Jakarta government has been eager to solve the pathetic traffic jams in the city by building a mass transport called busway. Despite of some negative responses, the project is still on and will stop until it’s finished
Honestly, I find this project is good if it really will decrease the use of personal vehicles in the future. This will decrease the pollution, I hope, which is my real concern. I have been hoping that the government will come out with more great ideas for the environment in the near future. One of the ideas I dream of is vehicles from solar energy, no pollution. Or a ’bikeway’ with trees along the way. (Dream on….
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The thing is, our society hasn’t really cared enough about pollution. We are still in ‘material level’. Having a vehicle (a car or motorcycle) is a prestige and I bet everyone wants to have their own vehicles not just because they really really need it (of course, who doesn’t need a car?) but because they deserve to have one, it’s a symbol of success.
I hope we are moving fast to the next level, where we think about how to decrease the pollution with the vehicles we have. Perhaps by using an unleaded gasoline? Or using the vehicles when in crisis only?
Back to the ‘Project Busway’, I hope it will be a successful breakthrough. It depends on everyone, though. How about you?
*dubbed from the popular Project Runaway show
