[sustran] Subway in Jakarta

Jachrizal Sumabrata jsum at arbld.unimelb.edu.au
Fri Nov 19 09:31:46 JST 1999


Dear friends,

The 15 kms project worth US$ 1,5 billion, which starts from Jl. Fatmawati
in South Jakarta up to the Kota in North Jakarta, will continue its
construction in 2000. It appears that it is an inappropriate ambitious
project, not only because the crisis is still underway, but also Southern
part of Jakarta is a highly controlled area.

In addition, at the moment bus operators are still wishing to raise ticket
prices, while urban poverty is still struggling to operate an NMT (Becak)
in Jakarta.

In relation to these problems, it may be argued that focus of benefits of
transport investment was insufficiently assumed through its effect on
economic growth only as in the past. More importantly, transport
improvements should be also an instrument of proverty reduction.

I am looking forward to your responds regarding this matter.

Regards


Jachrizal Sumabrata
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
The University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
Telephone, +61 3 9344 9863
Facsimile, +61 3 9344 5532



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