Those Who Are Annoyed That The Streets Of Jakarta Are Often Jammed, This Is An Explanation From Anies Baswedan's Subordinates

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency noted that the volume of vehicle traffic in the capital city reached 2.16 million units per day at PPKM Level 2, an increase of 3.33 percent compared to PPKM Level 3 which reached 2.09 million units.

Head of the DKI Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo in Jakarta, Monday, explained that the data on the increase in traffic volume is in line with the increase in community mobility.

The data is based on Google's analysis of community mobility at PPKM Level 2 on April 12-18, 2022 compared to PPKM Level 3 on March 1-7 2022.

Reporting from Antara, Monday, April 25, the DKI Transportation Agency noted that there are three points of community mobility that encourage an increase in vehicle traffic volume, namely public transportation centers, workplaces and residential areas.

Community mobility increased by 3.71 percent in public transportation centers, workplaces increased by 5.43 percent and residential areas increased by 1.14 percent.

However, there is also a decrease in community mobility at PPKM Level 2, namely in retail and recreation, grocery stores and pharmacies as well as parks.

The increasing traffic volume has an impact on the average traffic speed per day at PPKM Level 2 which reaches 30.18 kilometers (km) per hour.

This has decreased by 8.67 percent compared to PPKM Level 3 which reached 33.04 kilometers per hour.

Meanwhile, the number of daily passengers on urban public transport at PPKM Level 2 reached 1.11 million people per day or an increase of 10.21 percent compared to when PPKM Level 3 reached one million people per day.

The number of daily passengers for Intercity Interprovincial Transport (AKAP) at PPKM Level 2 was 3,956 passengers per day, a decrease of 16.28 percent compared to PPKM Level 3 which reached 4,725 people per day.

The traffic volume and speed observations were carried out at 18 points in Jakarta, namely the Senayan Roundabout, Cawang Sutoyo, Cempaka Putih, Cipete Raya, Gajah Mada, Hayam Wuruk areas, then JPO Dukuh Atas, Pademangan and Panglima Polim.

Then, Jalan Rasuna Said, S Parman, Salemba, Sisingamangaraja, Suryopranoto, Tebet BUMD, Tegal Parang, Thamrin and Tomang.