The persistence of high Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in Indonesia cannot be explained by simply looking at inadequate policies in health services and how they are implemented. It is also not only about the meagre budget allocations for reproductive health services, concentration of health workers in urban areas, and insufficient number of adequate community health services. Other factors, such as distance, transportation costs and road quality should also be considered as causes for why women living in remote areas find it difficult to access adequate health facilities. The transportation divide is a serious obstacle to the reduction of the high MMR in Indonesia.