The ministry's Director General of Land Transportation, Risyapudin Nursin, explained that the BRT development will cover the Greater Bandung area, West Java, and be carried out in three phases: the first phase in 2025, the second phase in 2026, and the third phase in 2027.
"This development needs coordination between the Ministry of Transportation and the West Java provincial government as well as district and city governments," he stated here on Tuesday.
According to Nursin, the Greater Bandung BRT will have a 21-kilometer line covering the Greater Bandung area, such as Bandung City, Cimahi City, West Bandung District, Bandung District, and parts of Sumedang District.
He expressed hope that the Greater Bandung BRT would eventually address traffic congestion in the Greater Bandung area.
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"This is an implementation of the obligation of the central government and regional governments to be present in building public transportation in accordance with the safety of the means of road transportation," he remarked.
Head of the West Java Transportation Office Koswara stated that the central government carries out the construction of infrastructure and system provision. Meanwhile, the regional government will be given the authority to operate the Greater Bandung BRT.
He noted that the five corridors of Trans Metro Pasundan–a BRT system that is currently operating in Greater Bandung–will be integrated with the Greater Bandung BRT.
"In the plan, there are a total of 21 corridors, with around 450 buses, not including the feeder (vehicles). The total budget is Rp1.3 trillion (around US$79.66 million)," he remarked.
Koswara further noted that the West Java government will create a regulation that supports the operations of the Greater Bandung BRT to enable the community to shift to mass transportation in stages.
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