MRT Operator Waiting for Ticket Price Decision | Sport Betting | Online Sport Betting

TA888 - Management of PT Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta (MRT) has not been able to estimate the sport betting price of the mass transportation ticket although the progress of the project development has reached 74.89 percent. "The benchmark in each sport betting country averages between Rp 12 thousand to Rp 13 thousand, depending on the government," said MRT Jakarta Operations and Maintenance Director Agung Wicaksono, Wednesday (5/7). According to Agung, ticket pricing will made by local government (Pemda). If the management proposes a ticket price of Rp 13,000 per passenger but if considered too expensive, the local sport betting government will follow with a subsidy. Calculation of ticket prices also considers operational and maintenance cost, component cost, and maintenance frequency.

Agung has not been able to ensure maintenance will be done alone by the company or an third party experienced. He asserted, the price of MRT tickets do not consider the price of other existing transportation mode tickets, namely Transjakarta and Commuterline Jabodetabek. "The Rp 3,500, Transjakarta ticket is subsidy by regional government and we consider that the government also needs to subsidize the MRT," he said. He expects that Transjakarta bus will become feeder or feeder for MRT. Automatically more and more people are interested in using MRT. Agung added, the more the number of passengers, the ticket price will more cheaper.

"Whereas if for example still coincide between MRT, Transjakarta with other modes of transportation, then so spread the number of passengers. If online sport betting passengers are few, operational costs should covered at higher rates, "he said, adding that there is a need for an integrated transportation policy with other modes of transport to support MRT as the main online sport betting mode, he likes MRT as tree trunk, while other modes of transportation Transjakarta bus as feeder or branch. "Why MRT become trunk? Because the others can carry a lot of people. Our goal is to mobilize people, then we choose a mode of transportation that can carry many online sport betting people. LRT can't be as much as we or busway still have limitations, "he said.