[sustran] Jakarta plan to restrict vehicles in favor of buses

[Regina_Therese_MANZO at ura.gov.sg]

Jakarta Restricts Private Vehicles on City Thoroughfare 
in Favor of Luxury Buses 
Determined to ease the exposure of Jakarta's 14 million people to 
constant traffic jams -- responsible for the worst air pollution in 
Asia, countless respiratory ailment cases and the nation's sluggish 
economic growth -- city governor Sutiyoso imposed a ban on private 
cars and taxis in the left lanes of the city's 8-mile-long two-way 
central thoroughfare effective from January, reserving the lanes 
for 54 specially-built luxury buses, with their median stops 
accessible through newly-raised 30-foot pedestrian bridges. 
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=3805&state=54 
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