MRT Jakarta Blogs

Desy Nurhayati , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta |  Tue, 06/30/2009 8:34 AM  |  City
The city administration is discussing a draft on a spatial master plan for next year that will focus on the development of public transportation by building interconnections between means of transport.
Head of the city’s development [...]

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta |  Fri, 06/19/2009 11:37 AM  |  City
To first-time visitors, attending the annual Jakarta Fair was akin to a blind date that only allows participants to know each other’s names beforehand, and of course, names can be deceptive.
“It was not exactly what I expected it to be,” Cecil, [...]

Thu, 06/18/2009 1:20 PM  |  Reader’s Forum
This is a comment on a news report titled “MRT rolls ahead with power deal,” (The Jakarta Post, June 15)
Hopefully the MRT management will be an efficient organization once it is open to the public seven years from now. Creating transportation for the benefit of the public also means [...]

Prodita Sabarini , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta |  Wed, 06/17/2009 9:52 AM  |  City
Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo admitted Tuesday that his administration has yet to provide an adequate public transport system needed to manage Jakarta’s notorious traffic jams.
At city hall on Tuesday, Fauzi said the solution to the [...]

Desy Nurhayati , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta |  Mon, 06/15/2009 8:15 PM  |  Jakarta
The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project is apparently making progress since its management signed a memorandum of understanding with state electricity firm PT PLN on power for the new rail-based transportation mode.
The MOU was signed [...]

The Indonesian Procurement Watch (IPW) filed a report Wednesday to the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU), arguing the city’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project’s bidding process was unfair.
IPW’s program director Hayie Muhammad said there were indications of a conspiracy between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – the MRT project adviser – and Nippon Koei [...]

Triwik Kurniasari ,  THE JAKARTA POST ,  JAKARTA   |  Tue, 06/02/2009 2:06 PM  |  City
In response to a local NGO accusing the MRT of not conducting the bidding process for its project fairly, PT MRT Jakarta (MRTJ) ensured the project would run smoothly.
Indonesia Procurement Watch (IPW) claimed the bidding process for the Mass Rapid [...]

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Mon, 05/25/2009 9:09 PM  |  Jakarta
The Jakarta government will start building alternative roads in August to contain the traffic during the physical construction of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project.
Spokesman for Jakarta Government, Nurachman, told Antara state news agency that the construction mainly comprises of widening existing roads [...]

Aditya Suharmoko ,  THE JAKARTA POST ,  JAKARTA
The country has secured 71.3 billion yen (US$728 million) in loans, more than half of which is for the Jakarta MRT mass transportation project.
The mass rapid transportation (MRT) project aims to increase the capacity of public transportation and improve the environment, linking Lebak [...]

Agnes Winarti , THE JAKARTA POST, , JAKARTA   |  Fri, 02/20/2009 10:46 AM  |  City
The city administration will sign an agreement with the central government to receive US$450 million for the construction of the MRT project.
“We hope to sign a $450 million grant agreement with the government by [...]