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I’ve been living in this city (Bekasi) for decades.One of the only functioning public transportation here is this “share taxi” called an “angkot” (short for “angkutan kota”, literally meaning “city transportation”).In case you don’t know what a share taxi is, here’s a definition from Wikipedia :“Share taxis usually take passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, sometimes only departing when all seats are filled. They may stop anywhere to pick up or drop off their passengers. They are most common in developing countries and inner cities.”Yet after all these decades, I still don’t know the exact routes of those angkots.All I know are their route codes, their specific liveries (sometimes the routes are conveniently color-coded, sometimes not), and, occasionally, the important places, neighborhoods, quarters, or suburbs listed on their front or rear windows that they visit during a full round trip.Colour-Coded for Your ConvenienceBut their exact routes -- like which…

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