Traffic Engineering On Toll Roads During Eid Homecoming 2023: This Year The System Is Different From Last Year

Traffic Engineering On Toll Roads When Homecoming (Al G Way Image - Pixabay)

YOGYAKARTA - The police have prepared a strategy to organize vehicles on the toll road during Idul Fitri homecoming. There are 3 plans and routes prepared on the toll road, namely One, and Contraflow, an open and closed system. Then what is the traffic engineering on the toll road when going home that has been implemented?

Unlike last year, the One Way system this year did not run from the Jakarta-Cikampek (Cikampek) toll road, but the system was only implemented on the Cikopo-Palimanan (Cipali) toll road.

Traffic Engineering on Toll Roads When Homecoming

On the other hand, the contraflow system will be tried on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road. Meanwhile, the open and close system will be tried at several points.

"The implementation of one way will be focused on the Cipali toll road, unlike last year which started from the Cikampek toll road to KM 414. For the Cikampek toll road, contra flow will only be applied, because there has been an addition of one lane, so according to calculations it can be done contraflow even if it is up to 2 up to 3 lanes," said Dirgakkum Korlantas Polri Aan Suhanan, who was quoted by VOI from the official Korlantas website, Wednesday (5/4/2023).

In this case, the one-way system is planned to be carried out at Kilometer 72 of the Cipali toll road to Kilometer 414 or ending at the Kalingkangkung Tollgate (GT). Not only that but the one-way system is also implemented at Kilometers 422 to 442 of the Semarang-Bawen Toll Road.

After that, the contraflow system will be applied to start from Kilometer 47 of the Cikampek toll road to Kilometer 72 of the Cipali toll road. This Contra Flow applies to the homecoming and returning homecoming of Idul Fitri.

Not only that but Contra Flow is also implemented in a situational way which also aims to anticipate overcrowding near the rest area.

Then, the open-close system is planned to be carried out when the Cisumdawu Toll Road is congested, one week the route needs to be closed or diverted traffic at the Cimalaka GT to the Sumedang Toll exit. If the Sumedang Toll Road is busy, it will be diverted to the Pamulihan Toll exit.

What is Traffic Engineering?

Traffic engineering is a program organized by the police to change the route of a very busy highway to another route.

On the other hand, for Government Regulation Number. 32 Years 2011 Article 1, what is meant by traffic engineering is a series of activities or efforts that are planned, carried out, installed, regulated, and maintain by road facilities to ensure safety, discipline, and smooth driving.

Benefits of Implementing Traffic Engineering

The application of traffic engineering certainly has a big purpose and benefit for road users. The following is a line of benefits;

1. Streamlining traffic conditions and increasing the safety of road users

The initial benefit of implementing traffic engineering is that it can make traffic conditions easier. As is known, the number of owners of transportation equipment in Indonesia continues to grow every year. This situation can make the road conditions full, especially during the Eid al-Fitr and New Year holidays.

The increase in the number of drivers and road users at that moment often raises new problems. For example, drivers lose their lives due to exhaustion when traffic jams occur. To deal with these cases, the police often apply a one-way system.

2. Solve jams

Implementing this engineering can overcome serious traffic jams, for example, by implementing a one-way system on the Cikampek toll road. In general, this design is implemented at the time of Eid al-Fitr homecoming, or Christmas holidays.

At that time, many roads were paralyzed and jammed. With the enactment of this system, the line capacity becomes looser.

3. Reducing air pollution

The next benefit, can reduce air pollution in certain areas so that the inhaled air is not so harmful to health. This situation is a positive result of the implementation of the odd-even system.

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