[sustran] Jakarta City council supports road pricing!...

John Ernst itdpasia at adelphia.net
Mon Mar 28 11:15:05 JST 2005


Some interesting news from Jakarta... on road pricing, and the monorail:

from the Jakarta Post 
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20050304.G01&irec=0

"During a hearing with executives of PT Jakarta Monorail on Thursday, the 
[City Council's Development commission D] supported the company's 
controversial demand for electronic road pricing (ERP) along the roads 
paralleling the planned 27 kilometers of monorail line.

Under the ERP system, all motorists passing along these roads would be 
required to pay a fee to the city administration.
...ERP enforcement was expected to boost passenger numbers on the 
monorails, which will consist of the planned 14.3 kilometer green line and 
the 13.5-kilometer blue line.

...the ERP system would allow the city to collect some US$100 million per 
year, based on the assumption that each motorist would have to pay Rp 5,000 
per trip along the monorail corridors.

...[Monorail developer] Sukmawaty also sought support from the commission 
for the company's proposal for a subvention from the city administration up 
to $20 million per year for the first seven years of the monorail's planned 
operation from early 2007.

She said that her company now wants the city to take a stake in the company 
of up to $60 million, or 30 percent of the firm's total equity.
...
A number of councillors, however, opposed the request for a subsidy for 
monorail system for its first seven years




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