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                                                         that the priority  for this road service refers to
                                                         four things: pedestrians, eco-friendly vehicles,
                                                         public transportation and eco-friendly private
                                                         vehicles.

                                                         The  priority  sets  for  environment  friendly  ve-
                                                         hicles is the government’s promise to those
                                                         who support eco-friendly transportation. The
                                                         city  government  would  give  some  facilities  to
                                                         those who don’t use oil fuel (BBM) for their ve-
                                                         hicles. One of them is to free the riders from
                                                         odd-even policy, exemption on tax fee and
                                                         cheaper parking fee. Massdes hopes all of the
                                                         emission vehicle owners would switch to use
                                                         electric vehicles or using non-emission trans-
                                                         port like bicycle or by walking. Or, they would
                                                         use public transportation instead.
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                                                         The road service arrangement would prioritize
                                                         the pedestrians and cyclists. As for pedestri-
                                                         ans, there would be an arrangement conduct-
                                                         ed to create a safe and convenient pedestri-
                                                         an walk area. As for cyclists, the government
                                                         had launched a bike sharing service as well
                                                         as building special lanes for cycling. They also
                                                         imposed numbers of offices in Jakarta to pro-
                                                         vide special parking area for bicycles.

                                                         According to the current data, there are 292
                                                         parking spots provided  throughout Jakarta
                                                         area which can support 9,132 bicycle units. For
                                                         public transportation, Massdes explained that
                                                         the focus would  be on the  integrated servic-
                                                         es. They tried to connect all modes of trans-
                                                         portation: Transjakarta buses (between their
                                                         corridors) and between another types of pub-
             “Users of electric vehicles would           lic transport modes like Moda Raya Terpadu
             be free from odd-even policy, get           (MRT) trains, Lintas Rel Terpadu (LRT) trains and
             exemption on tax fee and cheaper            Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI-Commuter) trains.
             parking fee.”
                                                         In order to make the transport service arrange-
             Jakarta’s Transportation Agency             ment run  smoothly, Jakarta government had
             Secretary, Massdes Arouffy                  prepared some regulations, to enhance trans-
                                                         port services which will be used by every pas-
                                                         sengers in Jakarta.
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