MEANS OF MODERN TRANSPORTATION
Indonesia's transportation system has been shaped over
time by the economic resource base of an archipelago with thousands of islands,
as the 4th most populous country in the world with more than 230
Million citizens. A wide variety of vehicles are used for transportation on
Indonesia's roads. Due to the increasing purchasing power of Indonesians,
private cars are becoming more common especially in major cities. However the
growth of the number of cars increasingly outpaces (melampaui) the
construction of new roads, resulting in frequently crippling traffic jams in
large parts in major cities especially in Jakarta, which often also happen on
highways. Jakarta also has one of the worst traffic jams in the world.
When mobilization becomes necessary, some creative
people saw this opportunity and made new model of transportation services (e.g.
GoJek and Grab Bike) and another enterprise just adopted from the United States
(Über Taxi) to provide transportation services. Motorcycle taxis are an
extremely widespread mode of transportation in many cities in Indonesia, a notoriously
congested (sangat padat), pedestrian-unfriendly city. Informal motorcycle
taxi hubs
(pusat)
can be found on nearly every street corner (traditional
ojek). Ojek drivers do not undergo a vetting process, and are not
registered anywhere. Payments are made in cash, and prices are a matter of negotiation.
Ojek is deemed unsafe and the helmets they provide are unhygienic. The process
of haggling
(tawar-menawar)
for a price is annoying. Overall, Ojek is a mode of transportation people love
to hate. However, some others still use their service.
All means of transport actually play a role in the
country’s transportation system and are generally complementary rather than
competitive because those have certain market or particular users. But GoJek is
ruling this particular system and making traditional Ojek frustrated with that
system due to the rapid interest of citizens to its service. GoJek drivers
offer passengers clean helmets and face masks. Thus, GoJek has become a more
prominent service so far.
The conflict comes up when innovation and creativity
smashing traditional Ojek who stuck with obsolete (jadul) system. Increasingly, fierce competition happens
when GoJek drivers gain more money as they no
longer have to wait for passengers but can pick them up anywhere easier. The
bad news is, in some areas, those traditional Ojek drivers banned GoJek drivers
to find passengers. They got violence, intimidation, and devastation (pengrusakan).
It’s so pathetic and contradictive because something traditional and obsolete
meets or fights with something newer, innovative and creative.
Questions:
1. What do you think about transportation system in
Indonesia?
2. How often do you use public transportation? Try to
mention some weaknesses and strengths of them?
3. If you can choose between modern Ojek (GoJek) or
Traditional ojek, which one do you prefer and why?
4. What kind of suggestions that you would like to
give to ends the conflict between modern ojek (Gojek) and Traditional ojek?
5. What kind of suggestions that would you like to
give to our government related with transportation mode system in Indonesia?
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