The Government of Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation, in partnership with the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) Indonesia, has released a road map to transition to an electric public transport system in three cities in the country. The cities are Surabaya, Surakarta, and Pekanbaru. These cities collectively have a fleet of around 330 buses.
Key recommendations include transitioning to more efficient and performance-oriented contract models tailored to each city’s fiscal and institutional capacity; deploying bus models and adopting contract models that lower the operational cost per km; developing charging infrastructure; and enhancing the quality of services by developing better bus stop facilities and priority bus lanes and adopting integrated fare collection systems.
