New E-Ticketing System for TransJakarta

Bravo! Finally some smart guys in the government came to their sense and realize that Indonesia's very own busway could be equipped with E-Ticket. Governor Joko Widodo officially launched the system over the weekend and the system has been operational since 22 January. The new system is applicable in corridor 1 only at the time being and hopefully other corridor will follow soon. The ad goes like below:

This is a smart move to the conventional paper ticket where we have to queue to pay IDR 3.500 everytime we wish to board the bus. It is labor intensive yes, but it shows that the card system used before by Jakcard is not working at all. Such a waste! Since it must be expensive to buy the ticket gate.

In my opinion, the new system is much welcomed. It saves my time and paper. Talking about being "green". What unique about the news system is the card used for e-ticketing. It is not a single card like Singapore's EZLink or Malaysia's RapidKL. Jokowi used the current and increasingly popular EMoney by 5 state and private banks as the card. It is a smart move again since the system has more players and it might be hold accountable since capitalist interest might play. The five emoney used are:
                                                                            

                                   BNI Prepaid                                              BCA Flazz

                        

                           Bank Mandiri e-money                                     BRI Brizzi
 

So, what passenger need to do now is to have one of the five and you can enter the platform by touching your card to the machine which is painted in red

Looks easy and it is easy. Touch the card until the light blink GREEN. Push the bar afterward and you can go in easy. Sadly, not many seems to realize the system yet and still queue for paper ticket. So, if you have it already, start using it! It is very convenient. Moreover, many staff are now still on duty to socialize the system so if you are confuse, feel free to ask them.


Go Jakarta!