Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi said the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) had evaluated, surveyed, and compiled recommendations for improving Christmas and New Year's transportation.
Dudy said, from the evaluation and survey conducted, the results showed that transportation infrastructure was declared ready to face Christmas and New Year's transportation 2024/2025.
"Anticipating congestion, buildup of transportation nodes, safety issues, and anticipation of weather changes during the Nataru 2024/2025 transportation period, the Ministry of Transportation is taking strategic policy steps and disaster mitigation plans," he said in an official statement, Thursday, December 5.
Land transportation, continued Dudy, has provided parking bags and buffer zones at access to ferry ports, enforcement of delaying systems, granting incidentile permits for autobus companies, contra flow implementation, and categorization of queue conditions at ferry ports.
Meanwhile, sea transportation, continued Dudy, has prepared navigation ships and patrols for emergency response to extraordinary events, emergency response protocols for handling unexpected events, as well as buffer areas within port areas and preparing alternative ports.
"Air transportation provides information and coordination on the impact of volcanic activity, compensation categorization and compensation for flight delays, as well as handling land traffic jams at access to airports," he said.
Meanwhile, continued Dudy, train transportation was held by the Special Monitoring Area (Dapsus) along with personnel and standby facilities, prepared materials for standby (AMUS) at several points, as well as socialization and alerting of Ministry of Transportation personnel at cross sections prone to traffic jams.
To support the smooth running and interest of the people who will travel during the Nataru 2024/2025 period, Dudy said the Ministry of Transportation had prepared details of the facilities and infrastructure, 32,130 bus units with a capacity of 1.2 million passengers, 113 terminals (type A), 764 marine ships with a total capacity of 60,000, 110 seaports, and 2,683 trains with a total capacity of 4.1 million.
Then, infrastructure in the Sumatra, Java, and South Sulawesi railway lines networks, 417 aircraft units with a total capacity of 8 million, 56 airports, 159 ferry ships with a total capacity of 2.1 million, 11 crossing port crossings, 29 moveable bridge piers, 2 Ponton piers, and 17 Plengsengan piers.
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Regarding free homecoming, this year the Ministry of Transportation is again holding the program to reduce the potential for traffic accidents, especially for motorbikes and reduce traffic congestion on roads.
"The Ministry of Transportation provides 3 free homecoming programs during the Nataru 2024/2025 period with a total capacity of 38,772 passengers and 2,320 motorbikes," said the Minister of Transportation.
To ensure the smooth transportation of Nataru 2024/2025, Dudy also asked for support and synergy from various ministries and institutions.
"We need to synchronize policies between implementers through coordination, socialization of mass and online media policies, as well as cooperation with local governments and related agencies," he said.
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