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Jakarta won the international 2021 Sustainable Transport Award.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – The integration program between public transport modes has earned DKI Jakarta the Sustainable Transport Award (STA) 2021. This achievement has put the capital city of Jakarta one step ahead of the year above, which only received the title of “Honorable Mention”.
DKI Jakarta’s victory in this global event was broadcast by a transport consultant, the Indonesian Institute of Transport Policy and Development (ITDP). “Hopefully this award can be a trigger to continue to make further progress in implementing humanistic and environmentally friendly policies,” ITDP Southeast Asia Director Faela Sufadi Jakarta said on Saturday.
Jakarta has managed to eliminate cities of the world that compete in the STA event, such as Adis Ababa, Bogotá, Auckland, Braga, Buenos Aires, Frankfurt, Sao Paulo, etc.
The Sustainable Transport Award (STA) is an annual event that is awarded to cities that have demonstrated commitment, political will, and vision in the field of sustainable urban transport over the past two years (18 months).
The spirit of the STA event is to celebrate cities with all their limitations, insisting on creating a fair and affordable transportation system for all citizens, regardless of age, gender, economic and physical capabilities.
Jakarta is considered to have carried out an ambitious intermodal integration program for public transport in recent years.
Big boost
The integration of the minibus (angkot) with the services of TransJakarta and the presence of the Jakarta MRT and LRT last year has become a huge boost for the public transport system in Jakarta.
Under the JakLingko umbrella, DKI Jakarta’s efforts to integrate all modes of transport, both physical and paid, have been ambitious in recent years.
Then the arrangement of the DKI Jakarta public transport stations with the KRL Commuter line earlier this year has become a new milestone in the public transport integration system in Jabodetabek.
TransJakarta has also started developing a pilot fleet of electric buses this year and aims to convert all of its fleets to electric buses by 2030.
Not just public transport, DKI Jakarta also pays attention to walking users for easy access to integrated public transport.
To support this integration, the DKI Provincial Government has also transformed the Kendal Tunnel into a special pedestrian access tunnel connecting Sudirman KRL station, Jakarta MRT station, airport train station and bus stops and bus stops. shuttle from TransJakarta.
According to Faela, the construction of pedestrian facilities in Jakarta over the past two years has also been massive. Community programs like #JalanJakarta It is also being done to create environmental roads that are friendlier for cyclists and pedestrians.
source: Between
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