Anticipating Congestion In Puncak Routes, Bogor Police Begins To Apply Odd Even Starting Friday Afternoon

Illustration of the flow of vehicles on the Jagorawi Toll Road leading to the Puncak Bogor is jammed (VOI)

Anticipating congestion on the Puncak route, Bogor Bogor Police imposed odd-even engineering or one-way weekends from Friday afternoon to Sunday.Head of Operations Section (KBO) Bogor Police Traffic Unit Iptu Ardian Novianto, said odd-even engineering and a one-way system was carried out to reduce the volume density of vehicles. Odd-even provisions in the Puncak area, Bogor, will be enforced from 15.00 to 24.00 WIB on Friday, May 26, also Saturday and Sunday, May 27-28 from 08.00 to 24.00 WIB. "According to the provisions, starting Friday afternoon at 15.00, odd-even is enforced. So that later in the afternoon, only even-plated vehicles are allowed to pass to Puncak," Ardian confirmed, Friday afternoon. Adrian hopes that people traveling to Puncak can follow or drive number plates according to odd or even valid dates. In addition, if the volume of vehicles continues to increase, the police will apply a one-way or one-way system situationally. He said, looking at conditions on the previous holiday day. One-way policies are usually carried out in the morning to prioritize vehicles from below or Jakarta/Bogor towards Puncak and in the afternoon instead prioritize vehicles from the top or Puncak leading to Jakarta/Bogor.

"We see the situation in the field with an undetermined or situational time (hour) and duration (lasting) one way," explained Ardian. Monitoring Friday afternoon, continued Ardian, vehicles leading to Puncak were observed to be busy and several points were observed to be dense because there were activities of the local community.