Sumber: Kompas.id | 24 Juli 2023

Sebanyak 22 bus listrik baru sudah tiba dan sudah dioperasikan Transjakarta. Bus-bus itu melayani beberapa rute di selatan Jakarta untuk mengakomodasi potensi penumpang baru.

Setelah 30 unit bus listrik beroperasi sejak 2022 silam, jumlah bus listrik yang dioperasikan PT Transportasi Jakarta kini bertambah 22 unit. Seluruh bus listrik yang mengawali transportasi hijau itu beroperasi di wilayah selatan Jakarta.

President Director of PT Transportation Jakarta (Transjakarta) Welfizon Yuza, Sunday (23/7/2023), explained that the 22 electric buses had arrived in Jakarta several months ago. All of the new electric buses are provided by PT Transportation Jakarta's operator partner, PT Mayasari Bakti.

Bus bermerek BYD tersebut menambah populasi bus listrik yang dimiliki Mayasari Bakti. Total kini Mayasari memiliki 52 unit bus listrik yang dioperasikan dalam manajemen Transjakarta.

Daryono, Operations Manager of Mayasari Bakti, separately, explained that previously, many electric buses were operated on the middle route. These include the non-BRT routes 1P Pasar Senen - Blok M or 1R Pasar Senen - Tanah Abang.

Currently, electric buses mostly serve the southern area of ??Jakarta. These include route D21 Lebak Bulus - University of Indonesia, route 4B Manggarai Station - University of Indonesia, or 1E Pondok Labu - Blok M.

Welfizon menjelaskan, pengoperasian bus listrik di selatan Jakarta dilakukan sejak Juni lalu. Bus listrik dioperasikan di wilayah selatan untuk mengakomodasi minat penumpang baru di Jakarta.

"Now one of the new potential passengers is on Jalan TB Simatupang. In the past, many government offices or large companies were in Sudirman - Thamrin, then they moved to Kuningan. "Now many people are moving to TB Simatupang," explained Welfizon.

On the other hand, at the point of potential new passengers there is no adequate public transport service. “That's why Transjakarta comes in and serves. One of them is route D21. "One point identified as densely packed with passengers is in West Tanjung," explained Welfizon.

In the future, the number of electric buses operated by Transjakarta will increase. By the end of 2023, the number of electric buses operated by Transjakarta will total 100 units. "In the near future there will be more electric bus units coming," explained Welfizon.

If look at the target of 100 buses, Transjakarta will receive an additional 48 new electric buses. "There are two operator partners who are procuring electric buses," explained Welfizon.

PT Bianglala Metropolitan (BMP) will bring in 26 units, then Damri will bring in 22 units. "BMP will bring SAG electric buses from Golden Dragon, Damri will bring Skywell electric buses," explained Welfizon.

Untuk pengoperasian bus listrik, sejatinya Dinas Perhubungan DKI Jakarta menargetkan pengoperasian 100 unit bus itu terwujud tahun 2022. Namun, target itu belum terwujud karena alasan pandemi dan kendala pengiriman.

“Electric vehicles are still produced in China. During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was also a lockdown so that deliveries to Indonesia were hampered. "It's more about logistical issues, now the process is smooth," concluded the Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Service, Syafrin Liputo.