Swan.my.id - Jakarta, Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation is pushing to include online motorcycle taxis in the revision of Law No. 22 of 2009 on Road Traffic and Transportation. Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi said the proposal would provide a legal basis for transport services operating through digital platforms.
If the provision becomes part of the revised law, online motorcycle taxis would officially fall within the category of public transportation. The bill has not yet been approved, and further rules would follow only after its passage.
Dudy discussed the plan at a workshop organized by the Transportation Journalists Forum in Bandung, West Java, on Friday, October 2, 2026. He said the revision would address a form of transport that, in his account, had not previously been regulated in the law.
Online motorcycle taxis in the LLAJ Law revision
“What was previously unregulated was online transportation; it is now being addressed in the LLAJ Bill,” Dudy said. The proposal would establish a place for digital-platform-based transport in the national legal framework.
The government’s plan sets out a sequence for the rules. First, lawmakers would need to pass the revision of the Road Traffic and Transportation Law. After that, regulations on online motorcycle taxis would be developed through a Presidential Regulation and ministerial regulations.
Dudy said he hoped the bill’s deliberations would proceed smoothly. That, he said, could allow the implementing rules for digital-platform-based transport to be issued sooner. The source did not specify when the bill might be passed or when those follow-up regulations would take effect.
Rules intended to clarify rights and obligations
Dudy said the planned framework should clarify the rights and obligations of both drivers and operators, including application providers. The proposal therefore concerns more than formally classifying online motorcycle taxis as public transportation; it also points to rules governing the parties involved.
However, the precise provisions remain to be discussed through the bill and its implementing regulations. No specific requirements, protections, or obligations were detailed in the statements at the workshop.
The distinction matters to the timeline: the planned Presidential Regulation and ministerial rules depend on the revised law being approved first. Until then, the proposed framework remains part of the legislative process rather than a completed set of regulations.
Transportation and digital affairs ministries coordinate
At the same event, Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Angga Raka Prabowo said his ministry had coordinated with the Ministry of Transportation on the plan. The two ministries formed a task force to discuss aspects of the status of digital-platform-based transport.
Angga described the Communication and Digital Affairs Ministry’s role as covering electronic system providers, or PSE. He said that role includes regulating the platforms, while the discussion would also address certain provisions on rights, obligations, and law enforcement.
The coordination brings the two ministries into the same policy discussion, with transportation rules and platform oversight both among the issues raised. Their statements did not set out the task force’s timetable or announce final provisions.
For now, the main step is the proposed inclusion of online motorcycle taxis in the LLAJ Law revision. If the bill passes, the government plans to follow it with more detailed rules covering digital-platform-based transport and the responsibilities of drivers and operators.
