Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama has promised to create bike lane along the capital’s major streets.
“We want to make it in the fast lane, or the slow lane. So,there is a line for the track,” Ahok said after meeting with the Indonesian Bicycle Committee Touring Team (KSI) this morning, as quoted by Vivanews.
Ahok said bicycling is an example of living a healthy lifestyle. He also noted that one of the indicators of a developed country is a large community of bicycle enthusiasts.
“Like in in Japan. There’s an island there where, if people want to go around, they can only use bicycles. It’s so interesting,” Ahok said.
Plans for the bike lanes, he said, will be realized after the city administration has managed to improve the quality of public transport in Jakarta, at the earliest after the north-south corridor has added the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) route from Lebak Bulus to the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout in 2018.
“We want the people of Jakarta to be able to ride their bikes everywhere. It’ll be great. Later there will be places where people can rent bikes too,” Ahok said.
