Why do people prefer to buy vehicle than to use bus ?

Crazy traffic jam. 24 hours non stop. That's the best words to describe the traffic jam in Jakarta. Old vehicle and new vehicle become one on the road. Traffic jam has been a 'lifetime' problem of this city. Time magazine named Jakarta as the best place to learn patience for having the worst traffic in Asia. The government has tried to solve this but the it became worse. 

I've been sticking with this crazy traffic jam since the first day i was here. I've been seeing people with posh vehicle feel disappointed about this condition. In my opinion, they have to take a look at their car and count how many empty seat there. But i can't blame on them 100%. They work at the office and of course they don't want to use bus which always full of people with bad service.

Their car is a new one. It's way much different with bus which usually old or used bus from other countries. People who have their own car can do anything there. they can listen to their favorite music, watching television etc. People who use bus can't do that because of the space. They can only sit or talk to other people. Boring activities tough. Bus are also often broke down because the engine is old. 

More vehicle in Jakarta means the traffic jam is going crazier. It also waste of time. The bus drivers typically like to endanger the safety of passengers. They are driving like a F1 racer. I think that's the first reason why people prefer to use their own vehicle than to use bus. 

If we observe the traffic jam in Jakarta we can see the rhythmic of the traffic jam. The most heavy traffic jam is always in the ending time of office hour especially in the primer street point to outer city area (BOTABEK à Bogor, Tangerang, Bekasi and Depok). Such as in the Mampang-Buncit street (vehicle form south of Jakarta, Jakarta, Cinere, and Depok). A research in 2002 said that not less than 139.700 traffic take place in south of Jakarta with 716.000 total movements in traffic average speed only about 34.5 km/hours. Can you imagine how bad the traffic is??

I think some best way to solve this problem is the government must buy really new buses. Train the drivers in order to provide best services to passengers. Add some facilities for entertainment of passengers on the bus.the last but not least is please make a better planning in Trans Jakarta. I see now is that the government make it all in one time which make all the street suffering worse in traffic jam because all the street are under construction. I hope they will make it one by one. If they make it one by one it will be easier for others to find alternative way in order to avoid the street construction.