Government Prepares Online Transport Application for Grab and Gojek Rivals
CIDISS. The government is conducting a trial on the feasibility of a similar Online transportation application Gojek or Grab, this initiative was initiated by the transportation ministry in connection with frequent demonstrations in the area from the driver or partner of transportation service provider Gojek or Grab, the demands of the drivers grab and go for parties the provider is not arbitrary in deciding unilaterally the partnership. From this incident, finally the transportation ministry planned to make a government-owned application for a red plate which would later be a solution to problems in the world of online transportation.
the transportation ministry here cooperates with Telkom in the provider of online transportation applications, because Telkom is considered to be experienced in application application providers that can support today’s technology.
Transportation and Multimodal Director of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) Ahmad Yani explained about the government’s exploration in making an online transportation application. “Now, indeed we are pursuing, finally the Director General said earlier to prepare the red plate application platform roughly so we are trying to prepare it together. with Telkom “said Ahmad Yani. The concept of online transportation applications, he said as in South Korea.
Ahmad Yani added that the application was made at the urging of the driver association in the country, the driver who was not satisfied with the applicator company, this long-complained demand would be facilitated by the government. Later menu menus in this government application are not much different from those in Gojek and Grab such as: online motorcycle taxi services, online taxis, food messages, and freight forwarding, it is expected that government-managed transportation can accommodate the needs of the community and new economic resources for the driver.
Until now it cannot be targeted when this application will be launched, in this assessment the government continues to actively hold seminars and discussions with IT and related parties.
By: Rikky, S *)
