‘Mudik’ map
A man peruses a map of Java containing routes for mudik, the homebound Idul Fitri exodus. The Jakarta Police distributed the free maps on several of the city’s main thoroughfares on Friday.(JP/AWO
Saturday, 27 June 2015
Friday, 26 June 2015
Kopaja preparing to join Transjakarta management
Jakarta Transportation Cooperatives (Kopaja) is gearing up to join city-owned bus operator PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) as part of the administration’s attempt to revitalize public transportation.
Kopaja has thus far procured as many as 200 new minibuses, each of which costs about Rp 550 million (US$41,341). Each bus can carry up to 40 passengers and is air-conditioned. They are equipped with three doors; one on the same level as Transjakarta bus stops and two at street level, similar to Kopaja’s existing air-conditioned buses.
Kopaja chairman Nanang Basuki said the buses would be the first to be managed under Transjakarta. In total, he said, Kopaja had 1,470 buses, including 120 air-conditioned buses. “Ultimately, we will change all our buses into air-conditioned buses in order to join Transjakarta,” Nanang said after a meeting at City Hall on Wednesday.
He went on to say that there were roughly 600 bus owners under Kopaja, all of whom had agreed to operate under Transjakarta.
“Operating under Transjakarta is very beneficial for bus owners because we’re paid per kilometer traveled by our buses. Transjakarta will also be paying our drivers’ salaries,” Nanang said.
Kopaja will be the first public transportation company to operate under Transjakarta.
The city is a home to a variety of public transportation modes, from Mikrolet and KWK minivans to Kopaja and Metro Mini minibuses, among others. Currently, most types of public transportation in Jakarta are owned privately by hundreds of individuals and small firms who hire drivers.
The drivers are required to pay a setoran (set fee) to the operators each day and may take home the money they make after the minimum amount is fulfilled. As a result, many drivers tend to wait for passengers and drive recklessly, causing traffic congestion and frequent accidents.
The city’s public transportation revitalization program aims to erase the setoran system by having Transjakarta pay bus owners per kilometer traveled.
Further, Transjakarta president director ANS Kosasih said he was optimistic that Kopaja would be able to operate under Transjakarta management starting July. He said the firm and the city administration were currently discussing the kilometer tariff.
Under the new system, Kopaja passengers will make payments electronically by swiping a card on an electronic data capture (EDC) device provided by Transjakarta.
Kopaja’s P20 route from Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, to Senen, Central Jakarta, would be the first route managed under Transjakarta, he said. Another route would be announced soon. “Drivers must be certified under LSP-LLAJ [Professional Certification Institution for Traffic and Land Transportation]. They will also undergo psychological and health tests,” Kosasih added.
Kosasih went on to say that Transjakarta in cooperation with the Indonesia Infrastructure Initiative (IndII) was set to gradually change Kopaja’s existing routes to adjust to residents’ needs.
“We will make changes to Kopaja’s existing routes to adapt to the needs of the passengers. A number of routes will have minor changes while others will be completely overhauled. Transjakarta and the city administration will also develop bus stops and rehabilitate existing bus stops, so Kopaja drivers should not stop in the middle of the street,” he said.
Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama said he aimed for all public transportation to be integrated under Transjakarta.
“By the end of 2016, all Kopaja routes must be managed under Transjakarta. After Kopaja, we are targeting the Metro Minis,” he said.
Jakarta Transportation Cooperatives (Kopaja) is gearing up to join city-owned bus operator PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) as part of the administration’s attempt to revitalize public transportation.
Kopaja has thus far procured as many as 200 new minibuses, each of which costs about Rp 550 million (US$41,341). Each bus can carry up to 40 passengers and is air-conditioned. They are equipped with three doors; one on the same level as Transjakarta bus stops and two at street level, similar to Kopaja’s existing air-conditioned buses.
Kopaja chairman Nanang Basuki said the buses would be the first to be managed under Transjakarta. In total, he said, Kopaja had 1,470 buses, including 120 air-conditioned buses. “Ultimately, we will change all our buses into air-conditioned buses in order to join Transjakarta,” Nanang said after a meeting at City Hall on Wednesday.
He went on to say that there were roughly 600 bus owners under Kopaja, all of whom had agreed to operate under Transjakarta.
“Operating under Transjakarta is very beneficial for bus owners because we’re paid per kilometer traveled by our buses. Transjakarta will also be paying our drivers’ salaries,” Nanang said.
Kopaja will be the first public transportation company to operate under Transjakarta.
The city is a home to a variety of public transportation modes, from Mikrolet and KWK minivans to Kopaja and Metro Mini minibuses, among others. Currently, most types of public transportation in Jakarta are owned privately by hundreds of individuals and small firms who hire drivers.
The drivers are required to pay a setoran (set fee) to the operators each day and may take home the money they make after the minimum amount is fulfilled. As a result, many drivers tend to wait for passengers and drive recklessly, causing traffic congestion and frequent accidents.
The city’s public transportation revitalization program aims to erase the setoran system by having Transjakarta pay bus owners per kilometer traveled.
Further, Transjakarta president director ANS Kosasih said he was optimistic that Kopaja would be able to operate under Transjakarta management starting July. He said the firm and the city administration were currently discussing the kilometer tariff.
Under the new system, Kopaja passengers will make payments electronically by swiping a card on an electronic data capture (EDC) device provided by Transjakarta.
Kopaja’s P20 route from Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, to Senen, Central Jakarta, would be the first route managed under Transjakarta, he said. Another route would be announced soon. “Drivers must be certified under LSP-LLAJ [Professional Certification Institution for Traffic and Land Transportation]. They will also undergo psychological and health tests,” Kosasih added.
Kosasih went on to say that Transjakarta in cooperation with the Indonesia Infrastructure Initiative (IndII) was set to gradually change Kopaja’s existing routes to adjust to residents’ needs.
“We will make changes to Kopaja’s existing routes to adapt to the needs of the passengers. A number of routes will have minor changes while others will be completely overhauled. Transjakarta and the city administration will also develop bus stops and rehabilitate existing bus stops, so Kopaja drivers should not stop in the middle of the street,” he said.
Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama said he aimed for all public transportation to be integrated under Transjakarta.
“By the end of 2016, all Kopaja routes must be managed under Transjakarta. After Kopaja, we are targeting the Metro Minis,” he said.
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Safety check
Safety check
Safety check: A staff member from the local transportation agency checks a bus tire at Tegal bus terminal in Central Java on Thursday to ensure the safety of passengers traveling over Ramadhan and the Lebaran holiday. (Antara)
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
family car
family car
vehicle what you like sedans, mini-buses, or pick up everything I like but I just like the car because I had a mini bus that brand name Toyota Avanza car new car was still only a year old so still new lahbelum, do you think what the former preferably new car if I still scars also ga anything origin is still good and the engine was still tokcer not damaged - damaged if you buy at the dealership where the car in the showroom or a used or new car
vehicle what you like sedans, mini-buses, or pick up everything I like but I just like the car because I had a mini bus that brand name Toyota Avanza car new car was still only a year old so still new lahbelum, do you think what the former preferably new car if I still scars also ga anything origin is still good and the engine was still tokcer not damaged - damaged if you buy at the dealership where the car in the showroom or a used or new car
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
City welcomes Transjakarta’s new fleet from Sweden
City welcomes Transjakarta’s new fleet from Sweden
The city’s residents have welcomed PT Transportasi Jakarta’s (Transjakarta) new fleet of Swedish-produced Scania buses. The city-owned company that manages Transjakarta has deployed a Scania bus to serve passengers before the introduction of new buses later next month.
Scania is a Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer, which specializes in producing heavy trucks and buses.
The blue-Scania bus will transport passengers from the National Monument (Monas) to the Jakarta Fair in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta (PRJ Kemayoran) and back again from May 29 to July 5.
One passenger, 25-year-old Ahmad Fattaya, said that he boarded the bus just to try it out. “I went to Monas bus stop straight away and jumped in the bus after seeing the news on television this afternoon,” said Ahmad.
Ahmad expressed satisfaction with the bus’ condition, saying that the bus reminded him of public transportation that he took while studying in London.
“This bus is clean, has well-working air conditioners and is comfortable,” he said. He added that he thought the European-made Scania was superior to the Chinese counterparts he often took on Transjakarta’s Corridor 1.
Gina, a 27-year-old musician, also deliberately waited for the bus to take him and his relative to PRJ Kemayoran, and told The Jakarta Post that he thought the new bus was far better than the “old and rickety” Transjakarta’s buses he usually took on Corridor 2.
Transjakarta president director ANS Kosasih said that the company had carried out trials on the new bus from May 25 to 28.
He went on to say that another 51 buses would be procured by Transjakarta this year and that each of the buses were worth at least Rp 4.45 billion (US$333,597).
“Our plan is to see the first 20 buses start their operations serving Corridor 1 in July,” Kosasih said.
Rudy Thehamihardja of the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) said that despite the sophisticated specifications, Scania buses would still require good maintenance support. “The existing Transjakarta buses are mostly poorly maintained,” he said. (prm)
The city’s residents have welcomed PT Transportasi Jakarta’s (Transjakarta) new fleet of Swedish-produced Scania buses. The city-owned company that manages Transjakarta has deployed a Scania bus to serve passengers before the introduction of new buses later next month.
Scania is a Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer, which specializes in producing heavy trucks and buses.
The blue-Scania bus will transport passengers from the National Monument (Monas) to the Jakarta Fair in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta (PRJ Kemayoran) and back again from May 29 to July 5.
One passenger, 25-year-old Ahmad Fattaya, said that he boarded the bus just to try it out. “I went to Monas bus stop straight away and jumped in the bus after seeing the news on television this afternoon,” said Ahmad.
Ahmad expressed satisfaction with the bus’ condition, saying that the bus reminded him of public transportation that he took while studying in London.
“This bus is clean, has well-working air conditioners and is comfortable,” he said. He added that he thought the European-made Scania was superior to the Chinese counterparts he often took on Transjakarta’s Corridor 1.
Gina, a 27-year-old musician, also deliberately waited for the bus to take him and his relative to PRJ Kemayoran, and told The Jakarta Post that he thought the new bus was far better than the “old and rickety” Transjakarta’s buses he usually took on Corridor 2.
Transjakarta president director ANS Kosasih said that the company had carried out trials on the new bus from May 25 to 28.
He went on to say that another 51 buses would be procured by Transjakarta this year and that each of the buses were worth at least Rp 4.45 billion (US$333,597).
“Our plan is to see the first 20 buses start their operations serving Corridor 1 in July,” Kosasih said.
Rudy Thehamihardja of the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) said that despite the sophisticated specifications, Scania buses would still require good maintenance support. “The existing Transjakarta buses are mostly poorly maintained,” he said. (prm)
Monday, 22 June 2015
Innovating ideas to revolutionize ‘ojek’
Innovating ideas to revolutionize ‘ojek’
Young entrepreneur Nadiem Makarim opts for flexibility in managing a platform of transportation services.
Motorcycle taxis, known as ojek, have become one efficient solution to Jakarta’s notorious traffic congestion.
“When you are in a hurry and want to go to a certain place, an ojek is truly the most reliable mode of transport. A lot of people need their services regularly. I’m one of them, as I value my time more than anything. I use the service not only for transportation, but also for delivering documents and even buying some food,” said Nadiem Makarim, CEO and founder of Go-Jek, a leading ojek services provider.
His assertion about the crucial role of ojek as a transportation problem solver is what led him to start the company.
“One day I sat down and talked with some ojek drivers and asked about the rules at the pangkalan ojek (motorcycle taxis station). I found out they’re severely underutilized, meaning they work 14 hours a day and only get three to four orders. The reason is their orders mainly come only during rush hours. And after taking one order, they have to go back to the pangkalan and queue. This is highly inefficient.
“And we can increase the efficiency by creating a tool that connects users to a service provider. That’s where the idea of Go-Jek came from.”
It was in 2011 where Nadiem and his business partner Mikey Moran started G-Jek from scratch. They only had one call-center base, and Nadiem had to juggle between his full-time job and running Go-Jek.
In March 2014, they re-launched the company with more services on the map, including Go-Jek smartphone application and the recently launched food delivery app Go Food.
At the helm of Go-Jek, Nadiem works closely with five directors who directly report to him. They are all partial owners of the company. Covering the cities of Jakarta and its surrounding areas, Bandung, Surabaya and Bali, the company currently has 300 employees and more than 10 thousand registered drivers nationwide.
The leadership mentality in running and growing the company is getting the best talents in the country and let them run independently, Nadiem says of the team’s management’s approach.
“I’ve seen in many companies that the bigger they grow, the more bureaucratic they become and the more controlling mechanisms they’ll put in place. This is because they are worried that as they grow bigger, the potential to lose control is also higher. And there are more hoops you have to jump through in order to get the work done.”
That’s not the case in Go-Jek, Nadiem added. “We think the opposite. The bigger we grow, the looser our control is. We allow different teams and leaders to run their teams their own way. The team leaders are free to develop their own management approach, so long as they can achieve their targets.
“We are not an ojek company. We are not a courier company. We are just a software company. In reality, our customers are those ojek drivers. We connect them to customers. As a platform for those drivers, we therefore support them with technology, resources and coaching.”
Coaching is crucial in honing the skills of human resources. However, Nadiem is aware the difficulty the company is facing in handling more than 10 thousand drivers.
“There’s no way we can train everyone intensively. What we do is we have an initial training called ‘ad hoc’, in the event that there are issues or complaints from customers. We will remove any driver from the system if that particular driver consistently gets negative reports or lower ratings.”
The Harvard graduate added that his company has also set up a high target toward growing the company. “We set up a crazy target, but we did it. We only had 600 drivers in January. Five months later, we have more than 10 thousand. And the number keeps increasing.”
How did he and the team do it?
One simple answer is that most Go-Jek employees are very loyal, he said. But the recipe that makes them loyal is everyone in the company does their work on a mission.
“We are a group of missionaries as well as employees. Our mission is to change this industry for the good. We want to improve the lives of thousands of Indonesians and also provide a source of employment. You can become Go-Jek drivers and you’ll make enough money to take care of your family.”
The regular ojek is more expensive because they don’t have any certainty of orders. So, Nadiem and his team work hand-in-hand to keep up with the technology to increase the number of customers for the drivers. “So far the result is quite satisfying. Our best drivers can make up to 7 million per month,” he said.
In a business, he believes it is important to hire people “who are better than you because it is useless hiring someone if you are better than him or her at everything. That’s another recipe that makes Go-Jek expand rapidly.” (Aulia R. Sungkar)
Motorcycle taxis, known as ojek, have become one efficient solution to Jakarta’s notorious traffic congestion.
“When you are in a hurry and want to go to a certain place, an ojek is truly the most reliable mode of transport. A lot of people need their services regularly. I’m one of them, as I value my time more than anything. I use the service not only for transportation, but also for delivering documents and even buying some food,” said Nadiem Makarim, CEO and founder of Go-Jek, a leading ojek services provider.
His assertion about the crucial role of ojek as a transportation problem solver is what led him to start the company.
“One day I sat down and talked with some ojek drivers and asked about the rules at the pangkalan ojek (motorcycle taxis station). I found out they’re severely underutilized, meaning they work 14 hours a day and only get three to four orders. The reason is their orders mainly come only during rush hours. And after taking one order, they have to go back to the pangkalan and queue. This is highly inefficient.
“And we can increase the efficiency by creating a tool that connects users to a service provider. That’s where the idea of Go-Jek came from.”
It was in 2011 where Nadiem and his business partner Mikey Moran started G-Jek from scratch. They only had one call-center base, and Nadiem had to juggle between his full-time job and running Go-Jek.
In March 2014, they re-launched the company with more services on the map, including Go-Jek smartphone application and the recently launched food delivery app Go Food.
At the helm of Go-Jek, Nadiem works closely with five directors who directly report to him. They are all partial owners of the company. Covering the cities of Jakarta and its surrounding areas, Bandung, Surabaya and Bali, the company currently has 300 employees and more than 10 thousand registered drivers nationwide.
The leadership mentality in running and growing the company is getting the best talents in the country and let them run independently, Nadiem says of the team’s management’s approach.
“I’ve seen in many companies that the bigger they grow, the more bureaucratic they become and the more controlling mechanisms they’ll put in place. This is because they are worried that as they grow bigger, the potential to lose control is also higher. And there are more hoops you have to jump through in order to get the work done.”
That’s not the case in Go-Jek, Nadiem added. “We think the opposite. The bigger we grow, the looser our control is. We allow different teams and leaders to run their teams their own way. The team leaders are free to develop their own management approach, so long as they can achieve their targets.
“We are not an ojek company. We are not a courier company. We are just a software company. In reality, our customers are those ojek drivers. We connect them to customers. As a platform for those drivers, we therefore support them with technology, resources and coaching.”
Coaching is crucial in honing the skills of human resources. However, Nadiem is aware the difficulty the company is facing in handling more than 10 thousand drivers.
“There’s no way we can train everyone intensively. What we do is we have an initial training called ‘ad hoc’, in the event that there are issues or complaints from customers. We will remove any driver from the system if that particular driver consistently gets negative reports or lower ratings.”
The Harvard graduate added that his company has also set up a high target toward growing the company. “We set up a crazy target, but we did it. We only had 600 drivers in January. Five months later, we have more than 10 thousand. And the number keeps increasing.”
How did he and the team do it?
One simple answer is that most Go-Jek employees are very loyal, he said. But the recipe that makes them loyal is everyone in the company does their work on a mission.
“We are a group of missionaries as well as employees. Our mission is to change this industry for the good. We want to improve the lives of thousands of Indonesians and also provide a source of employment. You can become Go-Jek drivers and you’ll make enough money to take care of your family.”
The regular ojek is more expensive because they don’t have any certainty of orders. So, Nadiem and his team work hand-in-hand to keep up with the technology to increase the number of customers for the drivers. “So far the result is quite satisfying. Our best drivers can make up to 7 million per month,” he said.
In a business, he believes it is important to hire people “who are better than you because it is useless hiring someone if you are better than him or her at everything. That’s another recipe that makes Go-Jek expand rapidly.” (Aulia R. Sungkar)
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At Ease
Food lover
I love food. Go Food app was created not only by technology, but also by us foodies. I like so many dishes from many parts of the world. Nasi goreng pete (stinky beans fried rice) and nasi campur (a mixture of steamed rice and various side dishes) are among my favorite lists of Indonesian food. I’m also a big fan of Korean food. I love big sandwiches and wish that there were a Subway here in town.
Passion for jujitsu
I enjoy watching mixed martial arts, especially jujitsu. It’s basically the fusion of martial art, combat sport and self defense. I regularly practice Brazilian jujitsu about two to three times a week. It’s a martial art that can build team bonding and mental discipline at the same time. These two are the qualities needed to especially handle stressful situations.
Place & date of birth
Singapore, July 4, 1984.
Experience
CEO & founder of Go-Jek Indonesia (March 2011 – present), chief innovation officer at Kartuku (2013-2014), managing director of Zalora Indonesia (2011-2012) and McKinsey Indonesia (2006-2009).
Education
Bachelor of Arts in international relations and affairs from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (2002-2006), MBA from Harvard Business School (2009-2011).
Food lover
I love food. Go Food app was created not only by technology, but also by us foodies. I like so many dishes from many parts of the world. Nasi goreng pete (stinky beans fried rice) and nasi campur (a mixture of steamed rice and various side dishes) are among my favorite lists of Indonesian food. I’m also a big fan of Korean food. I love big sandwiches and wish that there were a Subway here in town.
Passion for jujitsu
I enjoy watching mixed martial arts, especially jujitsu. It’s basically the fusion of martial art, combat sport and self defense. I regularly practice Brazilian jujitsu about two to three times a week. It’s a martial art that can build team bonding and mental discipline at the same time. These two are the qualities needed to especially handle stressful situations.
Place & date of birth
Singapore, July 4, 1984.
Experience
CEO & founder of Go-Jek Indonesia (March 2011 – present), chief innovation officer at Kartuku (2013-2014), managing director of Zalora Indonesia (2011-2012) and McKinsey Indonesia (2006-2009).
Education
Bachelor of Arts in international relations and affairs from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (2002-2006), MBA from Harvard Business School (2009-2011).
Saturday, 20 June 2015
Why stick shifts stick around
Why stick shifts stick around
Having surveyed the contemporary sports-car landscape and found it nearly bereft of the traditional, clutch-pedal-actuated manual transmission, BBC Autos contributor Brendan McAleer posed that question in 2013.
Not much has changed since then. Modern automatics offer greater ease, efficiency and speed, a combination that has all but stamped out the stick. And yet, some enthusiasts insist on rowing through the gears.
These drivers had something to cheer recently when Jaguar fitted a manual to its F-type Coupe and Convertible models for the 2016 model year.
BBC Autos spent an afternoon driving the Coupe with Jaguar Performance Driving Academy instructor – and all-around motorsport kingpin – Mike Finch, who explained what made the traditional manual transmission essential equipment for a certain breed of sports-car buyer.
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