Anies Baswedan's Target Is To Build A 170-kilometer Bicycle Path, The Regional Police To Form A Mapping Team

JAKARTA - Jakarta Metro Police will form a bicycle lane mapping team. This follows up on the statement by the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, who wants to have a 170-kilometer bicycle lane.

"Of course we will form a team with the regional government and other stakeholders", said Deputy Director of Traffic Jakarta AKBP Rusdy Pramana to reporters, Friday, June 4.

In addition to the mapping team, said Rusdy, this bike path will also be discussed by DTKJ (Jakarta City Transportation Council). Because, it must be prepared thoroughly as a whole.

"The Jakarta City Transportation Council will, of course, make studies, which will be discussed with FGDs or other meetings", he said.

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan hopes that the capital will have 170 kilometers of bicycle lanes by the end of this year. Currently the bike path is still 63 kilometers.

In fact, Anies also said that Jakarta should have a 500-kilometer bicycle lane. This he said in commemoration of World Bicycle Day.

"Ideally in Jakarta there will be 500 kilometers of bicycle lanes. That's the ideal that we want to achieve that way", said Anies.