[sustran] Re: Jakarta close to deciding on congestion pricing?

[Sarath Guttikunda]

Robin Chase founded Zipcar, the world’s biggest car-sharing business. That
was one of her smaller ideas. See the presentation below which contemplates
road-pricing schemes that may shake up US driving habits.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/robin_chase_on_zipcar_and_her_next_big_idea.html


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Dr. Sarath Guttikunda, New Delhi, India
UrbanEmissions.Info <http://www.urbanemissions.info> | TED Fellow
http://www.dri.edu/sarath-guttikunda



On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:35 AM, Lee Schipper <schipper at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Hope it succeeds. Schemes like odd-even lead to acquisition of 2nd cars
> and are never sustainable
> Cross your chopsticks!
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> > This may still fail to make it through the political process. It will be
> > interesting to see.
> > Paul
> > ------------------------------------------
> >
> > One legal boundary to go for Jakarta ERP
> >
> > Andreas D. Arditya, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 06/25/2011 10:48 PM
> >
> http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/25/one-legal-boundary-go-jakarta-erp.html
> >
> > Jakarta came one step closer to implementing the much-anticipated
> > electronic
> > road pricing (ERP) system after a regulation was signed by the President,
> > but the city administration says there is still a long way to go before
> > the
> > system becomes a reality.
> >
> > Transportation Minister spokesman Bambang S. Ervan confirmed on Friday
> > that
> > President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had signed Government Regulation (PP)
> > No.
> > 32/2011 on Traffic Management and Engineering on June 21.
> >
> > He said the PP regulated steps to be taken by the regional administration
> > to
> > implement the ERP, which includes planning, managing traffic, procurement
> > and preparing road facilities.
> >
> > “The regulation lists a number of requirements for the ERP, including
> that
> > the system can be implemented where the number of vehicles are higher
> than
> > the road capacity,” Ervan said Friday.
> >
> > However, Ervan said that the PP did not state that Jakarta was obliged to
> > implement the ERP.
> >
> > The PP also mandates that regional administrations handle traffic
> problems
> > by limiting the number of private cars, cargo vehicles, motorcycles and
> > parking spaces, he added.
> >
> > The city has proposed that the ERP system discourage motorists from using
> > private cars and instead opt for public transportation.
> >
> > The initial plan for the scheme is for the ERP to be applied on roads in
> > the
> > current “three-in-one” car pooling zones.
> >
> > Under the 3-in-1 system, enacted in 1994, private cars must have at least
> > three people in them to enter main thoroughfares from Blok M in South
> > Jakarta to Kota in West Jakarta during morning and afternoon rush hour on
> > weekdays.
> >
> > The ERP would replace the 3-in-l system, and with it the infamous
> > passenger
> > surrogates, known locally as jockeys.
> >
> > Motorists can cheat the system by paying jockeys — who wait on the side
> of
> > the roads leading to 3-in-1 zones to ride in their cars in the zone for a
> > fee of Rp 25,000 (US$2.9) to Rp 30,000 per ride.
> >
> > Separately on Friday, Transportation Agency chief Udar Pristono said that
> > although the President had approved the technical frame for the ERP’s
> > implementation, it was unlikely that the system would be implemented in
> > the
> > near future.
> >
> > “We are still waiting for another PP currently being drafted by the
> > Finance
> > Ministry regarding a number of policies related to the ERP,” Pristono
> > said.
> >
> > He said one of the main obstacles holding back the implementation of the
> > ERP
> > scheme was that the road-pricing levy was not included as tax or
> > retribution
> > in the 2009 Regional Tax and Retribution Law.
> >
> > “The new PP would solve this problem by categorizing the ERP fees as a
> tax
> > or retribution,” he said.
> >
> > Pristono said that even after the PP was approved, the city would still
> > need
> > at least one year to procure the equipment needed for the system.
> >
> > The agency chief, however, said the city would hold a trial on a
> > smaller-scale private vehicle limitation in Jakarta.
> >
> > “Later this year, the city will co-host the Southeast Asian Games. We
> will
> > need to engineer the traffic so the event can be successful,” he said.
> >
> > Among the options under consideration are limiting the number of cars
> > entering a number of roads based on license plate numbers, car color or
> > special stickers.
> >
> > Pristono said that imposing an even-odd license plate monitoring system
> > would require technology to read car license plates.
> >
> > Cars with license plates ending in a certain digit would not be allowed
> to
> > travel on specific days.
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