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cycle repair shops also grows. A report munity. “We were actually a group of work-
launched by Transport for Under Two De- ers who bike to our office. Then, we invited
grees predicts that bikes and buses would our friends to do the same,” said Poetoet.
dominate the city transportation.
As time goes by, BTW community is not only
The Future’s Transportation for the office workers but expanded to be a
movement for bike riding. Since that, new
Head of Bike To Work (BTW) Indonesia, Po- cycling communities has emerged, like
etoet Soedarjanto, revealed that since the Bike to School and Bike to Campus. “Since
start of Bike to Work community, he always we found it in 2004, we always develop our
urged the implementation of eco-friendly community to be a cycling movement, a
commuting policy. Especially after the Ja- movement to reduce the use of motor ve-
karta government had built special bike hicles,” explain Poetoet.
lanes. “Jakarta would be even greater if
only every regions do the same thing,” he Today, we can find BTW in many cities
said to Media Jaya. around Indonesia, not only in Jakarta. This
movement has also succeeded in invit-
Actually, according to Poetoet, the Jakarta ing people to use bicycle as transportation
government has long been supporting cy- mode. “We also held events to educate,
cling activities in the city. In fact, in 2005 advocate and conducted social events in
the government supported the BTW com- regional areas,” he ended. has
