Busway

Transportation in Jakarta
Nowadays, people in Jakarta most likely use busway for their transportation.

Busway

There are many kinds of transportation which are used by the people around Jakarta, such as taxi, metromini, bajaj, motorcycle, bycycle, and busway. The commuters preference choice of public transport would be busway, due to its comfort, safety, and security reasons. Therefore, People are willing to pay more expensive and prefer to use busway than other transportation. Now, i would like to explain more about busway and the reasons why people choose busway for their transportations. Busway or Transjakarta is bus rapid transport system which is a public transportation in Jakarta established by government sector. There are several reasons why busway is more often used as a means of transportation. The first reason is busway can safe cost. For example, if we compare between busway and taxi, busway is cheaper than taxi because it leads to the same place, direction or destination and both provide comfort and security. Busway only pay once just 3,500 rupiah, but taxi must be paid according to the meter fare. Next, busway allows to save our transport cost by not having to pay any maintenance fee. Unlike a private car, busway is provided by the government so we do not have to pay the taxs and the insurances. Furthermore, busway does not pollute the air compare to other transportations. We can reduce pollution and maintain greenery in Jakarta by reducing the use of own vehicles or private cars, and other transportations which are used diesel fuel. In conclusion, busway is one of a good public transportation for the citizens in Jakarta because it is more faster and it is more efficient. People do not go far away to approach road busway station because it has been available for pedestrian bridges for people who want to ride and buy a ticket. Busway station is also easy to find because it is located strategically in every district or shopping centre.

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