Hehe taking honour to open this thread :D

the old one has more than 500 post so Grey-x closed it

here's the link :D
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=107165&page=1

Post all the news about Jakarta city and transportation thread :D

Bad news :

September 22nd 2005 ; 9:24:37 PM

Around 30 percent of Multi-Storied Buildings Do Not Have Fire Extinguisher Protection

About 30 percent from 1000 multi-storied buildings in Jakarta have not fulfilled fire extinguisher protection requirement. Even, 151 markets belongs to PD Pasar Jaya do not have adequate fire extinguisher protection.

“After we inspected 151 PD Pasar Jaya markets, none of them fulfilled the requirements, including Blok M market that caught into fire recently,” Johny Pangaribuan, Head of Department of Fire Service, said on Wednesday (21/9).

Therefore, Johny said that his department would have periodical examination every one to three years. And his department would also give a strong warning for market and building management who neglected the fire extinguisher protection.

“If they still ignore the warning, we’ll ask the court to take some action for them,” Johny said.

In the launching of Fire Prevention Week at Pekan Raya Jakarta, family of Subandi Sugeng, member of Fire Department who died while extinguishing fire at Blok M market on August 29, was received donations. Two children of the late Subandi were given scholarship to finish their education up to high school.

wow we have more than 1000 multi storey buildings... cool

but i thought this thread is only transportation related issues

Jakarta, Uhuk! Uhuk! Uhuk! Itu adalah suara batuk gara-gara tersedak asap hitam angkot di Jakarta yang rajin ngebul. Jelas tidak sehat. Jika Anda menemui angkot tidak sopan macam itu, segera laporkan lewat SMS di nomor 0817-660-0001.

Nomor SMS itu adalah hotline Clean Air Project, Swisscontact, lembaga nonprofit yang fokus pada masalah pencemaran udara dari emisi gas buang kendaraan bermotor.

Hotline itu dipasang mengingat perbaikan kualitas angkutan umum adalah tugas kita semua. Upaya mengawasi kinerja angkutan umum adalah dengan mengirim SMS bertarif Rp 350 itu.

"Caranya, tulis asap (spasi) jenis angkutan umum (spasi) nomor polisi contoh: asap metromini B1000XY," jelas Veronica Ponda dari Swisscontact.

Veronica menjelaskan, SMS yang Anda kirimkan akan sangat berguna untuk mengawasi pencemaran lingkungan dari angkutan umum. Hasilnya akan dikumpulkan dan disampaikan ke Dinas Perhubungan Provinsi DKI Jakarta, Dewan Transportasi Kota Jakarta, dan dinas/instansi terkait agar mereka segera mengambil tindakan. Selain itu juga akan dikirim ke media untuk dipublikasikan secara berkala.

Adapun jenis angkutan yang bisa Anda laporkan misalnya bus PPD, Mayasari Bakti, Metro Mini, Kopaja, taksi, dan bajaj.

"Ayo, kirim SMS ke 0817-660-000-1, biar angkot kita bebas dari asap,
karena SMS Anda merupakan bentuk kontribusi untuk meningkatkan kinerja angkutan umum di Jakarta," ajak Veronica.

Pekan lalu, Swisscontact memaparkan, uji emisi terhadap 1.020 angkutan umum menunjukkan bahwa 57,5% atau lebih dari separuh di antaranya tidak lulus uji sesuai baku mutu emisi kendaraan sebagaimana tertera dalam SK Gub. 1041/2000.

Data dari Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup menyebutkan, polusi udara dari kendaraan bermotor bensin (spark ignition engine) menyumbang 70 persen karbon monoksida (CO), 100 persen plumbum (Pb), 60 persen hidrokarbon (HC), dan 60 persen oksida nitrogen (NOx).

Pengukuran kualitas udara oleh Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup (KLH) tahun 2002 menunjukkan, kualitas udara enam kota, yaitu Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Jambi, dan Pekanbaru dalam kategori baik hanya terjadi 22-62 hari dalam setahun. Kecuali Jambi dan Pekanbaru, buruknya kondisi udara di kota tersebut lebih disebabkan oleh pencemaran kendaraan bermotor, sebagai sumber bergerak.

Dalam hal ini Jakarta menempati peringkat tertinggi. Di ibu kota negeri ini sepanjang tahun lalu, hanya 22 hari udara dalam kondisi baik. Selebihnya 223 hari dalam tingkat pencemaran sedang, 95 hari berudara tidak sehat, dan 4 hari sangat tidak sehat. (nrl)

http://www.detikinet.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2005/bulan/07/tgl/04/time/135041/idnews/396103/idkanal/331

Tarif Buka Pintu Taksi DKI Rp 5.000
Minggu, 09 Oktober 2005 | 19:11 WIB

TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta: Tarif taksi di DKI dipastikan naik sebesar 38 persen sesuai usulan konsultan Pemerintah Provinsi DKI untuk masalah perhubungan, Dewan Transportasi Kota (DTK).

Namun, keputusan besarnya kenaikan menunggu persetujuan Gubernur DKI Sutiyoso, Senin (10/10). "Kalau besarnya hanya 38 persen, kemungkinan besar disetujui oleh Gubernur," kata Sekretaris Daerah DKI Ritola Tasmaya kepada Tempo, Minggu (9/10).

Besok pagi, ujar Ritola, kenaikan tarif taksi akan dibahas begitu usulan DTK diterima. "Pasti diputuskan besok. Ini tidak perlu persetujuan DPRD,"jelas Ritola.

DTK, Minggu merampungkan pembahasan kenaikan tarif taksi. Hasilnya, DTK mengusulkan kenaikan tarif taksi rata-rata 38 persen. Untuk tarif Rp/Km naik 38 persen menjadi Rp 2.500 per kilometer, tarif tunggu naik sebesar 38 persen menjadi Rp 25 ribu/jam, sementara tarif saat buka pintu hanya naik sebesar 25 persen menjadi Rp 5.000.

?Usulan itu wajar, karena masih di bawah 40 persen,? ujar Ketua DTK Soetanto Suhodo.

Kenaikan tersebut, ujarnya, berdasarkan perhitungan kenaikan BBM sebesar 80 persen serta kenaikan biaya tidak langsung sebagai dampak kenaikan BBM yaitu suku cadang dan biaya kantor sebesar 10 persen.

Menurut Soetanto, usulan DTK itu hanya bersifat tarif bawah atas artinya pengusaha taksi yang ingin menaikkan tarif tidak boleh lebih dari yang diusulkan DTK. "Yang tidak mau menaikkan tarif tidak apa-apa."

Anggota Komisi D bidang perhubungan dan pembangunan DPRD DKI Arkeno juga menilai wajar kenaikan sebesar 38 persen. ?Dengan kenaikan BBM sebesar itu, realistisnya memang 30-40 persen,? ujar anggota Fraksi PKS itu.

Pengurus Yayasan Lembaga Konsumen Indonesia (YLKI), Sudaryatmo, menilai sebaliknya. Meski kenaikan tarif tidak bisa dihindari, YLKI lebih menyukai besaran kenaikan itu lebih tinggi pada tarif buka pintu dibanding dengan kenaikan tarif Rp/Km.

Ketua Unit Taksi Organda Ateng Aryono mengusulkan kenaikan tarif buka pintu sebesar Rp 7.100 dan tarif Rp/Km sebesar Rp 2.600. Usulan itu sudah dikirimkan ke Dinas Perhubungan DKI begitu BBM naik pada 1 Oktober. Badriah

http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/jakarta/2005/10/09/brk,20051009-67754,id.html

but i thought this thread is only transportation related issues


see the headlines [JAKARTA]City and transportation news

whcih also can Jakarta City news and Jakarta transportation news

i think the clean air project is quite good

Talks on new status, face of Jakarta start Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

With the start of deliberation on the law on Jakarta's status and the idea of relocating central government offices to the suburbs reintroduced on Wednesday, chances are Jakartans will see a new face of the city in the future.

Jakarta Regional Representative Council (DPD Jakarta) deemed that the relocation an answer to the limited space available for further development in the city.

"That will give more leeway for the Jakarta administration to rebuild the city in line with the needs of its residents. I think the problems in the city, like transportation, office space, housing and green areas, will be solved," said council member Sarwono Kusumaatmadja.

Sarwono said the central government could also enjoy spacious offices to improve its services to the public in a place that "must be accessible to both the public as well as civil servants".

Similar ideas had been fronted by former president Soeharto in the early 1990s when the government planned to move the government offices to the area of Jonggol in Bogor, started with the relocation of the military headquarters to Cilangkap, East Jakarta. But no other institutions followed suit.

The idea to move the government offices came up in response to Governor Sutiyoso's complaint over various urban problems in the capital, caused in part by an influx of between 200,000 and 250,000 migrants seeking work every year.

"The influx of unskilled migrants into the city has been a headache since the city has to provide new housing, job opportunities, means of transportation and schools for them, too," said Sutiyoso.

He said that the migrants had made the city densely populated with over than 14,000 residents living in one square-kilometer area.

The House of Representatives said on Wednesday that it had established a special committee to deliberate the revision of Law No. 34/1999 on special administration of Jakarta as part of efforts to give greater autonomy to the administration.

Legislator Ferry Mursidan Baldan said that the revision of the law would be put on the priority list, with expectations it will be completed within seven months.

The draft of the revised law had been proposed by the House to the State Secretariat during the administration of president Megawati Soekarnoputri last year. The draft had been passed on to the Ministry of Home Affairs before being returned to the House for final deliberation.

Ferry called on the Jakarta administration to establish a special team to help prepare input to the committee over issues and problems relating to the revision of the law.

"Jakarta is in dire need of focus to define its status as a special province as distinct from other provinces countrywide," he told participants of a seminar on The fate of Jakarta ahead of the Revision of Law No. 34/1999.

Meanwhile, Sutiyoso hoped that the revision of the law would allow his administration to gain the autonomy to manage its own area with less intervention from the central government.

He alluded to the government's intervention in prohibiting Jakarta from developing the Jakarta New Port in North Jakarta and inner city highways as examples of "how the central government has undermined the administration's autonomy".

oh No.... :|

AFAIK, trash can be useful as a source of energy...why the government doesnt come up with this concept?? We need more electricity, but we also produce more trash...it's a click...!!

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DKI Akan Bangun Lima Pembuangan Sampah
Selasa, 18 Oktober 2005 | 19:12 WIB

TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta:Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta akan membuat lima tempat pembuangan sampah akhir (TPA) pada 2007-2015. "Selama ini Jakarta mengalami masalah sampah karena hanya memiliki satu TPA, yakni di Bantar Gebang," kata Kepala Dinas Kebersihan Provinsi DKI Jakarta, Rama Boedi, kepada wartawan, Selasa (18/10).

Rama mengatakan empat dari lima TPA tersebut akan beroperasi dengan cara membakar atau insinerasi sampah yang hasilnya sekaligus dijadikan sumber energi listrik. TPA itu akan dibangun di Jakarta Barat, Jakarta Utara dan Jakarta Timur. Untuk sampah yang tidak dapat dibakar akan dikirimkan ke TPA jenis sanitary landfill di Bantar Gebang, Bekasi.

Dua TPA sanitary landfill lainnya yang juga menjadi tempat penampungan sampah Jakarta, yakni di Bojong, Bogor, dan di lahan milik pemerintah DKI di Ciangir, Tangerang. Namun TPA Bojong tidak dapat beroperasi karena ditentang masyarakat sekitar, sedangkan lahan di Ciangir belum dimanfaatkan karena ada perubahan rencana tata ruang wilayah. Oleh karena itu Jakarta hanya menggunakan TPA Bantar Gebang.

Sementara, ada kendala dengan TPA Bantar Gebang karena umur teknisnya yang tinggal sebentar. Oleh karena itu, kata Rama, pihaknya tengah menjalin kerja sama dengan pihak swasta untuk mencari TPA baru.

Salah satu pihak swasta yang bekerja sama dengan Pemprov DKI Jakarta adalah PT Cikelor Mandiri yang menawarkan sanitary landfill di Karawang. Rama mengatakan saat ini PT

Cikelor Mandiri tengah mengusahakan izin pengunaan dari Bupati Karawang untuk lahan TPA tahap pertama seluas 5 hektare.

Menurut Rama keberadaan semua TPA yang direncanakan tersebut sangat mendesak karena volume timbunan sampah tersebut selama 5 tahun terakhir cenderung meningkat.

Oktamandjaya Wiguna

Aktivitas di Terminal Bus Blok M, Senin (10/10) pagi, itu berjalan seperti biasa di awal Ramadhan ini. Metromini, Kopaja, dan bus-bus berjajar rapi menunggu terisi penumpang hingga penuh. Tidak seperti bulan-bulan biasa, di saat puasa ini kondektur bus tidak berteriak kencang, menyeru rute trayeknya. Tangan mereka lebih banyak bekerja, memberi isyarat kepada penumpang agar menumpangi busnya.

Lima ratus meter dari Terminal Blok M, tepatnya di depan gedung Peruri Blok M, kesibukan seperti di terminal tidak terasa. Deretan pohon-pohon berbatang besar dengan daun rimbun, merindangi jalanan. Sengatan sinar matahari tidak begitu terasa di sini. Penumpang yang lalu lalang dan menunggu bus juga tidak banyak. Meski sejumlah bus yang hendak masuk Terminal Blok M melewati tempat itu.

Padahal di situ, empat bus yang disediakan untuk publik berjajar rapi. Bus tersebut bahkan tidak memungut bayaran bagi yang hendak menaikinya. Pada kaca jendela dan badan luar bus itu bertuliskan 'Bus Gratis'. Di samping kanan dan kiri tulisan tersebut juga terbentang. Di bawah tulisan gratis, ada pesan lain. Bacaannya bus ini disubsidi dari dana zakat, infak, dan sedekah. Rute bus tersebut Blok M-Kampung Melayu-Pulogadung.

Program itu diselenggarakan oleh Dompet Dhuafa (DD) Republika yang ditujukan bagi rakyat miskin. Bus gratis yang disubsidi dari dana zakat, infak, dan sedekah itu akan beroperasi dari pagi hingga sore.

Dampak kenaikan harga bahan bakar minyak (BBM) yang di luar dugaan masyarakat menyebabkan harga kebutuhan dan biaya transportasi melonjak. Kebijakan yang dianggap tidak berpihak kepada rakyat itu pun menuai kritik dan kecaman. Namun, permasalahan tidak cukup dihadapi dengan kritik tetapi perlu ada solusi nyata. DD Republika mengambil langkah nyata.

Setiap harinya selama kurang lebih satu bulan sejak kemarin, bus ini akan beroperasi mulai pukul 06.00 WIB hingga 18.00 WIB. Masing-masing dua bus akan bergerak dari Terminal Blok M dan Pulogadung. Ke depannya, kata Presiden DD Republika, Rahmad Riyadi, apabila animo masyarakat tinggi terhadap keberadaan bus gratis ini bukan tidak mungkin bus gratis ini akan terus diadakan.

DD Republika mengibaratkan bus gratis ini sebagai obat merah yang diteteskan pada luka menganga. Obat merah itu sejauh ini yang dirasa dibutuhkan oleh rakyat miskin hari ini. Upaya yang dilakukan ini diharpakan dapat memicu pemerintah untuk membuat program-program sejenis yang dapat membantu meringankan beban masyarakat secara massal.

Rahmad Riyadi menuturkan ide di belakang tercetusnya bus gratis ini. Kata dia, masyarakat miskin sangat merasakan dampak kenaikan harga BBM terhadap ongkos angkutan umum. Ia mengharapkan bantuan transportasi gratis ini dapat menghemat biaya transportasi yang sehari-hari harus dikeluarkan. Dengan begitu, biaya tersebut dapat dialihkan untuk membeli bahan kebutuhan pokok lainnya, seperti bahan pangan.

Menurut Rahmad, selain membantu warga miskin, program itu diharapkan juga merupakan sarana mengimbau pemerintah dan pihak terkait untuk membuat program-program sejenis yang dapat membantu meringankan beban masyarakat secara massal.

Harapan untuk dapat meringankan beban sebagian orang ini, kemarin, belum tercapai sempurna. Meskipun bus bertuliskan gratis itu sudah terparkir rapi, calon penumpangnya belum antusias menyerbu ke dalam bus. Sejumlah orang kebingungan. Bus keempat pagi itu yang berangkat menuju Pulogadung dari Blok M bahkan hanya diisi oleh satu penumpang satu bus harus berangkat. Tempat parkir bus ini memang bukanlah terminal bus. Padahal, bus gratis itu berkapasitas 30 orang.

Bus gratis ini juga unik. Corporate Secretary DD Republika, Yuli Pujihardi, menegaskan tidak ada larangan bagi siapa pun yang hendak menaiki bus itu. Namun, pengertian bahwa bus gratis tersebut bertujuan untuk meringankan beban di tengah tingginya harga hidup di Jakarta diharapkan bisa muncul.
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source : http://www.republika.co.id/koran_det...16650&kat_id=3

21/10/05

Sutiyoso Welcome Private Sector Offer to Manage Waste in Jakarta

BeritaJakarta.com Jakarta Provincial Government greatly welcomes waste processing technology into energy and drinking water, offered by PT. Global Waste Solusi (GWS).

Governor Sutiyoso said on Wednesday (19/10) that investment value offered by PT. GWS worth around Rp. 9 trillion. “We predict it will need Rp. 9 trillion. But we can not decide now. It still need further study,” Sutiyoso told reporters at City Hall.

Actually, Jakarta Provincial Government always welcome the offer from private secot to manage waste in capital. As long as they have the investment fund and do not bring any burden to Government.

If Government agrees to project by PT. GWS, most likely it will give license to waste management at the coming location of Marunda Waste Plant, North Jakarta.

“Because it’s located near the ocean. Waste processing machine into energy and drinking water need water from the ocean as its cooler. The technology is adopted from USA,” Sutiyoso explained.

October 21st 2005 ; 11:54:54 AM
2.5 Travellers Are Predicted to Use Public Transportaion

BeritaJakarta.com City Transportation Agency predicted that 2.5 million travelers from Jakarta will use public transportation to go to their home town. The travelers who will use public transportation are predicted to increase about 7.9 percent, comparing to last year. That’s stated by Deputy of City Transportation Agency, Pristono, to reporters at City Hall on Wednesday (19/10).

Based on that prediction, Pristono said the number of people who use bus would increase 8.7 percent or reaching 1,169 million people. For train user, it would increase 8 percent or 600 thousand people. For ship user, it would increase 5.7 percent or 29 thousand people. And for plane user, it would increase 12.5 percent or 700 thousand people.

To give service to travelers, Pristono said that City Transportation Agency had prepared 6,566 busses. Moreover, the agency has also prepared 598 trains, 2 ferry, 3 ships, and 214 planes

Smoking Prohibition Will Be Applied on January 1, 2006

BeritaJakarta.com Starting 2006, people who smoke cigarette can no longer do it at any places. Beginning January 1, 2006, Governor Regulation on smoking prohibition will be applied. That’s stated by Governor Sutiyoso to reporters at City Hall on Tuesday (18/10).

Based on Governor Regulation Number 75/2005 on Non-smoking Area, smokers at public place will receive sanctions of six months jail or fine of maximum Rp. 50 million.

Sutiyoso give three months time to building management, whether private or public, to provide smoking room. He also said that he would give sanction to building management that have not built smoking room, until December 31, 2005.

As initial implementation of Governor Regulation Number 75/2005, Regional Environment Management Board has sent letters to 89 building management at Monas, Thamrin, and Sudirman area. “Thirty one building management has filled out and return the participation form,” said Kosasih Wirahadikusumah, Head of Regional Environment Management Board, on Tuesday (18/10).

Kosasih added that the participation of building management is in the form of providing smoking room, providing exhaust fan at smoking room, placing no-smoking sign, and placing direction sign to smoking room.

October 21st 2005 ; 11:54:54 AM

Jakarta Provincial Government Has Ready to Face Flood This Year

BeritaJakarta.com According to Meteorological and Geophysics Board prediction, rain with strong wind will occur at the end of October. Therefore, Jakarta Provincial Government has anticipated it by preparing water pump and cleaning water channel in the neighborhood.

“Flood in Capital is a routine disaster, however we have anticipated it. We have personnel and facilities to overcome it. And the participation from people also needed,” Sutiyoso told reporters at City Hall on Wednesday (19/10).

Moreover, development at buffer areas of Jakarta, such as Depok, Bogor, Bekasi, and Tangerang, is an effort to decrease annual flood this year. “We’re building water-reservoir at Ciawi, Bogor. Every buffer areas should have such water reservoir,” Sutiyoso said.

Sutiyoso added that his government had also conducted Flood Disaster Management Rehearsal, where all personnel and equipment readiness had been checked.

October 21st 2005 ; 11:54:54 AM

Two Weeks of Fasting Month, City Public Order Agency Has Sealed 13 Entertainment Places

BeritaJakarta.com Since the beginning of Fasting month to October 19, 2005, City Public Order and Community Protection Agency has taken action to 13 entertainment places that violated regulation. Moreover, those 13 places were directly closed by personnel.

“We will continue this kind of operation to entertainment places. We’ll close them if they violate regulation,” Head of City Public Order and Community Protection Agency, Haryanto Badjuri, said to reporters on Wednesday (19/10).

Haryanto said that those entertainment places violated Gubernatorial Letter of Decision No. 98 Year 2004 on the operation time and Regional Regulation No 10 Year 2004 on tourism.

“Majority of those places were being closed due to operational hour violation,” Haryanto said.

Haryanto also said that he would not tolerate any violations from entertainment place management. “I will take action to violators. This is my commitment as Head of City Public Order and Community Protection Agency,” Haryanto said.

JAKARTA - Tarif bus non-ekonomi untuk mudik naik drastis. Laporan yang diterima Posko Pusat Angkutan Lebaran 2005 dari warga melalui layanan pesan singkat (short message service/SMS) yang disediakan Departemen Perhubungan dengan nomor 081380068000, menunjukkan kenaikan beragam, mulai dari 120 hingga 200 persen. Bahkan ada harga tiket bus non-ekonomi yang lebih mahal dari tiket termurah pesawat terbang untuk rute yang sama.

Kenaikan tarif yang dilaporkan ke Posko Pusat Angkutan Lebaran 2005 tersebut antara lain dilakukan oleh pihak PO Lorena rute Jakarta - Padang, dari Rp 200.000 menjadi Rp 600.000.

PO Santoso rute Bogor-Yogyakarta di agen Cibinong menjual karcis dari Rp 95.000 menjadi Rp 210.000. Hal yang sama dilakukan PO Ramayana yang menaikkan tarif untuk layanan Patas AC dari Rp 95.000 menjadi Rp 250.000.

Mengenai kenaikan tarif yang tergolong sangat tinggi itu, Ketua Umum Dewan Pimpinan Pusat Organisasi Angkutan Darat (Organda) Murphy Hutagalung mengakuinya.

Menurut dia, hal itu mungkin terjadi karena untuk bus non-ekonomi tidak ada aturan tarifnya, baik untuk batas atas maupun batas bawah.

''Kalau kita bicara angkutan bus non-ekonomi, yang berlaku adalah mekanisme pasar. Kita lepas semuanya.



Akibatnya, kenaikan tarif yang cukup tinggi tidak bisa dihindari sebab memang cost yang dikeluarkan untuk bus none-konomi bermacam-macam, seperti AC, toilet di bus, serta kapasitas kursi terbatas,'' jelasnya.

Murphy mengatakan, pihaknya sudah turun ke lapangan dan menemukan kenaikan tarif yang cukup tinggi. Namun, pihaknya tidak bisa berbuat apa-apa.

''Memang ini berbeda dengan yang kelas ekonomi, yang diatur pemerintah, dengan menetapkan aturan tarif batas bawah dan batas atasnya,'' katanya.

Tarif bus non-ekonomi rute Jakarta-Padang yang naik mencapai 200 persen dengan harga Rp 600.000 ini lebih mahal dari tiket pesawat. Sebagai contoh, untuk tiket pesawat rute yang sama dari maskapai penerbangan Mandala Airlines harga termurah Rp 440.000.

Seperti yang disampaikan Anita, petugas bagian pemesanan tiket PT Mandala Airlines, tarif kelas ekonomi Jakarta - Padang, pada Sabtu sore, bervariasi, mulai dari Rp 440.000 hingga Rp 1.010.000.

''Perbedaan ini bergantung pada waktu pesan tiketnya. Yang paling murah itu diperoleh calon penumpang yang memesan tiket sekitar tiga minggu lalu,'' ujarnya. (M-11)


http://www.suarapembaruan.com/News/2...Utama/ut03.htm

wah Lorena mah kelas satu sih... punya ISO9001 lho..

I read this article on the Straits Times Singapore

that Chinese ppl in Indonesia will be killed and rape just like Mya 1998 after the 1 one week holiday (Many receive the SMS even Mrs President too ! (she is Chirstian) I'm getting worried.....................

I hope it is just rumour and not make it happen again :(

btw u all at Indo receive that type of SMS??

^^
Yes I also heard the rumour
even I doubt the validity but its nothing wrong if we becareful

yah i hope it is only rumour cos it is scary if it happen again

I always think that it is a stupid idea to allow unregistered prepaid mobiles. Glad the govt actually doing something about it. Although is wayyy too late..

Government already did
http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5955289&postcount=14

great at least the Gov did something to it

hey ppl I heard that Indo will be having the same/worse riot lik 1998 in 13-14Nov 2005

Yes I also heard that rumour also
That is so annoying!!!
My Malaysian friend show me the message

I hope those threat stop right now
Government should do something coz I think there is a conspiracy to make Indonesian image spoil in outside since the sms writen in English and sent in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (maybe more)

thats from those SMSes right?

Yes I saw the sms one
maybe some people got an e-mail

I hope that the situation in Indonesia continue to improve, not the other way around. By the way, anyone know if these 'rumours' are still going around today? or did it stop already?

It just start few days ago
maybe still hot in the market right now

atleast until 13-14Nov 2005

gosh i hope it's just rumors...

maybe from some telco company or sms server provider company?

Damn I Hope that guy that made the sms got fucked or rape (who cares if he's a guy or a girl) and killed him/herself!! jeez these things never end in Ind.
this Afternoon in the news (SCTV) there was a little kid (about kelas 1 SD!) Ngancam bom in Ramayana (in NTT).and Ramayana ampe melakukan Penyisiran Bom! Jeez gila tu anak! kalo anak itu anak gw, gw bakal Aniaya dia

:bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

Lol :jk:

anyways if anyone ngancam bom now kena undang2 antiterorime and di penjara 4-10 tahun(I wonder if that kid msk Penjara?)

I hope the rumours not real

we will see the situation tomorrow till next2 weeks (in case)

they say the city will riot is Surabaya :runaway:

Huge sidewalk projects next year
..but I hope they change the design ...the current red slabs look ...cheap.
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Pedestrian to rule Central Jakarta
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Having to dodge cars, three-wheeled taxis, motorcycles and carts appearing from nowhere could soon be a thing of the past for Central Jakarta residents, thanks to the municipality's plans to develop more sidewalks on city roads next year.

"This is in line with the city administration's program to improve public transportation with the ongoing development of the busway project. We want people to feel it is more convenient walking than driving in a car," Central Jakarta Mayor Muhayat told The Jakarta Post over the weekend.

Muhayat said his municipality planned to construct sidewalks from Pasar Baru to the National Monument (Monas) Park via the Hotel Borobudur, from Roxy in West Jakarta to Monas, from Kemayoran to Monas and from Pejompongan to Monas via Tanah Abang.

"Hopefully, more people, including tourists, will be able to enjoy these wider sidewalks," Muhayat said, adding that the Monas area was chosen because it was the central city's main landmark.

He did not mention the cost of the projects, saying only that they would be developed in cooperation with the city public works and parks agencies.

The City Parks Agency often uses the capital's few existing sidewalks to plant small trees because of the limited space available for green areas in the city. These leafy obstacles mean pedestrians often have to walk on the road to avoid bumping into them.

Jl. MH Thamrin, one of the city's prime business districts, already has new sidewalks, worth an estimated Rp 10 billion (about US$998,000).

The municipal administration has also recouped sidewalks on Jl. Salemba Raya, Jl. Kramat Raya, Jl. Gunung Sahari and Jl. Paseban.

Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso's administration has launched an array of beautification projects across the municipality that hosts foreign embassies, governmental offices and the offices of multinational companies.

The city administration has also built another attraction at the Monas Park, a fountain with music and laser decorations that cost Rp 26 billion.

It is also constructing a fountain with a new statue of national hero Prince Diponegoro on Jl. P. Diponegoro in the plush housing area of Menteng, which is scheduled for completion by the end of this year.

The historical Persija soccer stadium in Menteng will also be converted into a community park equipped with cafes, restaurants and car parks. That project is estimated to cost Rp 55.5 billion.

yessssss finallyyyy! they have to make wide pedestrian walks though.. make it look pretty. agree with alvin abt the colours.. the current one looks a bit cheap

i think they should make separate roads for cars and motorcycles coz it's really dangerous. motorcycles always nyalib2 and we as the car drivers sometimes we just dont noe it..

i loveee walking to go anywhere but that's not in jakarta coz to be frank(especially at night) i dont feel secure at all walking on the street.. maybe im too paranoid but there are so many cases about people getting shot by randoms or killed and chopped and everything.. heheheh would love to have jakarta as a safer place....

..new pedestrian walk !! that's awesome...

Kabel Listrik Dicuri, KRL Pasar Minggu-Bogor Hang
M. Budi Santosa - detikcom

Jakarta - Aksi pencurian kabel listrik untuk kereta rel listrik (KRL) kembali terjadi. Kabel listrik sepanjang 600 meter dicuri di jalur KRL Pasar Minggu-Bogor. Akibatnya, KRL yang diberangkatkan pun mesti bergantian.

"Kabel listrik aliran atas (LAA) sepanjang 600 meter dicuri. Sebenarnya tadi pagi ada KRL yang melewati jalur tersebut, tapi listriknya melemah, ternyata kabelnya dicuri," kata Kepala Humas PT KA Daops I Akhmad Sujadi kepada detikcom melalui telepon, Selasa (15/11/2005).

Dijelaskannya, biasanya KRL Jakarta-Bogor sudah bisa menggunakan dua lajur. Setiap lajur dilintasi oleh 7 kereta satu arah, sehingga setiap hari bisa dilewati oleh 14 kereta. "Akibat satu lajur mati, maka masing-masing kereta mesti bergantian berjalannya," terang dia.

Sejauh ini pihak PT KA sudah melakukan perbaikan di jalur Pasar Minggu-Depok yang kabelnya dicuri. Diperkirakan perbaikan ini memakan waktu cukup lama sekitar satu hari penuh. "Pengalaman kita saat memperbaiki kabel yang dicuri di daerah Serpong membutuhkan waktu seharian. Tapi nanti saya akan cek lagi," ujarnya.

Diakui oleh Akhmad Sujadi, perbaikan kabel listrik ini cukup rumit karena ketinggiannya sekitar 10 meter dan membutuhkan keahlian tersendiri untuk merangkainya. "Biasanya kan ada tiga kabel. Lah ini yang dicuri kabel yang ada unsur tembaganya," terangnya.

Akibat pencurian kabel ini, banyak penumpang KRL Jakarta-Bogor mengeluh. Sebab, KRL mesti bergilir berjalan dari Pasar Minggu menuju ke Bogor dan sebaliknya. Calon penumpang pun menumpuk di stasiun. (san)

http://jkt.detiknews.com/indexfr.php...408/idkanal/10

Kabel Listrik Dicuri, KRL Pasar Minggu-Bogor Hang
M. Budi Santosa - detikcom

Jakarta - Aksi pencurian kabel listrik untuk kereta rel listrik (KRL) kembali terjadi. Kabel listrik sepanjang 600 meter dicuri di jalur KRL Pasar Minggu-Bogor. Akibatnya, KRL yang diberangkatkan pun mesti bergantian.

"Kabel listrik aliran atas (LAA) sepanjang 600 meter dicuri. Sebenarnya tadi pagi ada KRL yang melewati jalur tersebut, tapi listriknya melemah, ternyata kabelnya dicuri," kata Kepala Humas PT KA Daops I Akhmad Sujadi kepada detikcom melalui telepon, Selasa (15/11/2005).

Dijelaskannya, biasanya KRL Jakarta-Bogor sudah bisa menggunakan dua lajur. Setiap lajur dilintasi oleh 7 kereta satu arah, sehingga setiap hari bisa dilewati oleh 14 kereta. "Akibat satu lajur mati, maka masing-masing kereta mesti bergantian berjalannya," terang dia.

Sejauh ini pihak PT KA sudah melakukan perbaikan di jalur Pasar Minggu-Depok yang kabelnya dicuri. Diperkirakan perbaikan ini memakan waktu cukup lama sekitar satu hari penuh. "Pengalaman kita saat memperbaiki kabel yang dicuri di daerah Serpong membutuhkan waktu seharian. Tapi nanti saya akan cek lagi," ujarnya.

Diakui oleh Akhmad Sujadi, perbaikan kabel listrik ini cukup rumit karena ketinggiannya sekitar 10 meter dan membutuhkan keahlian tersendiri untuk merangkainya. "Biasanya kan ada tiga kabel. Lah ini yang dicuri kabel yang ada unsur tembaganya," terangnya.

Akibat pencurian kabel ini, banyak penumpang KRL Jakarta-Bogor mengeluh. Sebab, KRL mesti bergilir berjalan dari Pasar Minggu menuju ke Bogor dan sebaliknya. Calon penumpang pun menumpuk di stasiun. (san)

http://jkt.detiknews.com/indexfr.php...408/idkanal/10


Ha ha ha ..
Only happen in Indonesia .. I guess

Gila benerrrrr, hebat juga ya!!!!

1.Tokyo 33.48 million
2.New York City and Philadelphia area 33.37 million
3.Mexico City, Mexico 20.98 million
4.Seoul, South Korea 19.85 million
5.Sao Paulo, Brazil 18.5 million
6.Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan 18 million
7.Jakarta, Indonesia 17.97 million
8.New Delhi, India 17.6 million
9.Mumbai, India (Bombay) 17.4 million
10.Los Angeles, USA 17.1 million
11.al-Qahira, Egypt 15.5 million
12.Calcutta, India 13.8 million
13.Manila, Philippines 13.5 million
14.Buenos Aires, Argentina 12.91 million
15.Moscow, Russian Fed. 12.1 million

1.Tokyo 33.48 million
2.New York City and Philadelphia area 33.37 million
3.Mexico City, Mexico 20.98 million
4.Seoul, South Korea 19.85 million
5.Sao Paulo, Brazil 18.5 million
6.Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan 18 million
7.Jakarta, Indonesia 17.97 million
8.New Delhi, India 17.6 million
9.Mumbai, India (Bombay) 17.4 million
10.Los Angeles, USA 17.1 million
11.al-Qahira, Egypt 15.5 million
12.Calcutta, India 13.8 million
13.Manila, Philippines 13.5 million
14.Buenos Aires, Argentina 12.91 million
15.Moscow, Russian Fed. 12.1 million

hey We beat Shanghai?

^^^
This and with no (essentially hehe ) public transport system!!!.. Wow, Jakarta is somethin... Haiyaaaaa

Source: The Jakarta Post: http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20051122.G01&irec=0

For busway users: 4 new lines likely budgeted for construction in 2006 and for subway, the city plans to allocate budget to free the land while central government finances the construction.

And 12.95% is for education and health
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City draft budget still focuses on infrastructure
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Jakartans can expect to see plenty of construction in the city next year, particularly with a number of development projects stalled by the late disbursement of budgetary funds this year scheduled for completion.

Governor Sutiyoso's administration completed on Monday the 2006 draft budget, which totals Rp 17.51 trillion (US$1.75 billion), or 24.95 percent higher than the 2005 budget.

In the 2006 draft budget, the administration assumes economic growth of 6.13 percent, as compared to 5.2 percent this year, 9 percent inflation compared to some 17 percent this year, and an average exchange rate of Rp 9,900 to the US dollar.

The administration allotted Rp 4.58 trillion, or 25 percent of the total budget, for urban infrastructure development.

The infrastructure sector received some Rp 3.5 trillion in the 2005 budget.

If the budget proposal is approved by the City Council, some Rp 1.18 trillion would be allocated for transportation projects, including four new busway corridors, subway construction and the construction of overpasses and underpasses.

"We need to improve our transportation system so that we will be able to gradually resolve transportation problems in the city," Sutiyoso said after presenting the draft budget to the City Council.

The four new busway corridors are
from Pulogadung in East Jakarta to the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta;
from Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta to Ancol in North Jakarta;
from Ragunan in South Jakarta to Jl. Imam Bonjol in Central Jakarta; and
from Kampung Rambutan in East Jakarta to Kampung Melayu.

Currently, there is one operating busway corridor in the city, from Blok M in South Jakarta to Kota in West Jakarta.

The city has faced a lot of criticism for its transportation problems, which include acute traffic jams and poor public transportation.

The 2006 budget draft also allocates Rp 135 billion for preparations for the construction of a subway from the National Monument (Monas) park in Central Jakarta to the Lebak Bulus bus terminal in South Jakarta.

The actual subway construction would be the responsibility of the central government, while the Jakarta administration would acquire the land affected by the project and deal with rerouting traffic before and during the construction, which could begin next year and would be expected to take three years.

Other infrastructure projects include land acquisition for the construction of flood canals, river dredging, port construction, the development of low-cost apartments and the renovation/construction of school buildings.

For the administrative sector, the draft budget allocates Rp 4.93 trillion next year, or 51.2 percent more than the current budget. The extra money would be used to give raises to civil servants and to improve public services in the city's 44 districts and 267 subdistricts.

Deputy Governor Fauzi Bowo said the administration planned to increase the monthly living allowances of civil servants to Rp 2 million from the current Rp 1 million, which comes on top of their basic salaries.

The administration also proposed Rp 4.62 trillion, or 12.95 percent more than in the 2005 budget, for the education and health sector.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Pembangunan subway Lebak Bulus - Kota sepanjang 25 km akan menggunakan dana pinjaman dari Jepang senilai 1,4 miliar Dollar AS ditambah anggaran Pemprov DKI Jakarta senilai Rp 135 miliar yang nantinya dialokasikan untuk pembebasan lahan.

"Pembangunan subway berada dalam kendali pemerintah pusat. Jangka waktu pinjaman itu sampai 40 tahun dengan masa tenggang 10 tahun," kata Sutiyoso di Balaikota, Selasa.

Masa tenggang 10 tahun berarti cicilan pinjaman bisa dimulai 10 tahun setelah proyek dimulai dengan bunga 0,75 persen.

Gubernur mengemukakan pembangunan subway diharapkan dimulai 2006 dan sarana transportasi itu akan terintegrasi dengan busway, monorel dan angkutan sungai.

Sutiyoso mengatakan subway akan dikelola suatu konsorsium dan pemerintah menginginkan kerjasama dengan pihak yang sudah berpengalaman mengelola sarana transportasi makro.

Lebih lanjut dia mengemukakan terowongan subway berada 15 meter di bawah permukaan tanah sehingga tidak mengganggu jaringan utilitas seperti telepon, pipa air minum ataupun pipa gas yang juga berada di bawah permukaan tanah.

Beberapa waktu lalu Sutiyoso mengemukakan jika pembebasan tanah untuk subway terhambat maka pihaknya akan menggunakan
Peraturan Presiden Nomor 36 Tahun 2005 tentang Pembebasan Tanah untuk Kepentingan Umum.

Proyek subway diawali pembebasan lahan di sekitar Lebak Bulus, Jalan T.B Simatupang dan Jalan Fatmawati.

Dari Lebak Bulus subway akan melintasi 9 stasiun di atas permukaan tanah dan mulai masuk ke terowongan bawah tanah di kawasan Gelora Senayan hingga perhentian terakhir di kawasan Kota yang merupakan stasiun ke-21.

Depo subway direncanakan berada di Lebak Bulus maupun Kampung Bandan kawasan Kota.

Dalam "draft" APBD 2006 yang saat ini sedang dibahas eksekutif dengan DPRD, terdapat anggaran Rp 135 miliar untuk subway meliputi manajemen lalu lintas, prakonstruksi, serta pembebasan tiga lahan dan penyempurnaan jalan-jalan alternatif prakonstruksi.

Tahap pertama pembangunan subway adalah lintasan 14,3 kilometer Lebak Bulus - Dukuh Atas dengan 12 stasiun.

Stasiun yang berada di permukaan adalah Lebak Bulus, Fatmawati, Cipete Raya, Haji Nawi, Blok A, Blok M, Sisingamangaraja, Senayan dan Istora sedangkan yang di bawah tanah adalah stasiun Bendungan Hilir, Setiabudi dan Dukuh Atas. (*)


subway oh subway (http://www.antara.co.id/seenws/index.php?id=23035)

bener nih dibangun subway?

apa subway sandwich :D

^^ dibangun beneran ntar jadi sandwich kok (mobil di jepit di tengah jalanan :D)

so the subway is for car or MRT????

Guess soon we will have Jakarta Subway thread ;)

BTW does Jakarta has any thread at this place (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7)

I only know so far we have Monorails and Airport

Someone should update those thread let the world know :D!!!!!!!!

serisouly ..a subway?? is this for real...?

so the subway is for car or MRT????
MRT

^^ ahahaha encon bingung sendiri...
buat mrt koq

oh ok so we soon will have our own MRT and our thread :D

encon relax, i know u so exciting to heard this news :D

so exciting that i can't relaxed :D errorrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

hehehehe.....


calm down dude, don't get ur imagination too high of subway before they finish the monorail project first =P
otherwise sakit hati lo :D:D:D

biarin sakit hati yg penting seneng dulu :D

wait...MRT? what's a monorail then?

wait...MRT? what's a monorail then?
I think monarail is a light mean of transportation , elevated .and mrt is the same as a subway ( with some underground stations )

when are we gonna make the Riverway Thread? :tongue4:

when are we gonna make the Riverway Thread? :tongue4:

when there has been an official announcement of it.

New Diponegoro Statue on Jalan Diponegoro:
http://www.kompas.com/koleksifoto/0512//big5120606.jpg
http://www.kompas.com/koleksifoto/0512//big5120608.jpg

the next statue will be Prof Dr Satrio on that Jl Dr Satrio

Cool! Has anyone got pictures taken from different angles?

does anyone have the pic with its surroundings? so we can see where it is.

New Diponegoro Statue on Jalan Diponegoro:
http://www.kompas.com/koleksifoto/0512//big5120606.jpg
http://www.kompas.com/koleksifoto/0512//big5120608.jpg

the next statue will be Prof Dr Satrio on that Jl Dr Satrio


i heard they replaced R.A kartini statue with diponegoro statue, is dat true? and why is that?? :(:(

I found the Diponegoro statue a little too manneristic for my liking. :sly:

i heard they replaced R.A kartini statue with diponegoro statue, is dat true? and why is that?? :(:(

right.
and they moved RA Kartini status to Monas park.
Goverment wants to put more new statues according to the name of the road. Like this one and Sudirman statue on Jl Sudirman.

oh ic. that's a much better idea! ;)

yes. next one if I remember well will be for Jl Thamrin.

Goverment wants to put more new statues according to the name of the road. Like this one and Sudirman statue on Jl Sudirman. That's a great idea. I think Sudirman statue should be where "Pizza Man/Crazy Waiter" statue is. Sudirman statue's current location (in the narrow median, without its own plaza) is totally inappropriate and does not lend itself to grandeur. He deserves better.

pizza man?? ahahahahha which one is dat?

pizza man?? ahahahahha which one is dat?

Coco, this is Pizzaman statue. well it's its nick name though not the real one

pic taken by Joko


http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9861/1sc14zb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9861/1sc14zb.jpg

hahahahahahaha i've never realised that b4

Kartini statue moved to Monas
JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso inaugurated on Tuesday the new location of the statue of a women -- popularly known as the Kartini statue -- in the National Monument park facing Gambir train station in Central Jakarta.

The bronze statue, a gift of friendship from the Japanese government 42 years ago, was moved from its original location on Jl. Diponegoro to make way for the new Diponegoro statue in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

Besides Sutiyoso, the Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Yutaka Iimura and city officials also attended the ceremony. --JP

Bus Sekolah Gratis Beroperasi di DKI Tahun 2006

Laporan : Egidius Patnistik
http://www.kompas.com/utama/news/0512/26/160712.htm
Jakarta, KCM


Pemprov DKI Jakarta tahun depan akan menyediakan bus sekolah gratis untuk siswa SMP dan SMA. Namun pelayanan bus gratis itu masih sangat terbatas. Bus yang disediakan hanya 33 unit untuk melayani lima trayek.

Gubernur Sutiyoso dan Kepala Dinas Perhubungan DKI Jakarta Nurachman, menyampaikan hal itu secara terpisah di Balaikota, Senin (26/12). "Kita berencana untuk memberikan pelayanan kepada anak sekolah," kata Sutiyoso.

Ia menjelaskan, bus yang akan disediakan berupa bus sedang (seukuran metromini-Red) dan berwarna kuning. Pengelolaan bus oleh Pemprov DKI. Namun sekolah-sekolah akan dilibatkan dalam menjaga keamanan dan memelihara kebersihan bus. "Saya ingin bus-bus itu tidak dirusak atau dicoret-coret. Kalau dirusak atau dicoret-coret, bus akan saya cabut atau tidak akan melewati sekolah-sekolah itu lagi," ujar Sutiyoso.

Sementara Nurachman mengatakan, trayek yang akan dilalui masih akan dikaji. "Yang pasti bus itu akan melayani daerah-daerah pemukiman menuju ke lokasi sekolah," ungkapnya.

Bus khusus untuk anak sekolah berwarna kuning pernah beroperasi di Jakarta. Namun penumpang bus tersebut tidak hanya dipenuhi anak sekolah, tetapi pegawai kantoran juga menumpang bus itu. Saat ini bus kuning jarang atau tidak pernah terlihat lagi melintasi jalan-jalan ibukota.

Nurachman mengemukakan, kegagalan bus sekolah yang dulu karena pengelola dilakukan oleh swasta. "Yang ini nanti akan dikelola Pemda," tambah Nurachman.

Kita lihat saja "Bagaimana Pemda Mengelolahnya?".....

check this thread :D

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=310331

January 22nd 2006 ; 11:47:23 AM
Jakarta Provincial Government Will Conduct Emission Test to Suppress Pollution in Jakarta

BeritaJakarta.com
The plan to check emission at vehicles in Jakarta is aimed to decrease air pollution. “Vehicles contribute 80 percent of air pollution in Jakarta. The emission check will be done not for interest of certain people, but for the health of people who live in Jakarta,” Governor Sutiyoso said at City Hall on Friday (20/1).

Responding to critics from society that emission check is not in accordance with Bylaws No 14/1992 on traffic and transportation, where one of the articles said emission check is only aimed for heavy vehicles, Sutiyoso said the biggest contributor to air pollution was private vehicles and public transportation.

As reported earlier, Head of Regional Environment Management Board, Kosasih Wirahadikusumah said that he had appointed 115 workshops in Jakarta to be use for emission check. The test is aimed to check the amount of polluted substance that released from vehicles, cars, motorcycles, whether its private or public transportation.

i support it!! but what are they gonna do if it's true those vehicles make air pollution? hope they'll do somethin abt it.. im sure they will.. hehe

Congestion forces Yudhoyono to take motorcycle to grand prix

JAKARTA (AFP): Traffic congestion on Sunday forced Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to jump on the back of a motorbike ridden by an aide in order to reach the Sentul race track in time for the A1 Grand Prix.

"Praise God, this is really an important event. I came on a motorcycle because the road was jammed," Yudhoyono told thousands of cheering fans at the track.

The head of state usually travels in a long convoy that includes several security cars and an ambulance.

should of been a helicopter....

Congestion forces Yudhoyono to take motorcycle to grand prix

JAKARTA (AFP): Traffic congestion on Sunday forced Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to jump on the back of a motorbike ridden by an aide in order to reach the Sentul race track in time for the A1 Grand Prix.

"Praise God, this is really an important event. I came on a motorcycle because the road was jammed," Yudhoyono told thousands of cheering fans at the track.

The head of state usually travels in a long convoy that includes several security cars and an ambulance.

At least four good lessons that the president has demonstrated : be punctual, be practical ( no way for helicopter to stop in the middle of a trafic jam), abide the law (by wearing helmet - I saw the picture), understand that little thing can boost his popularity. I'm just a little concerned about his safety. Anyway two thumbs up for him. I'm proud of him too.

Dewan Transportasi (Transportation Council) website: www.dtkj.or.id

November 16th 2006 ; 7:27:17 PM
Jakarta optimistic waterways completed in 2007

The ambition of Jakarta to have river transportation or so called water ways seems will be accomplish in 2007. The Dept. of Transportation has proposed for the budget on the 2007 Jakarta budgeting plan.

The project will have length for 4,8 km stretches from Manggarai until Karet, the fund that is required for the project is Rp 7.8 billion.

The vice head of Dept. of Transportation of Jakarta Udar Pritono said that the water ways will be connected with subway and busway.

“There would be 8 docks in every 0.8 km,” Pritono said. Those docks are in Manggarai sluice, Mampang (pasar Rumput), Rasuna Said, Tamrin-Sudirman, and KH Mas Mansyur. He predicted that it would only take 33 minutes from Manggarai-Karet by using this transportation.

Nurachman the head of the Dept. of Transportation said that Manggarai-Karet was chosen since the route pass the strategic spots that could triggered a compact transportation pattern.

Nurachman added that the construction of the water ways from Manggarai to Karet is approximately will needed Rp 7.6 billion. The route will have 4 boats with capacity 183 passengers. The boats will operate from 07.00-19.00 WIB, with 13 knots speed or 23.5 km/hour.

When the project is done then the same water ways will also be constructed along the Banjir Kanal Timur or BKT with total length of 42 km from Marunda-Muara Angke.

Meanwhile the Vice chairman of Commission D of Jakarta Council Mukhyar said that the project is premature since other type of transportation is not yet exist such as subway.




yomi
Source : wawan

November 16th 2006 ; 2:46:07 PM
4 dump managements with ITF method will be built in 2007

To handle the dump crisis in Jakarta, the government will build dump management with Intermediate Treatment Facility (ITF) method in Marunda, Pulogebang, Duri KOsambi, and Ragunan in 2007. Sutiyoso stated the statement on Thursday (16/11). Sutiyoso said that the current management was implemented since 1987 and done last year. In the future, the dump management will be done using incinerator.

The Head of Jakarta Dept. of City Cleansing, Rama Boedi, said that ITF method will categorize the dump problem in Jakarta into 4 land zones service and 1 sea zone service. “Each zone will be facilitated with temporary dump site (Tempat Pembuangan Sementara/TPS), temporary station, and ITF,” explained Boedi.

Boedi said that ITF method is a burning installation that can produce electricity or compost with the dump destruction capacity of 1,000-1,500 tons per day. From 2005-2006, the dump management in Jakarta has been focused in the current management. As for the dump management in Bantargebang, the Jakarta government will form Badan Usaha Bersama with the Bekasi government to run the Bantargebang final dump site (Tempat Pembuangan Akhir/TPA). For 2007-2010, a new dump management will be built. It will be a Waste to Energy (WTE) installation, a dump burning installation to produce electricity. While for the long term (2011-2015), Jakarta Dept. of City Cleansing will develop 3R’s concept (reduce, reuse, and recycle) and also environment friendly high-tech dump management just like in other big cities in the world.

“We must be encouraged to implement modern dump management system. If it works, Jakarta will be a model for other cities in Indonesia in dump management system,” finished Boedi.




mila
Source : wawan

East Jakarta launches new CBD planning competition
Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

As part of plans to develop a new central business district, the East Jakarta municipality launched a competition Monday calling for planning suggestions.

The new East Jakarta CBD development team, in cooperation with the Indonesian Architects Association (IAI), is calling for urban designs that can be developed through a public-private financing scheme.

The submitted designs should include an industrial waste management system and an institutional concept for the management of the area.

Last September, the municipality announced that 96 hectares of land in the Pulogebang and Penggilingan subdistricts would be developed into a new economic hub.

Although developing business activities is the primary focus, the area will also include municipal buildings, residential clusters and public facilities such as schools and health and recreation centers.

Despite access to the city's inner and outer-ring roads, the two subdistricts still mainly consist of clustered industries, villages and plantation areas.

"The future center should be able to serve as a stimulant to the overall growth of the eastern part of Jakarta," said IAI competition division head Toton S.

Results from the competition will be announced mid-December with the development scheduled to begin early next year.

However, some observers say submissions in such competitions are rarely put into practice for reasons such as the unfeasibility of designs.

"And some (designs) have been rejected during the implementation phase because of other interests involved in the development project," Bandung Institute of Technology urban planning expert Moh. Danisworo said.

To cite a few examples, the winning 2002 design for busway stops called for the utilization of used container boxes, but more expensive materials were used during the actual construction.

Recently, city market operator PD Pasar Jaya rejected a winning design for the redevelopment of Central Jakarta economic hub, Senen, which took into account the natural movement of the existing street vendors in its box-like design.

"In the case of East Jakarta's business center, the municipality must develop clear terms of reference upon which design ideas should be based," Danisworo said.

"This concept was first thought of back in 1985 but the lack of strategic policies has hampered its development," he added.

"We should not repeat the same mistake. The key is to lure new investment with incentives, not with a mere beauty contest, which only exists on paper."

like taking a time machine back to jakarta's transportation history...

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Old tram tracks uncovered in West Jakarta


Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Jakarta's underground is notorious for its jumbled and chaotic cables and pipelines, but it also hides layers of priceless history dating back to the Dutch colonial era.

Construction laborers working on a pedestrian tunnel in front of the Bank Mandiri Museum in West Jakarta found a section of the city's old tram tracks, along with clay pots and several coins dating back to the 19th century.

"We were digging around three meters deep when our shovels hit something hard, like concrete. The discovery was last month," one of the workers, Ateng, said Wednesday.

Now, on the project site, dozens of decayed logs and stone blocks are piling up, waiting for further archaeological study.

"Some of the logs seemed to be part of the track. We also find several others standing vertically like posts," Ateng said.

Meanwhile, the 120-centimeter-tall stone blocks were found forming a wall-like construction connected by metal joints.

"The track seems to have run in the north-south direction," said one worker.

City cultural and museum agency head Aurora Tambunan said some of the findings would be kept in the Jakarta Historical Museum, around 300 meters from the site.

"We will photograph the condition of the site to be able to proceed with archaeological studies of the layers," she added.

"That is part of the archaeological rescue. It is important to reconstructing the artifacts' role in the city's history."

Further studies will determine whether the recently found track is the one that served as the engine of Batavia, long before the highway culture took over Jakarta.

Historian Adjie Damais said the tram line serving the Kota-Jatinegara route was the city's transportation backbone until it was buried in the 1960s.

"I used to take the tram from Tanah Abang to Kramat (both in Central Jakarta), through what is now Jl. Wahid Hasyim," he said.

The tram line dates back to the late 19th century.

The electric-streetcar service was introduced on April 10, 1899, a step up from the wagons city residents were using.

The colonial city was probably among the first in the region to have such a modern system. The tram, along with other transportation services, was managed by Bataviasche Verkeers Maatschappij.

By 1909, 14 kilometers of tram lines snaked through the city.

A few years before Indonesia's independence, the service had grown into five lines.

The longest ran from North Jakarta's Pasar Ikan to East Jakarta's Kampung Melayu. Others served Harmoni-Menteng, Jembatan Lima-Kramat, Pasar Ikan-Tanah Abang and Tanah Abang-Jembatan Merah.

The system's decline started during the Japanese occupation of 1942 to 1945.

Slowly other means of transportation, including public minivans and pedicabs, were taking over.

Now, what is left is logs and stone blocks, and if careful reconstruction is done, perhaps some visible reminders that Jakarta once had one of the most modern transportation systems of its era.


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3 meters deep... thats crazy... the ground must have sunk for the past 46 years..

what they ve discovered is good news , they can used it as the first foundation for the coming subway >

^^ Recycle hahaha.. sorry one liner..

dari www.kompas.com


Kota Kita
Hijau Kotaku Biru Langitku


Nirwono Joga

Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia atau WHO pada tahun 2006 menempatkan Jakarta udara terburuk ketiga di dunia setelah Meksiko City dan Bangkok (Kompas, 28/12).

Itu sebuah nota hitam penutup akhir tahun menandai kegagalan Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) DKI Jakarta mengendalikan masalah pencemaran udara, di samping tradisi banjir. Meskipun begitu, Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso mendapat penghargaan 2006 Asian Air Quality Management Champion Award. Ini adalah penghargaan internasional yang diberikan kepada tokoh-tokoh yang dinilai berhasil meningkatkan kualitas udara di kawasan Asia.

"Jakarta tidak memiliki cukup ruang terbuka hijau (RTH) yang mampu membantu menetralisir racun dari asap kendaraan bermotor, industri, dan lainnya," ucap Kepala Badan Pengelolaan Lingkungan Hidup Daerah (BPLHD) DKI Jakarta. RTH (dan pohon di dalamnya) adalah paru-paru kota yang berfungsi menyerap dan mengolah gas polutan, memproduksi oksigen bagi kehidupan kota dan kita.

Hasil KTT Bumi di Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, (1992) dan Johannesburg, Afrika Selatan, (2002) menyepakati sebuah kota sehat idealnya memiliki luas RTH minimal 30 persen dari total luas kota. Dengan luas 66.152 ha, Peraturan Daerah Nomor 6 Tahun 1999 tentang Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah Jakarta 2010 merencanakan RTH seluas 13,94 persen (9.545 ha), jauh dari kategori kota sehat.

Berdasarkan Studi Lembaga Bina Lanskap, Fakultas Arsitektur Lanskap dan Teknologi Lingkungan, Universitas Trisakti (2003), dengan standar 7,81 meter persegi RTH per seorang penduduk, luas RTH yang dibutuhkan sebagai pengendali kualitas udara dan penyerap gas polutan di Jakarta seluas 23.500 ha (36 persen dari luas kota). Ini berarti dengan luas RTH 9,12 persen (6.900 ha) pada 2006, Jakarta kini hanya memiliki kapasitas pengendali udara 25 persen, atau hidup dengan seperempat paru-paru kota!

Padahal, satu hektar RTH mampu menghasilkan 0,6 ton oksigen. Jumlah tersebut guna dikonsumsi 1.500 penduduk per hari, mengurangi suhu 5-8 Celsius, meredam kebisingan 25-80 persen, dan menyerap gas polutan 75-80 persen.

Inkonsistensi Pemprov DKI Jakarta membuat pembangunan fisik bangunan, infrastruktur, dan transportasi menggusuri taman atau lapangan olahraga, median jalur hijau dan menebangi pohon. Akibatnya, kota mengalami degradasi kualitas lingkungan (pencemaran udara, penyakit lingkungan, krisis air bersih, tanah ambles, intrusi air laut, dan abrasi pantai).

Bus transjakarta

Setelah tiga tahun berjalan, Senin (15/1), fenomena bus transjakarta telah menjadi ikon baru dan solusi cerdas pembangunan sistem makro transportasi Jakarta pada masa datang yang relatif murah, efektif, dan ramah lingkungan. Ini sebuah tradisi baru bertransportasi kota.

Pemprov harus membenahi secara terpadu sarana infrastruktur jembatan penyeberangan, halte bus, dan zebra cross. Selain itu, pedestrian dan jalur pencapaian ke gedung di sepanjang koridor bus transjakarta, bollard penahan motor, ramp, dan lantai bertanda khusus kaum difabel dan lansia, serta memperbanyak pohon peneduh.

Memiliki udara kota bersih dan sehat adalah sia-sia, tanpa ada upaya serius dan profesional menyinergikan pembangunan infrastruktur dan transportasi massal ramah lingkungan. Juga dengan membatasi pergerakan kendaraan pribadi, menyediakan RTH yang luas, membangun pedestrian yang nyaman, serta melindungi dan memperbanyak pohon kota.

NIRWONO JOGA Arsitek Lanskap

JAKARTA's AEROMOVEL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM2Zxn7ybNQ

whoaa thats pretty old! I don't think the Aeromovel works in Taman Mini Anymore! it doesn't even have A/C!

^^
Are u sure??
Thats a pity then

yea a pity if it doesn't work anymore. it's an affordable and working technology.

I don't like it it doesn't suit Jakarta.... its a Very Modern Transportation of the 80s...

Monas Makin Diminati Masyarakat

Selasa, 20 Februari 2007
JAKARTA (Suara Karya): Penataan Taman Monas membuat objek wisata yang menjadi trade mark ibu kota negara Indonesia ini makin diminati masyarakat. Meski adanya pekerjaan pembenahan taman dan pemagaran di dekat Monumen Nasional sejak Desember 2006, pengunjung Monas bukannya menurun, melainkan meningkat.

Contohnya, bila Desember 2006 lalu pengunjungnya 48.000 orang, maka Januari 2007 meningkat menjadi 79.000 orang. Kepala Unit Pelaksana Teknis (UPT) Monas, Drs Rafael Nadapdap, di Jakarta, Senin (19/2), mengutarakan, peningkatan pengunjung itu karena faktor daya tarik Monas yang pembangunannya digagas oleh Ir Soekarno, Presiden pertama RI.

"Monas dengan lingkungan tamannya yang indah dan hijau, dengan air mancur menari, merupakan tempat rekreasi yang cukup murah bagi masyarakat," kata Rafael.

Mengenai aspirasi masyarakat pengunjung Monas, Rafael mengungkapkan, yang selalu mereka keluhkan adalah jauhnya mereka harus berjalan dari tempat parkir mobil/bus di lapangan IRTI sampai ke pintu masuk Monas di sebelah utara. Karena itu, UPT Monas merencanakan untuk mengadakan kereta mini yang mobile untuk antar-jemput pengunjung.

"Di samping itu, diperlukan pula 4 teropong di pelataran puncak Monas untuk melihat pemandangan Jakarta dari ketinggian 120 meter. Sebab, teropong yang ada dari tahun 1970-an itu sudah tidak berfungsi," katanya.

Kepala Tata Usaha UPT Mo-nas, Ageng Darmintono, me-nambahkan, jumlah pengunjung Monas tahun 2005 sebanyak 582.000 orang, dan pada tahun 2006 meningkat menjadi 665.000 orang. Jumlah pengunjung pada Januari 2007 sudah mencapai 79.000 orang.

Namun, ia mengakui, pada bulan Februari ini pengunjung Monas agak menurun karena faktor cuaca, di mana sering turun hujan dan banjir, sehingga dalam sehari jumlah pengunjung rata-rata hanya 850 sampai 900 orang.

Dalam rencana revisi isi diorama Museum Monas oleh pemerintah pusat, rombongan Pusjarah TNI/ABRI pada 29 Januari 2007 mengunjungi tempat ini, disusul rombongan pejabat Direktorat Permuseuman Departemen Pariwisata dan Kebudayaan 5 Februari yang lalu.

Pembenahan taman sekitar Monas yang dikerjakan sejak 17 Desember 2006 kini sudah mencapai 35 persen. Diharap-kan bulan Mei, sebelum pemindahan Bendera Pusaka ke Monas, pembenahan taman tersebut sudah selesai.

Menurut manajer lapangan proyek taman tersebut, Supriyono, ada empat tema ornamen/hiasan dalam bentuk taman. Sebelah utara tema Sumatera, timur tema Kalimantan, selatan Irian Jaya/Papua, dan sebelah barat tema Jawa. Sponsor pekerjaan tersebut adalah pabrik rokok ternama di Kediri, Jawa Timur. (Dwi Putro AA)

btw, is this the right thread to post this news??

I don t know , don t understand the above article. : )

^^ it means there are more tourists in monas right now.. December 2006 it was 48.000, but january 2007 is 79.000. and there is a plan to make small tram-look-a-like-carriage to connect monas and the parking (since it's quite far). and there is a plan to beautify the park with indonesian theme.. and Djarum, will invest in the plan.. :)

Thanks Paw.

@paw

Nope Not Djarum but Gudang Garam
Djarum is in Kudus

oh iya.. lupa.. kirain kudus ama kediri sama.. hohohoho.. baru sadar..

^^ it means there are more tourists in monas right now.. December 2006 it was 48.000, but january 2007 is 79.000. and there is a plan to make small tram-look-a-like-carriage to connect monas and the parking (since it's quite far). and there is a plan to beautify the park with indonesian theme.. and Djarum, will invest in the plan.. :)

really looking foward to the PARK :yes:

^^ bUT, I guess the park has been so green and big.... o maybe just beautify here and there .... nice tho /..

THe increasing number of visitors were caused by TWO BUSWAY LINE that intersects in MONAS Area ...... So, it is really easy to reach MONAS now.... I felt it is really worth to see a MONAS as place of interest for today....

Deep tunnel and reservoir project best way to reduce flooding, body says

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The city's water regulatory body has recommended the construction of an underground reservoir to alleviate both flooding and pollution in the capital.

It proposes building a 17-kilometer-long tunnel one hundred meters below the ground with a catchment area of 30 million cubic square meters. It would be integrated with the East and West flood canals, as well as Cengkareng Drain.

The body's head, Achmad Lanti, said Thursday the concept had five benefits: controlling floodwater, creating new clean water resources by recycling wastewater and rainwater at once, preventing land subsidence and sea water intrusion, improving the quality of groundwater and surface water and overcoming the city's liquid waste problems.

"The five-in-one concept is an environmentally friendly system since we can decrease the volume of liquid waste by processing it into clean water," he said.

The body had discussed the project with the city administration long before the devastating floods in the city last month. However, it was forced to submit its proposal to the administration ahead of time as part of its flood response.

The construction of the tunnel will be divided into three stages. Initially it will link Bukit Duri, Kampung Melayu, Manggarai, Karet sluice gate, Grogol dam, Muara Angke and the West Flood Canal.

In the second stage, the tunnel will extend to Buaran through Pulo Gadung, Cakung and Cilincing, linking up with the East Flood Canal.

In the third stage, the tunnel will reach Cengkareng Drain in West Jakarta.

Lanti said the project would be completed within two years at an estimated cost of Rp 4 trillion.

"We plan to conduct feasibility studies and finalize the engineering design by the end of the year," he said.

Deputy Governor Fauzi Bowo said the administration had approved the proposal but had yet to decide when the project would begin.

"We expect the central government to support the project in terms of both approval and funding."

He said another advantage of building an underground structure was that it was unnecessary to acquire land.

"Hopefully it won't take as long as the East Flood Canal project, which was delayed due to complications in the land acquisition process." (04)

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Flood canal plan years out of date experts say

Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Building the East Flood Canal according to the current plan, which was drawn up about 80 years ago, would only heighten the threat of flooding in the city, experts say.

Speaking on Tuesday at a public discussion on spatial planning, Trisakti University hydrology expert Erwin Iskandar recommended the start of the canal be taken further south.

"Both of the flood canals were designed according to conditions in Batavia, or old Jakarta, which had a total area of 2,500 hectares," Erwin said.

"Now the city's area is 65,000 hectares, the master plan must be revised."

He said that by taking the start of the canal further south, where the land was higher, the flood risk in outer areas would be minimized.

Erwin said the existing West Flood Canal was only able to stop central areas of Jakarta from flooding because at the time of its construction the outer areas were not inhabited and therefore in less need of protection.

The West Canal Flood, designed by engineer Herman van Breen, was constructed in 1922 in response to the great flood in Batavia in 1918.

The canal cut through the Cideng, Krukut and Grogol rivers, channeling their water directly into the sea.

"Their main concern then was to keep people living in Weltevreden (now the Medan Merdeka area) and Menteng dry. Fortunately, the outer areas had not been inhabited," Erwin said.

As witnessed today, outer areas like Manggarai, South Jakarta, and Jatinegara, East Jakarta, were among the most severely affected in both the 2002 and 2007 floods.

He said a similar condition could be created in outer areas of the East Flood Canal, like Cipinang in East Jakarta, if the project were to be built to the current plan.

During last month's floods, 75 percent of the city was affected, almost four times the area affected in 2002.

For the city administration it is the perfect time to push forward with the canal plan.

The project, which is scheduled for completion by 2010, requires a Rp 4.124 trillion investment -- both for land acquisition and the construction of the stretch of the canal that would cut through the Cipinang, Sunter and Cakung rivers.

As of today, only a 7.7 km stretch of the 23.7-km canal has been completed.

The canal, which has an upstream depth of three meters and a downstream depth of seven m, is projected to accommodate more than 390 cubic meters of water per second.

Environmentalists have criticized the plan as shortsighted and suggested either building lakes or developing a deep tunnel reservoir.

During the discussion, Tarumanagara urban planning expert Kemal Taruc highlighted the need for the city administration to develop a land contour map to calculate average depths across the city in a hypothetical flood.

"The simulation is needed as a precaution. We could warn residents based on the estimated depths," Kemal said.

He added that previously urban planners and experts from the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) had offered to establish floodplain boundaries and flood depths through detailed analysis.

"Unfortunately, the administration does not even have a thing as simple as a land contour map."

DKI Jakarta Buka SMS Center


Laporan Wartawan Kompas Emilius Caesar Alexey


JAKARTA, KOMPAS--Untuk mendengar langsung keluhan masyarakat mengenai pelayanan publik, Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso membuka SMS Center di nomor 0811983899, Jumat (2/3) di Jakarta Pusat. Semua anggota masyarakat yang tidak puas dengan kinerja aparat pemerintahan berhak melaporkan melalui SMS itu.

Sutiyoso mengatakan, masyarakat juga dapat melaporkan kerusakan jalan, saluran air kotor, atau kerusakan fisik lainnya. Semua SMS masyarakat akan ditindaklanjuti dengan mengirimkannya ke dinas teknis atau walikota setempat agar dapat diselesaikan.

Sutiyoso mengatakan, masyarakat juga dapat melaporkan kerusakan jalan, saluran air kotor, atau kerusakan fisik lainnya. Semua SMS masyarakat akan ditindaklanjuti dengan mengirimkannya ke dinas teknis atau walikota setempat agar dapat diselesaikan.

Kalo kerusakan moral di kalangan pejabat DKI, kemanakah mesti melapor ... ohh mungkin ke...
0811-G-O-T-O-H-E-L-L


J/k j/k j/k :lol:

Halte Water Bus under construction. I didnt really think Jakarta is going ahead with this plan this early.

http://foto.detik.com/index.php/home.readfoto/tahun/2007/bulan/03/tgl/08/time/135704/idnews/751601/idkanal/157/id/1

I dont like the design. Too.. old fashioned.

nooo!! :ohno: its traditional :ohno: I wish the design of the Halte was par with busway.... perahunya gimana yah?speedboat ato paddle? lol and what about going under bridges?

Damn
itu seh buat perahu getek namanya :D:D

since the it is old fashioned, the perahu of course the paddle type :D

Sutiyoso sure water taxi is a winner

http://www.thejakartapost.com/caption/P4A.jpg

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

As Sutiyoso's time as governor draws to a close, the people around him are working against time to ensure his plan to establish an inland water transportation system gets off the ground by the middle of the year.

City transportation agency head Nurachman said Friday the water taxi's Ciliwung River route -- from Karet in Central Jakarta to Manggarai sluice gate in South Jakarta was a well-chosen pilot program to gauge the appeal of water-based transportation.

"We hope passengers can try out the 4.2-kilometer route as early as June," he told The Jakarta Post.

"The city public works agency is currently in the process of repairing the West Flood Canal, which intercepts the Ciliwung, to make way for the water taxi service."

The administration has so far built water taxi stops in Karet Belakang, Dukuh Atas and PD PAL Jaya subdistricts.

The administration also plans to construct riverbank stations, where passengers will be able to make ticket purchases.

The type of vessels that will be employed has yet to be announced.

Despite his deputy, Fauzi Bowo, challenging the suitability of the system given the fact that many of the city's rivers are silted up with mud and rubbish, Sutiyoso is convinced it's a good way to ease traffic congestion on city streets. He is determined to see the service offered before his term ends in July.

Ciliwung River is the largest of the 13 rivers that cut through the capital.

All 13 rivers are seriously polluted.

The Jakarta Environmental Management Agency (BPLHD) said the water taxi service could actually improve the state of the city's rivers.

"We would constantly be monitoring the water quality and would certainly make it a priority to get rid of the stench. We're also planning to landscape the banks so commuters can enjoy a nice view," said Ridwan Panjaitan, the head of air pollution control at the agency.

The water taxi service is part of the city's integrated MRT project, comprising also the busway, subway and monorail systems.

Sutiyoso's first project, the busway, was launched two years ago.

There are currently seven corridors linking a number of areas of the city. Another eight corridors are under construction.

The monorail, meanwhile, will comprise two lines -- the green line and the blue line -- and cost an estimated US$650 million.

The 14.3-kilometer green line will run through Central Jakarta and South Jakarta, from Jl. Rasuna Said and Jl. Gatot Subroto to the Sudirman business district, and then to Senayan, Jl. Pejompongan and back to Jl. Rasuna Said.

The blue line will link Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta to Roxy, West Jakarta.

Meanwhile, the planned subway would run from Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta, to Kota in West Jakarta.

It is expected to cost US$800 million.

Looking at the water bus shelter
Looks like the bus or boat itself will probably have a small size (as size of sampan maybe)

Because it almost impossible for a boat at size of ferry to fit in there

This ' watertaxi ride 'will it be a smelly one ?? will they clean the river first . and how about safety regulations ? hope that those people taking this mean of transportation won't throw their plastic water bottle into the river !

^^ haha.. agree..

3 hari yg lalu gw coba layanan ini. Waktu itu lagi lewat JPO Gelora Bung Karno, sebagian lampunya mati. Aku kirim laporan untuk diforward ke Dinas PJU (Penerangan Jalan Umum). Esok harinya, lampu di JPO Gelora Bung Karno sudah terang berderang semuanya. Kebetulan?

Go try it! Let us be responsible citizen..

DKI Jakarta Buka SMS Center


Laporan Wartawan Kompas Emilius Caesar Alexey


JAKARTA, KOMPAS--Untuk mendengar langsung keluhan masyarakat mengenai pelayanan publik, Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso membuka SMS Center di nomor 0811983899, Jumat (2/3) di Jakarta Pusat. Semua anggota masyarakat yang tidak puas dengan kinerja aparat pemerintahan berhak melaporkan melalui SMS itu.

Sutiyoso mengatakan, masyarakat juga dapat melaporkan kerusakan jalan, saluran air kotor, atau kerusakan fisik lainnya. Semua SMS masyarakat akan ditindaklanjuti dengan mengirimkannya ke dinas teknis atau walikota setempat agar dapat diselesaikan.

^^ wah sutiyoso mau meninggalkan 'kenangan terindah' buat jakarta di akhir jabatannya nih.. huehehhe

isn't it good... :cheers:

Hello everybody I'm back.
it's been a long time i don't open internet and now there's this news of watertaxi. My only comment is: if government is really serious about this, build the stops/shelters big. From detik.com I saw they are too small. Remember the busway stations/shelters? they should have made them bigger.

OOT: I've been looking for the thread of KOTA, where is it?

Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Aside from building percolation pits, homeowners will be required to install on-site wastewater treatment systems once an ordinance that was issued in 2005 takes effect.

Included in the ordinance are guidelines describing how proposed sewer lines will connect household, public and commercial premises to existing and future wastewater treatment systems.

The administration has divided Jakarta into clusters according to population and land density, to determine whether integrated, communal or individual treatment plants should be built.

"A combination of individual, communal and regional treatment plants would help secure the city's water supply," said water management expert Nusa Idaman Said recently.

"They would reduce water pollution levels, making it possible for river water to be further processed," he added.

Nusa is a researcher at the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, which is involved in building public awareness of the ordinance.

Developers would need to submit plans for a wastewater treatment system in order to obtain a building permit, and the owners of existing homes would also be required to build "space-saving" ones.

Currently, such a regulation only applies to business and commercial premises.

"Individual households can start with two things: building a simple rainwater reservoir and constructing a small water treatment plant," Nusa said.

A simple individual plant costs about Rp 1 million to build.

And the type of wastewater plant one should build depends on the location of their home.

According to population density, the city is divided into three areas.

The first is districts with a population density exceeding 300 people per hectare, which should have an integrated sewerage system built by the administration or a third party.

According to the guidelines, the densely populated districts of Central Jakarta, as well as Tanjung Priok and Koja -- both in North Jakarta -- fall into the first category.

Meanwhile, districts with a population of 100-300 people per hectare -- mostly areas of the city's inner fringe -- can opt for either communal or semi-communal treatment plants.

The last area includes districts with less than 100 people per hectare, which will only require on-site individual wastewater treatment plants.

Separate districts on the outer fringe of the city such as Jagakarsa, Cipayung, Cengkareng and part of Cakung and Cilincing fall into this category.

Currently, the city's sewerage system is deficient and only covers some parts of Jakarta like the Sudirman-Thamrin and Kuningan business districts, which are served by an integrated wastewater treatment plant in Setiabudi, South Jakarta.

Households in general contribute about 75 percent of the city's wastewater and commercial premises 15 percent. The rest comes from industries.

Although the ordinance was approved in late 2005, as of today the city agencies responsible for overseeing its implementation are still in the public education phase, Nusa said.

"For a long time now we have been getting by without thinking of it (wastewater treatment) as a necessity. It will take probably longer to make it work," he added.

Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Aside from building percolation pits, homeowners will be required to install on-site wastewater treatment systems once an ordinance that was issued in 2005 takes effect.

Included in the ordinance are guidelines describing how proposed sewer lines will connect household, public and commercial premises to existing and future wastewater treatment systems.

The administration has divided Jakarta into clusters according to population and land density, to determine whether integrated, communal or individual treatment plants should be built.

"A combination of individual, communal and regional treatment plants would help secure the city's water supply," said water management expert Nusa Idaman Said recently.

"They would reduce water pollution levels, making it possible for river water to be further processed," he added.

Nusa is a researcher at the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, which is involved in building public awareness of the ordinance.

Developers would need to submit plans for a wastewater treatment system in order to obtain a building permit, and the owners of existing homes would also be required to build "space-saving" ones.

Currently, such a regulation only applies to business and commercial premises.

"Individual households can start with two things: building a simple rainwater reservoir and constructing a small water treatment plant," Nusa said.

A simple individual plant costs about Rp 1 million to build.

And the type of wastewater plant one should build depends on the location of their home.

According to population density, the city is divided into three areas.

The first is districts with a population density exceeding 300 people per hectare, which should have an integrated sewerage system built by the administration or a third party.

According to the guidelines, the densely populated districts of Central Jakarta, as well as Tanjung Priok and Koja -- both in North Jakarta -- fall into the first category.

Meanwhile, districts with a population of 100-300 people per hectare -- mostly areas of the city's inner fringe -- can opt for either communal or semi-communal treatment plants.

The last area includes districts with less than 100 people per hectare, which will only require on-site individual wastewater treatment plants.

Separate districts on the outer fringe of the city such as Jagakarsa, Cipayung, Cengkareng and part of Cakung and Cilincing fall into this category.

Currently, the city's sewerage system is deficient and only covers some parts of Jakarta like the Sudirman-Thamrin and Kuningan business districts, which are served by an integrated wastewater treatment plant in Setiabudi, South Jakarta.

Households in general contribute about 75 percent of the city's wastewater and commercial premises 15 percent. The rest comes from industries.

Although the ordinance was approved in late 2005, as of today the city agencies responsible for overseeing its implementation are still in the public education phase, Nusa said.

"For a long time now we have been getting by without thinking of it (wastewater treatment) as a necessity. It will take probably longer to make it work," he added.

@Tata

especially during rush hour
definitely not sufficient

btw welcome back Tata

Bike path for Jakarta


BeritaJakarta.com In order to overcome the traffic and tackle with the air pollution, Jakarta Government is planning to make special path for bike users. Now, the idea is being discussed by Jakarta Dept. of Transportation and other transportation experts like Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

“In Macro Transportation Pattern, there’s a term called non-motorist cycle about bike. We’re discussing which path is suitable to be transformed into this path,” said the Head of Jakarta Dept. of Transportation, Nurachman, on Tuesday (24/4).

The materials to discuss are the street route, traffic density and the area of the street. “We’re still discussing the possibility to put the path in Sudirman-Thamrin,” added Nurachman.

Nurachman continued that according to the research done by ITDP, the air quality in Sudirman-Thamrin is getting better. In 2006, NOx reduced to 155 tons and CO2 reduced to 2,000 tons per year :okay:. Nurachman said that the bike-path concept is possible to apply in Jakarta. “In other places with similar geographical condition like Manila and Sao Paolo, the concept is applied and working well,” finished Nurachman.

^^ probably the better air quality due to Busway?

Bike path for Jakarta


yeay... good. finally they're working on it.

A 22km tunnel for Jakarta..

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Administration to conduct tunnel feasibility study

Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The Jakarta administration will conduct a feasibility study on a plan to build a 22-kilometer tunnel aimed at resolving chronic water and transportation problems in the capital.

"If everything runs smoothly, the administration can complete the technical design by 2009 and start construction by 2010," Firdaus Ali, a member of the Jakarta Water Supply Regulatory Body told reporters after meeting with Governor Sutiyoso on Tuesday.

According to the project design, the administration will construct two levels of roadway in the tunnel as well as waste water reservoirs.

Waste water will then be processed to become clean water in North Jakarta's Pluit drain, the product of which will meet the water requirements of up to 1.5 million residents.

Above the roadways, the tunnel will be used as a utility duct.

The project was first proposed by the body in February after severe flooding which inundated much of the capital.

In its initial proposal, the Rp 4.37 trillion project was designed to handle repetitive floods in the city with the capacity to entrap 30 million cubic meters of water.

Sutiyoso briefed members of the House of Representatives and the City Council on the project at the time and due to negative responses from legislators the body redesigned the project.

It has been proposed that the 22-kilometer tunnel with a diameter of 12 meters will be constructed 15 meters below the West Flood Canal from Jalan MT Haryono in East Jakarta to Muara Angke in West Jakarta.

"At first we proposed the construction of a deep tunnel intended to cope with annual flood problems. But we have now integrated turnpikes, wastewater management and a water recycling system like those in Singapore and Malaysia into the design," Firdaus said.

The body's head, Achmad Lanti, sought support from members of the Regional Representative Council at a seminar on flood problems.

"The project is a good alternative for Jakarta because there will be no need for land acquisition. We hope councilors can support our idea," he said.

The body said that underground drilling works would be conducted using a global positioning system to avoid disturbances or activity on the surface.

Similar underground reservoirs have already been constructed in big cities such as Chicago, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

To materialize this plan, the administration will organize an international seminar on deep tunnels to attract investors to fund the project.

Firdaus said that representatives from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and investors from Malaysia would attend the seminar.

"We hope 70 percent of funding for the project will come from private companies," he said.

Jakarta has long experienced floods in the rainy season and droughts in the dry season due to uncontrolled land use which has caused land permeability to be low.

Of the city's average rainfall of two billion cubic meters per year, only 170 million cubic meters of rain becomes groundwater, with a water deficit of 36 million cubic meters per year.

The administration is also under pressure to improve the city's poor transportation system which causes heavy traffic congestion daily. (05)

Mmm.. located under Banjir Kanal Barat its a good idea. The water can be injected underground to stabilize the tunnel. *Sok tau mode ON*

from : http://www.ekon.go.id/v3/content/view/501/61/

Govt. May Finance Jakarta Tunnel Project

The central government has agreed to help finance the multi-purpose deep tunnel project (MPDT), pending a feasibility study, a state official said.
"The project is a good idea because it will overcome many problems in the city such as traffic congestion, water shortages, and poor sanitation," Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto told a press conference Thursday (24/5/07) after opening a seminar on the project.

He said the central government would not mind helping finance the project but it would first look at the result of a feasibility planned by the city administration this year. He suggested the feasibility study be paid for by the city administration. "We will see whether the project is financially and technically feasible," The Jakarta Post quoted him as saying.

The head of the Jakarta Water Regulatory Body, Achmad Lanti, said the body would need around $2 million to conduct a feasibility study and to make the grand design for the project. "It will take two years to finish the feasibility study and the design and if the project is not feasible, we will not make it happen," he said.

The 22-km tunnel will be constructed 15 meters below the West Flood Canal project with entrances in Balekambang, East Jakarta, and Manggarai, South Jakarta, and exits in Tanah Abang and Roxy in Central Jakarta and at the airport in Cengkareng, Tangerang. There will be two levels of roadway and waste water reservoirs in the tunnel with diameters of 12 meters. Above the roadways, the tunnel will be used as a utility duct.

It is estimated that the tunnel will generate around Rp2.2 trillion each year from the operation of the roadway as well as waste water treatment.

what happened to the monorail? are they still continuing it?

^^ they said in June?? hope soo...

BTW welcome back :)

^^ they said in June?? hope soo...



did you read it somewhere? I didn't any news about it except Adhi Karya will increase their share up to 25% or something.

did you read it somewhere? I didn't any news about it except Adhi Karya will increase their share up to 25% or something.

loh?? dasar Kakek pikun :lol: lupa apa yg di posting ya kek? ;)

Kalo lebih gampang kenapa nggak dari dulu ditawarin ke bank nasional?

Dua Bank Berminat Danai Monorel

Jakarta, Kompas - Dua bank nasional secara resmi menyatakan berminat mendanai pembangunan monorel jalur hijau. Jika persetujuan sudah tercapai, pembangunan infrastruktur monorel akan dilanjutkan kembali pada Juni 2007.

Menurut Direktur PT Jakarta Monorail, Sukmawati Syukur, Jumat (11/5) di Jakarta Pusat, selain kedua bank itu, terdapat satu bank lagi yang menyatakan berminat tetapi belum memasukkan penawaran resmi. Jika jadi membentuk sebuah sindikasi, ketiga bank itu akan merekrut lima sampai enam bank lagi untuk turut membiayai pembangunan monorel.

Dana yang diperlukan untuk membangun monorel mencapai Rp 3,2 triliun. Dana itu dipastikan dapat dipenuhi oleh perbankan nasional, sebagai ganti dari rencana pembiayaan oleh Dubai Islamic Bank.

Sebelumnya, Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso mendorong penggunaan dana dari perbankan nasional untuk pembangunan monorel karena lebih mudah dicairkan. Selain itu, bank-bank nasional, termasuk Bank DKI, akan memperoleh kesempatan besar untuk menyalurkan kredit, karena masih banyak dana simpanan yang menganggur.

Sukmawati berharap, pinjaman bagi pembangunan infrastruktur monorel dikenai bunga yang lebih rendah dari bunga komersial, 14 persen. Bunga yang rendah akan menjadi salah satu penawaran karena proyek ini mendapat jaminan kerugian dari pemerintah. "Jika proyek jalan tol mendapatkan bunga 12 persen, kami juga meminta tingkat bunga yang sama. Apabila memungkinkan, bunga untuk proyek ini ditekan sampai 10 persen karena digunakan untuk kepentingan umum," kata Sukmawati. (eca)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=156868&page=20

loh?? dasar Kakek pikun :lol: lupa apa yg di posting ya kek? ;)


Hahahaha... cangkem mu! :lol:

30/05/2007 18:46

Moda transportasi taksi air yang mulai beroperasi Juli mendatang melayani rute Halimun-Karet dan Halimun-Manggarai. Sampah disertai bau yang tidak sedap akan menjadi pemandangan saat naik taksi air.


Liputan6.com, Jakarta: Warga Jakarta bakal kehadiran moda transportasi baru, yakni taksi air. Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta telah menyiapkan tiga dermaga, yaitu Halimun, Dukuh Atas, serta Manggarai. Armada taksi air berkapasitas 28 orang dan melayani rute Halimun-Karet dan Halimun-Manggarai.

Jarak tempuh taksi air untuk rute tersebut dapat dicapai dalam waktu minimal 10 menit. Namun jika ada gangguan seperti sampah yang menyangkut di mesin atau ketinggian air tidak mencapai 1,5 meter hingga dua meter, waktu tempuh akan lebih panjang. Untuk itu, Nurachman, Kepala Dinas Perhubungan DKI Jakarta, mengimbau masyarakat agar tidak menjadikan sungai sebagai tempat sampah.

Moda transportasi taksi air akan dibuka mulai Juni mendatang, tetapi hanya dibuka Sabtu dan Ahad. Di pagi, taksi air mulai beroperasi sejak pukul 07.00 WIB hingga 09.00 WIB. Sedangkan pada petang hari dimulai dari pukul 17.00 WIB hingga 21.00 WIB.(Anastasya Putri dan Yuli Sasmito)

http://www.liputan6.com/view/6,142261,1,0,1180548302.html

doohh.... who is the idiot building this. didnt think about getting rid of the trash first. so inconvenient

hey guys... the water taxi is made and runned by what company? I mean like busway is runned by Transjakarta so water taxi?? + only in Weekends? efektif ? isn't it for kemacetan.... when we see the news mah.. ini buat apaan kalo gak cepet or not in Weekdays? :?

I think they should throw Flowers like melati on the river to neutralize it... I rememeber last time I read a majalah that the river passing in front of Passer Baroe was cleanner than venices's river back in colonial times... but then they throw Horse corpse there and it stank badly... after a while they put Melati/jasmine to make the smell go away and I think it worked........ 1000 malu cuz I read that in Majalah Gadis.... I don't know I was bored....:P

Water taxi will be operated by government, not a company like Blue Bird, etc. Transjakarta operated by public service body (BLU - below Dishub) which formed by government.

Water taxi will open for trial, that's why they will open only on weekends. And the purpose is not for "kemacetan", instead for river tourism (for the local people esp). If the trial went success, then they will planned to extend the operation hours.


hey guys... the water taxi is made and runned by what company? I mean like busway is runned by Transjakarta so water taxi?? + only in Weekends? efektif ? isn't it for kemacetan.... when we see the news mah.. ini buat apaan kalo gak cepet or not in Weekdays? :?

I think they should throw Flowers like melati on the river to neutralize it... I rememeber last time I read a majalah that the river passing in front of Passer Baroe was cleanner than venices's river back in colonial times... but then they throw Horse corpse there and it stank badly... after a while they put Melati/jasmine to make the smell go away and I think it worked........ 1000 malu but I read that in Majalah Gadis.... I don't know I was bored....:P

Hey, maybe blue bird should run a water taxi. Maybe they will use brand new mercedes benz!!! hehehe

mercedes benz on water? wont they like sink? :lol:

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It seem that the passenger can open the window
I hope the won't throw any rubbish to the river

^^ kali banjir kanal selama gak menyentuh GROGOL memang dah lumayan bersih ...... Soalnya kalo d HALIMUN, airnya bersih dah gak ada sampahnya ...:D

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It seem that the passenger can open the window
I hope the won't throw any rubbish to the river

uda official ?

^^ udah tapi cuma buka sabtu minggu. pagi ama sore doang..
soalnya baru 2, dan diuntukkan baru iuntuk tourism :D:D

^^ udah tapi cuma buka sabtu minggu. pagi ama sore doang..
soalnya baru 2, dan diuntukkan baru iuntuk tourism :D:D

for tourism? thats great :banana:

but i wonder if the river smell :ohno:

i hope sooner or later they will build restaurants or cafes along the riverside :D

^^ I don't think so... nanti kembali kumuh lagi...its also made to teach people to clean the river

I really hope that orang Indonesian understand that clean vary important for them. Kalau maish bunag sampah sembarang dikirimi ajah banjir lagi:lol: :lol: , masa kagak kapok-kapok sih......

good start, even though imo the boats are too small.

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It seem that the passenger can open the window
I hope the won't throw any rubbish to the river

I really hope Indonesian will start to realize that they need to start trowing their trash in a trash can not the river

they should build those nice water taxis like those boats in Seine River (Paris)
and put some nice little restaurants on the boat (luxurious)
it would be good not only for transportation but also for tourism.
yeah i wish! lol

really hate it when people throw away their stuff on the road/ river, can't they realize the impact of it!!!!!

for tourism? thats great :banana:

but i wonder if the river smell :ohno:

i hope sooner or later they will build restaurants or cafes along the riverside :D

Cafes and restaurant is a good idea
It will make the river look pretty and clean

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Yes..like this:banana:

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where is that?

i bet in the netherlands.. ;)

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i wonder when will JKT become like that :lol:

^ maybe 10 more years HAHAHA...

Yes in Belanda, this canal close to poor distric anyaway. Of course JKT can be better than this if the peoples more dicipline also love clean & tidy. Dont forget in Belanda many volunteer & also very good dinas kebersihan departement...:banana:

I am very optimist, Indonesian peoples one will be aware to lingkungan.

^^ yg di Belanda kadang2 warna airnya cokelat I think I saw a photo before? I hope a private investor from Netherland Invest in it or something

^^ kadang air di belanda agak kotor. tapi ga pernah bau. setiap minggu beberapa kali kanal dibersihkan pake kapal yang didesain khusus buat nyerok sampah disepanjang kanal. tapi kalo masalah bersih... belanda lumayan amat bersih. hehe. menurut gw amrik kalah. jerman lumayan sama, walaupun luxembourg ngalahin mereka semua :P

^^ yg di Belanda kadang2 warna airnya cokelat I think I saw a photo before? I hope a private investor from Netherland Invest in it or something

Yes you right, bukan karena airnya tapi karena tanahnya dari moeras ? tanah lembek atau tanah lihat ? juga airnya tidak mengalir sepeerti di sana
Makanya tidak akan bisa jernih seperti di Indonesia. That way, Gua kadang tidak ngeerti susah sekali orang Indonesia untuk bisa LOVE lingkungan untuk mereka sendiri...

Belanda tidak sebersih Singapore but untuk ukuran europe cukup bersih:banana:

^^ SIngapore .... halahhhh .,,.. emang bersih banget sihh...

Bukan masalah tidak cinta lingkungan . Aq rasa belakangan kecintaan orang terhadap kebersihan dan lingkungan mulai meningkat. Tapi efek2 dari perbuatan kita d masa lalu masih akan terasa puluhan tahun ke depan, walaupun kita sudah berhenti melakukannya puluhan tahun yang lalu... . Kalo mau melihat SUngai d JAKARTA benar2 bersih, caranya naik mesin waktu dan stop orang2 buang sampah 20-25 tahun yang lalu.

Sungai Han (Han Gang), d Seoul Koresl pada mid 1980s ... sungai itu warnanya hitem penuh polusi dan berbau. Tapi sekarang sungai itu telah bersih ..... Dan tahu berapa waktu yang dibutuhkan untuk membersihkannya ?? Sekitar 15-20 tahun....

Mau liat efek JKT?? Liat 20 tahun ke depan.... kalo gak ada yang berubah, baru kita bisa percaya bahwa memang tidak ada effort apapun dari pemerintah kita d hari ini.

Sungai2 d ENGLAND sono juga jorok banget waktu masa REVOLUSI INDUSTRI.

I think really masalah di Indonesia, poor peoples yang tidak tahu cara hidup sehat & kurang dukungan dari pemerintah Indonesia untuk hidup sehat. I'd like so many slogan in Indonesia about lingkungan. Untuk kelas menengah ke atas tidak harus, mereka sudah tahu pentingnya bersih lingkungan. Apalagi kalau mereka pernah ke luar negara Indonesia pasti tahu:banana:

Gua kira KL lumpur juga tidak bersih-bersih sekali, kalau kita pergi ke daerah yang miskinnya:ohno: sama dengan JKT. Cuma mungkin KL tidak sebanyak orang ada tinggal di JKT....:nuts:

Gue masih tetap optimist JKT bisa seperti kota besar lain di Asia:banana:

^^ ya iya lah.. namanya aja Kuala LUMPUR, pasti kotor lah.. :lol::lol:
just kidding.. hehe :D:D

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^^ banyak penumpang komplen kepanasan.. :p gak ada kipas angin/ac
katanya baru mau dipasang kipas later (kok gak sekalian ac ya..)

this is a half-hearted project...having only two boats is a joke..but i suppose, it'll force the authorities to keep the canal clean.

^^ busway aja belom jadi2 datengin bus2 baru.. :D:D

waduh.. project nya asli setengah hati.. itu pake karpet ya lantainya? apa ngga jadi bau nanti kena air? Kapalnya juga kecil banget ya?

I hope this water taxi project will be a success on the other hand I hope that this transportation will abide safety regulations ; not overloading them with passengers

jeleknya anjrot!

I hope this water taxi project will be a success on the other hand I hope that this transportation will abide safety regulations ; not overloading them with passengers

Hmmm to risky jag. Sungai nya kotor - kalo jatoh kan jadi kotor hehehe.

^^ ngerti apa jag?? :)
translation : the river is dirty, if they fell they'd be filthy :D

peace
:):):D:D

jeleknya anjrot!


LOL :lol: ^^ sorry that just made me laugh

^^ yeah.. reminds me of tahu gejrot.. :lol:

The pilot project looks actually good!

When seeing the safetycard and the other facilities I judge that the JKT gov is really having some comitment to finish the job.

I hope that not only passengers will be transported but also cargo.

Is there by the way a possibility to sail with a boat from Cengkareng to Central Jakarta? Or do they have to remove and clean the surrounding of the canal from ugly houses?

Imagine when tourist/businessmen can enter Jakarta by boat.

i heard they are going to extend waterbus operational hours
is that right?
btw ... looking at the stops, it is very difficult to imagine that businessmen will use this service

i heard they are going to extend waterbus operational hours
is that right?
btw ... looking at the stops, it is very difficult to imagine that businessmen will use this service

Yup... they extended 1 hour of operation for each shift.

I also heard that they had planned to change the boat type. Because the existing boat type isn't suit for a river cab, instead the boat were planned to serve for thousand islands route...

The waterway, flood canal and deep canal

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta

The Jakarta city administration is currently developing three water-related projects -- a waterway, flood canal, and deep tunnel -- which are designed to address the problems of poor sanitation, annual flooding and traffic congestion in the capital.

The waterway will be the first official form of river transportation in the city; the canal is a proposed 23-kilometer flood mitigation plan; and a multi-purpose deep tunnel is a giant project that aims to integrate urban facilities. The three vary in scale -- one is worth several billion rupiah, while another is costing the city a whopping Rp 16.3 trillion (US$1.85 billion).

Let's review each project. The waterway is the smallest of the three projects, which, for the time being, has only two boats (water taxis) with a capacity to service 28 passengers per trip. Its 1.7-kilometer long course -- from Halimun in South Jakarta, to Karet in Central Jakarta -- had been previously prepared by the Public Works Ministry.

The 1.7-kilometer water taxi system will hardly scratch the surface in solving transportation problems and chaotic traffic congestion in the city. However, if more serious efforts were made to develop the system, there could be a positive domino effect.

In recent water taxi trials, the boats' motors were choked with garbage in the waterway and were unable to function efficiently. This should remind Jakartans that they must stop treating the city's waterways as garbage dump sites. Currently, hundreds of tons of garbage are extracted from Jakarta's rivers and waterways daily.

The Halimun-Karet waterway is just a pilot project, but a similar project has been planned, which will operate along a proposed 23-kilometer East Flood Canal (BKT) and the existing 17-kilometer West Flood Canal (BKB).

The much anticipated BKT is designed to ease flooding in eastern parts of the city. The project, originally introduced in the early 1970s, was resumed in 2002 after flooding affected almost 70 percent of the city.

The project is being jointly developed by the city administration and the central government. The city administration has been tasked with acquiring the land needed for the project, while the central government will handle all civil issues. Unfortunately, the process of land acquisition has not been smooth, therefore, the project is progressing at a sluggish pace.

The BKT and BKB, which will end at the east and west sides of Jakarta's bay, will shape a semi-circular flood mitigation channel to accommodate runoff from all 13 main rivers in the capital. With a width of between 100 and 300 meters and total length of around 40 kilometers, the two canals will also become important river transportation channels.

How about the deep tunnel project? In 2003, the city administration introduced a US$5.3 billion deep tunnel project to address the issue of poor sanitation in the city. But, nothing materialized due to financial infeasibility. In March 2007, the city introduced a similar project; this time only 17-kilometers in length and worth Rp 4.3 trillion. It was also designed to address sanitation issues and the annual flooding problem.

In May, Governor Sutiyoso announced the Multi-Purpose Deep Tunnel (MPDT) project, designed to connect several urban facilities -- a sanitation facility, urban utility networks, flood mitigation and an underground turnpike -- with an outlay of Rp 16.3 trillion.

Nobody can deny that Jakarta desperately needs better sanitation facilities. The absence of an integrated sanitation facility has led people to dump their liquid domestic waste into city waterways or unsanitary septic tanks. Many city industries also dump their liquid waste into rivers, without proper pre-treatment.

As a result (according to a recent survey), some 70 percent of Jakarta's groundwater has been contaminated by E.coli bacteria and rivers are heavily polluted. Jakarta's river waters turn black during the dry season and omit a very bad stench. Poor sanitation has caused the prevalence of various diseases in the city such as dengue fever, diarrhea, bird flu and tuberculosis.

The city badly needs an integrated utility network. Below the city's surface lies a chaotic network of telecommunication and electricity cables, water pipes and gas lines. Any repair to these causes damage to nearby sidewalks and roads.

Jakarta needs a good flood mitigation plan to help combat annual flooding, which causes trillions of rupiah in damages and sees hundreds of thousands of Jakartans suffer the consequences. Is the deep-tunnel flood mitigation plan the only viable solution?

In trying to solve the problem of annual flooding in the capital, the city administration should revert to its original plan -- the construction of the BKT. City leaders also need to work toward a win-win solution with land owners.

A revival of the BKB plan -- the preparation of which will include the dredging of whole rivers to maximize flood mitigating capacity and the raising of a number of bridges in order for the canal to be used as a transportation channel -- is also crucial.

Jakartans will gain more benefits from the development of these two canals than from the underground deep tunnel. First, the two canals will have a bigger capacity to carry floodwaters out of the city. Second, the project will revive the dream of a river transportation system in the capital. Third, it could become an attractive tourist facility. And lastly, Jakarta may become more attractive to investors.

Does Jakarta really need an underground turnpike? Currently, the development of roads -- including turnpikes -- is not seen as an effective way to ease traffic congestion, as it only encourages more vehicles to use the roads. Instead, the administration should focus on improving the public transportation system.

An underground turnpike will not be required if two 40-kilometer-long canals where developed into a more prominent form of transportation and solution to flood mitigation in the city.

As Indonesia's capital, Jakarta needs to have adequate urban facilities. Any proposed solution needs to take into account the efficiency and effectiveness of its project, as well as the financial capacity of the city administration.

The writer is a journalist at The Jakarta Post. He can be reached at bnurbianto@thejakartapost.com.

waow.. waterway gila.. masak baling2 nya kena sampah, terus kalo ada sampah disisir ama perahu karet, terus kalo ga bisa pake perahu petugasnya berenang... :P

Emission test for vehicle

BeritaJakarta.com Jakarta Government will implement new rule by punishing vehicle owner who do not test the emission car and the rule will be implemented next year. “This program is our way to socialize about emission test and the rule will be implemented on 2008,” said Jakarta Head of Board of Regional Environment Management, Budirama Natakusumah, on 1,000 vehicle emission test program in Monas, Saturday (22/9).

Natakusumah stated that the punishment will be started on Rp 2 million or three months jailed. Natakusumah added that free emission test will be implemented on 140 points in Jakarta which is specialized for private vehicle up to November. At the same place, the Head of Asosiasi Bengkel Indonesia, Yayat Ruhiat, explained that there are 214 workshops are ready to implement the program on September 23. The car which is passing the test will be given a sticker and certificate.