West Java Police Implement Car Free Night At The Peak On New Year's Eve, Pay Attention To Alternative Routes

BANDUNG - The West Java Regional Police (Polda) imposed a Free Night on the Puncak Bogor-Cianjur section on New Year's Eve 2025.

The Head of Public Relations of the West Java Police, Kombes Jules Abraham Abast, revealed that the Car Free Night on the Puncak route will be enforced for six to seven hours to anticipate traffic congestion.

"Later, there will be engineering that will be implemented, namely Car Free Night, especially on December 31, starting at 18.00 WIB until January 1 at 01.00 WIB," Jules said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, December 20.

Before Car Free Night was implemented, Jules said officers in the field would go one way first to drain vehicles passing on the Puncak route.

"There will be engineering such as the implementation of one way first before the closure of Car Free Night," he said.

Meanwhile, Dirlantas Polda Jabar Kombes Pol Ruminio Ardano said the police had also engineered traffic in case of traffic jams on the Puncak route.

"We have prepared an alternative route, Baim will pass the Litangir toll road to a new toll road that can penetrate Cibitung and exit to Jonggol, either towards Cianjur," he said.

Ruminio said that his party had prepared other alternative roads that could only be used for two-wheeled vehicles and minibuses to anticipate congestion during the year-end holidays.

"Later on, there will be an alternative route for district roads next to Simpang Gadok going up and up, it is recommended that vehicles only have minibuses and two wheels," said Ruminto.