticketing and Tariff System

Nograhany Widhi K - detikNews

Jakarta - Commuter Train Line which will be launched on July 2, 2011 will be stopping at each station is good and in accordance with the pattern of urban transportation. Improvements need to be one of them on ticketing and fare system.

"In this world, bisasanya single urban rail service, no one followed, it is typical of urban areas. If there is an inter-city trains more quickly. If urban schedule more visits, the schedule must be right," said Secretary General of Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) Ir Sophie Ellen Wulan Tangkudung MS, in conversation with AFP on Monday (6/13/2011).

Train with urban pattern, which at every station stop, met in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and cities in Europe. This pattern was assessed Ellen is also suitable to be applied in Greater Jakarta.

With Commuter Line, then there will be additional carriage capacity. KRL could further increase carriage capacity, because it can dip passengers at each station.

Regarding the flat tariff, Ellen assess this is less fair. Should be reviewed when the Commuter Line is the road.

"If per kilometer seems not fair yes, the spearhead is still allowed. In the future, based on distance, there must be information technology that can be directly viewed the community," said Ellen said, referring to comparisons with the MRT in Singapore.

About KRL route which will be five routes, where there is a Circle Line into the city and only the pattern of a space shuttle at the points of the Circle Line to the outside of Jakarta, Elen support it. But it also must be balanced with the pattern of inter-modal integration.

"There is a shortage for those who prefer more quickly had to change trains and all kinds. But when viewed as functions of the space shuttle for transportation in the city is good. What to see whether there was coordination with other types of transportation modes. Once out of the station there integration, inter-mode, "explains Head of Transportation Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia (UI) is.

What about the government's target that the railway will become the backbone of transportation in the year 2019 and could reduce traffic congestion in Jakarta?

"Making the city's railway transport backbone rather than 2019, if you can be 3 years was 2014. The term backbone, now it actually has become a backbone, but the system is not set. If there is a backbone, there must be other supporting feeder transport route, transport remains the main train , "he explained.