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Posted: Fri, April 1 2016 | 04:06 pm

Transportation operators criticized for refusing to lower fares

a!arta "o#ernor $asu!i %A&o!% T'a&a'a Purnama &as criticized pu(lic transportation

operators for refusing to lower t&eir fares following t&e go#ernment)s decision to lower

su(sidized fuel prices from Frida*

%+f fuel prices increase, t&e* want to increase fares -&en t&e gasoline price decreases, t&e*

don.t want to decrease t&e fares,% A&o! said in a!arta on Frida*

/e referred to a statement made (* t&e rganization of and Transportation wners)

rganda3 a!arta c&apter, w&ic& &as refused to lower pu(lic transportation fares

T&e go#ernment &as cut fuel prices (* p 500 4 7 cents3 per liter, ma!ing t&e price of

Premium drop from p 6,850 to p 6,450 per liter and su(sidized diesel decrease from p

5,650 to p 5,150

7uc& a refusal, A&o! added, would dri#e forward a plan to integrate all modes of pu(lic

transportation into cit*9owned PT Transportasi a!arta Trans'a!arta3

7o far, t&e cit* administration &as integrated opa'a pu(lic (uses into Trans'a!arta After t&e

integration, t&e pa*ment s*stem (ecame distance9(ased nder suc& a s*stem, dri#ers do not

need to dri#e faster in an attempt to earn more ((n3

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