Unregistered public minivan drivers have stopped taking passengers from Tangerang to Kalideres bus station in West Jakarta following attacks on several drivers Monday.
None of the minivans were seen at their usual pool near a sluice gate on Jl. Daan Mogot, West Jakarta, on Tuesday.
Chief of the bus terminal post Adj. First Insp. R. Danu Sugito said conditions were returning to normal with the absence of the unregistered public minivans.
"Vehicles with black license plates are clearly not allowed to take passengers. They are illegal," he said Tuesday.
Dozens of registered minivan drivers serving the Tangerang-Kalideres route attacked two illegal public minivan drivers at the bus terminal on Monday.
The drivers made similar attacks last Saturday and, according to police, were angry the illegal minivans were still operating.
There was one reported casualty Monday, although police have not made any arrests.
The two groups that offer similar routes have been involved in disputes and brawls for years, but the Jakarta and Tangerang administrations have not been able to resolve the problem.
Head of Tangerang municipality's transportation agency Erlan Rusnarlan said after the two brawls the municipal administration would consider registering the illegal minivans as long as the Jakarta administration allowed them to do so.
He said only the Jakarta administration had the authority to legalize the public minivans for those particular routes.
"I have sent written and verbal requests to the Jakarta administration three times this year saying it's better to just accommodate the unregistered vehicles to avoid more problems emerging among drivers, but there has been no response at all," he said.
The Jakarta administration said there would be no more small public transportation vehicles in line with a gubernatorial decree prioritizing larger transportation systems, such as the busway.
Secretary of Jakarta council's Commission B on economic affairs Nurmansjah Lubis said the Jakarta Transportation Agency had ignored the city council's calls to settle disputes among drivers of legal and illegal public minivans operating in Greater Jakarta.
"The agency should consider registering the illegal public minivans if the city lacks public transportation serving the route between Jakarta and Tangerang."
Nurmansjah said the agency had also failed to provide the commission with the number of minivans serving the route, leaving the commission unable to calculate how many were required.
Dozens were injured on the Saturday brawl on Jl. Daan Mogot, West Jakarta.
The brawl cleared after hundreds of police officers arrived, firing repeated shots, and left several minivans in serious damage.(uwi)
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