VOA标准英语2012--Indonesia's Train Surfers Highlight Traffic Woes

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Indonesia's Train Surfers Highlight Traffic Woes¹

During the morning and afternoon rush hours many young men can be seen on riding on top of Jakarta's commuter² trains. Some do it to avoid the overcrowded conditions and stifling³ heat inside. Others do it to avoid paying the fare of about 25 cents.
Areas Chandra, 23, says it is actually safer on the top of the train than hanging out of the open doorways⁴. He says it is more convenient riding on the roof than next to a door where they might fall. Chandra adds that a lot of people inside the trains do fall but if they are on the roof, they can take precautions.
To stop what are called "train surfers", authorities have installed barbed wire barriers and sprayed offenders⁵ with paint. Now, they are suspending concrete balls above the tracks outside some train stations to deter⁶ the practice.
Commuter Chairul Badri says the efforts have been ineffective because an increasing number of passengers has overwhelmed the transit⁷ system's capacity.
“Until now, our government has tried to do the best thing," notes Badri, "but because [it] is more crowded and every day more and more, that it is difficult for the government to handle them.”
More than 27 million people live in Jakarta and its sprawling⁸ suburban⁹ communities. The city's roadway system is also overwhelmed and the gridlock is getting worse. Last year, Indonesia's thriving economy led to a record number of new car and motorbike sales, although new road construction has been lagging.
Suryono Herlambang, an Urban planner at Tarumanagara University says while the government talks about building new multi-billion-dollar transit systems, it lacks the political will to take the relatively¹⁰ easy step of increasing train service between Jakarta and the suburbs.
Herlambang says they all know that Jakarta already has the train network between Jakarta, Bekasi, Bogor, and Tangerang but improving it is not a priority for the government.
He says the long-term solution lies in increasing and improving train service in the region. But the train surfers say as long as the trains are overcrowded, they will find a way to ride on top.