TRAFFIC IN JAKARTA POST-EID HOLIDAY

Jakarta, 31/8 - A week after the Eid holiday on August 19, 2012, there is almost no significant congestion in Jakarta at rush hour. Based on the observation on the field at rush hour on Friday afternoon (31/8), almost no long traffic jams occur along MH Thamrin Street and Sudirman Street, Jakarta.

Both locations are the heart of Jakarta as the center of government and center of an important office in Indonesia. Ussually, congestion occurs at rush hour at the heart of Jakarta and become a classic problem for Jakarta since many years ago. And typically congestion has become worse during holidays Eid is complete.

The National Police of Indonesia predicted congestion will occur next week when all Jakarta residents have returned from their holidays. From year to year the congestion becomes a classic problem in Jakarta. Data from The National Police of Indonesia, in 2009 the number of vehicles reached 9,993,867 units. This figure increased to 15 percent in 2010; 11.362.396 units consisting of 8,244,346 units of two-wheelers and four wheelers as many units 3.18.050.

The amount is not added to the amount of freight that pass within a route according to The National Police much as 859,692 units, the growth of the current vehicle had reached 700 vehicles per day. Compare it with a long road in Jakarta, which is only 7650 km and covers only 40.1 km, or 0.26 percent of the area of administration, while the growth of road length is only 0.01 percent per year.

Not proportional to the number of road vehicles is then led to congestion in Jakarta. Given the growth vehicle for reaching 1068 units and 216 two-wheelers to four-wheel vehicles per day. This condition is inversely proportional to the capacity of the road in the capital city only increased by about 0.01 percent a year. Jakarta Provincial Government is building a new alternative roads at some jam blackspot, but it did not solve the problem. Jakarta needs a legal umbrella to limit the number of vehicle ownership. Besides it need public transport alternatives.

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There are many Jakarta resident still on their holiday.

There is no significant congestion at the heart of Jakarta

Usually, this is the one of the blackspot where traffic jam often occurs; M.H. Thamrin Street and Sudirman Street, Jakarta.

One of the blackspot looks deserted.

Jakarta still looked deserted.