Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya, will introduce a new fleet of environment-friendly three-wheeled minivans by 2011. The chief of the Surabaya Planning Agency, Tri Rismaharini, told The Jakarta Globe, that the vechicles replacing old, seven-passenger minivans locally known as bemo, will include an “air-conditioned space for passengers and the use of natural gas to power the vehicles.”
He added that the new bemo will serve as part of a feeder system for Surabaya’s transportation network and will only be used on smaller roads measuring not more than nine meters in width. He said the municipal administration was still considering whether the new bemo will be run by the government or left to the private sector.
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