I’m certainly curious to see if the crash has any impact on public sentiment around transit. In Jakarta, at least, it’s long been known that motorcycle taxis (ojeks) are quite dangerous and result in a lot of fatalities, so safety has long been a concern.
So far, from what I’ve heard from contacts in Jakarta, is that the blame is being mostly put on a new electric taxi company with lower standards for drivers that only entered the Indonesian market a few months ago—it stalled on the tracks and caused the accident.
I’m certainly curious to see if the crash has any impact on public sentiment around transit. In Jakarta, at least, it’s long been known that motorcycle taxis (ojeks) are quite dangerous and result in a lot of fatalities, so safety has long been a concern.
So far, from what I’ve heard from contacts in Jakarta, is that the blame is being mostly put on a new electric taxi company with lower standards for drivers that only entered the Indonesian market a few months ago—it stalled on the tracks and caused the accident.