TRANSPORTATION

            There are some railways on Java island. Te great railway was built to link the DKI province, West Java, Central Java, the DIY, and the East Java Province. Today there are the Mutiara, the Sena , the Parahyangan, the Pajajaran, and the Mataram train. We can go in the compartment ( ruangan di kereta api ) of business class or executive class. Railways have faced competition from other means of transportation.
            People can go from one place to another by bus , private car, taxi, trucks, van, " angkutan kota " and " angkutan desa ". Most of the roads are good enough for the buses and cars to pass. But some roads are very bad. The buses and the cars bump along the roung roads. The roads are bumpy. The roads range from small gravel side roads to great concrete superhighwas . Great concrete superhighways are found in Jakarta , West Java and in Surabaya . the Jagorawi toll concree  road connects Jakarta , Bogor, and Ciawi . Every day thousands of vehicles travel this scenic highwas . People in rural areas and in isolated areas need bicycles, angkutan desa, ojek, and becaks. Tey are still vital to the development of natral resources or agricultural products in isolated areas .Even in Kalimantan, people can go from one place to another by boat along the Mahakam river and the Kapuas rive . From Surabaya to Madura, and from Banyuwangi to Bali island people can go by ferry.
Indonesia's three main airlines area Garuda Indonesian Airways , Sempati Air, and Merpati Airlines, Helicopters are used for observing the trafic jams along the roads in the north, soastal areas in West Java and Central Java.