Upgrading Transjakarta Networks to Public Transport V2 Schema

Shift, the boy

This post was originally published for OpenStreetMap.

I am currently working to improve Transjakarta, one of Jakarta’s major BRT/Busway operators, to comply with Public Transport Version 2 schema in OpenStreetMap, though Version 3 is being purposed.

image Before and After map of Transjakarta Corridor 9 route, between Pluit and Penjaringan bus stops

Legacy Tags that I’d like to keep for compatibility:

  • amenity=bus_stop for PTV1 compatibility on bus stations
  • corridorXX=yes: assigns which Transjakarta corridors are served, such as corridor9=yes for Corridor 9 and corridor12=yes for Corridor 12 (see Implementation Notes if you are a developer utilising this tag for queries)
  • HOTOSM InAWARE tags
  • network=Transjakarta, now also reinforced withnetwork:wikidata and wikidata values
  • shelter=yes
  • shelter_tj=yes (see Implementation Notes if you are a developer utilising this tag for queries)

Things I REMOVED

  • service=TransJakarta, since this is unacceptable by Osmose and other QA tools (see Implementation Notes if you are a developer utilizing this tag for queries)

New things that I added

  • bus=yes to meet PTV2 requirements for bus
  • Route relation-specific additions:
    • New route relations will be added for Corridor sub-routes (e.g. Corridor 1A, 9M, etc.), night services (e.g. M1 for Corridor 1; though I’ll consult with other OSM Public Transport implementations in other places)
    • Duplicating roads since many Transjakarta networks operate on one-way roads
    • network:wikidata=Q1671143 for Transjakarta, then add Wikidata values for each route relation, e.g. wikidata=Q12492249 for Corridor 5
    • public_transport:version=2 to enable JOSM and Osmose debugging
  • Shelter/station-specific additions:
    • Stations may now be represented as a Relation for those which have split platforms and/or multiple objects in OSM, such as in some Corridor 9 stations which are split by toll roads/expressways
    • Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) areas are now represented as a separate Relation to connect multiple stations serving different networks
    • covered=yes, since Transjakarta stations are fully covered (in conjunction to shelter=yes)
    • departures_board=realtime since all Transjakarta stations (except Metrotrans, Miktrotrans, and Royaltrans services) have a live bus timetable, which can also be accessible through API at http://api.jakarta.go.id
    • public_transport=stop_position and public_transport=platform, see PTV2 on OSM wiki for specific implementation
    • smoking=no due to government laws, though not necessarily applied to all stops and stations across Jakarta
    • wheelchair=yes/dedicated/partial/no (optional)

Implementation Notes (for apps and services)

  • Please use the Route Relation instead of corridorXX=yes for network queries. After checking on taginfo.openstreetmap.org most of corridorXX tags are only used in Indonesia.
  • Additionally, you may include hard-coded Relation IDs which belong to Transjakarta network.
  • Please use highway=* and Transjakarta Route Relation IDs instead of service=TransJakarta to query roads which belongs to Transjakarta, as some parts of the routes do NOT have a separate road (or Kassel Kerbs)
  • Please use Transjakarta Route Relation objects with role=platform or role=stop_position instead of shelter_tj, as some Transjakarta (especially Royaltrans and Metrotrans) networks do stop at regular bus stations.