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Indonesia implements bus fares for special groups

Indonesian Transportation Ministry on June 5 announced that students, elderly, and disabled people will be offered a special rate in the earlier free buy-the-service (BTS) programme, or called as "Teman Bus" service, operational in 10 selected cities.
Indonesia implements bus fares for special groups ảnh 1 A Teman Bus service fleet.(Photo: antaranews.com)
Jakarta (VNA)- Indonesian Transportation Ministry on June 5 announcedthat students, elderly, and disabled people will be offered a special rate inthe earlier free buy-the-service (BTS) programme, or called as "TemanBus" service, operational in 10 selected cities.

Director of Road Transport Suharto revealed that theministry will set tariff changes for the three special groups of the BTS urbantransportation service in 10 cities. The three groups are students, the elderly(individuals over 60 years of age), and persons with disabilities.

The 10 cities are Solo, Surabaya, Bandung,Banyumas, Makassar, Banjarmasin, Yogyakarta, Denpasar, Medan, and Palembang.

Suharto said this special tariff will take effect soon andhis ministry is finalising the technical regulation that will regulate thespecial tariff provisions.

The ministry is disseminating information onthe special fare so the special groups can register to avail the benefits, headded.

The BTS current fare for the public ranges from3,600 IDR (0.24 USD) to 6,200IDR (0.42 USD).

To get the special tariff, students, theelderly, and disabled people can register online or visit the localtransportation office to get their electronic money cards activated.

Suharto said that the ministry also hopes that localgovernments in other cities can provide public transportation subsidies./.
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