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When Residents Will Pay More for the Return of Work Convenient with the MRT

09 April 2019

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - After work, Kinasih (29) usually walks from his office in the Thamrin area to Sudirman Train Station and then takes the train to Kebayoran Baru Station. He was used to using electric train (KRL) to go home from Sudirman to Kebayoran. Later, her younger brother will pick her up at Kebayoran Train Station on a motorcycle to take her home in the Tanah Kusir area, South Jakarta.

 

Calculate, if you use KRL, every time you go home from work, Kinasih only costs Rp. 3,000 for expenses. Even so, the low cost he had redeemed was a little troublesome. He needs to cram along with other bodies on the train that are congested at nightfall. "The tightness doesn't hold up sometimes," complained Kinasih when met by Kompas.com on Thursday (4/4/2019) on the way on the MRT to Lebak Bulus Station.

 

Since the time of the integrated highway (MRT) trial period, Kinasih routinely uses the train named Ratangga as a return trip. Until when the MRT had been operating commercially as of Monday (1/4/2019), he claimed he was not so indifferent to the amount of costs he needed to spend to ride the MRT. In fact, he took the MRT route from start to finish, from Bundaran HI Station to Lebak Bulus Station at a cost of Rp. 7,000 one way (normal rate of Rp. 14,000; currently 50 percent discount is still valid). "The price is even more expensive than the train, because I have to use a motorcycle taxi again," said Kinasih.

 

He also admitted that the time he needed to get home using the MRT was longer than taking a KRL. The MRT travel time from the Lebak Bulus Roundabout does range from 30 minutes. That did not include the time to jam with the online motorcycle taxi from Lebak Bulus Station to his house in Tanah Kusir. "But, there is no need to jostle like on the train," Kinasih said about the main consideration of switching to using the MRT.

 

Meanwhile, if he boarded a KRL, he needed 20 minutes to reach the Kebayoran Train Station to be picked up by his sister on a motorcycle until he arrived at the house in Tanah Kusir. Also read: Realizing Zero Waste at the Jakarta MRT Another thing is Aca (18), a woman who is currently undergoing a high school national examination. When met by Kompas.com on Friday (5/4/2019) at Dukuh Atas Station, Aca just returned from his school in the Sisingamangaraja area, South Jakarta, after pursuing additional lessons. "Want to go to Senayan, look for food," said Aca sheepishly.

 

Aca boarded the MRT from the ASEAN Station to the Bundaran HI Station to buy the drink he wanted. According to Aca, the MRT ride is better than carrying a private car. "I don't mind turning back again to Senayan. Using the MRT is also cheap because it's still a discount. Instead of using a car to get out, it's jammed, too," he said. Aca felt that the money she had set aside for the cost of boarding the MRT was commensurate with the comfort she had received. Therefore, he did not bother with the cost of Rp. 15,000 which he paid to use the MRT that day. The details are from ASEAN-HI Roundabout (Rp. 7,000), Dukuh Atas-Senayan (Rp. 5,000), and Senayan-ASEAN (Rp. 3,000). Moreover, currently the MRT still imposes a 50 percent discount on each trip.

 

Rahmat (35), a MRT passenger from Ciputat, had another reason. Since the MRT trial period began, he has convinced himself to use the MRT to go and go home from his workplace in the Senayan area. The reason is simple, he can get more time to rest. The details, sleep for 10-15 minutes on the way to Senayan-Lebak Bulus MRT and sleep longer at home because he is able to arrive faster than usual while still riding the Transjakarta bus. "For me, when I board Transjakarta, the establishment is more frequent. How do you want to brake? ”Said Rahmat half-jokingly to Kompas.com at Lebak Bulus Station, Friday (05/4/2019). "I can spend more than an hour at home. Instead of resting, there are even more aches, "he said with a blunt style.

 

Rahmat said, actually the cost of boarding the MRT from Senayan to Lebak Bulus is cheaper (Rp. 10,000) rather than taking a bus (Rp. 15,000). The cost is swollen because it is necessary to ride an online motorcycle taxi for approximately 6 kilometers to reach his house. Ordinary, after getting off the bus, Rahmat chose to walk because his house adrift not far from the last stop of the bus he was riding. "Sleeping longer is" Enjoying God, what do you deny ', like, Mas, "he joked again. "What's the meaning of five thousand, ten thousand," he said.

 

This article has been aired on Kompas.com with the title "When Residents Will Pay More for Returning to Work Convenient with MRT", https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2019/04/08/18264341/saat-warga-rela- pay-by-home-work-comfortable-with-mrt.
Author: Vitorio Mantalean
Editor: Icha Rastika

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