JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Dudy Purwagandhi invites the public to take advantage of the free motorcycle transportation (Motis) program during the Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 (Nataru) holidays by train.
Based on data from PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI, the occupancy rate of the Motis Nataru transportation program to date has only reached 41 percent.
"This program is to encourage people to use public transportation more, and also the hope that the use of two-wheeled vehicles on the road will decrease," said Dudy in a press conference at the Pasar Senen Station, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 23.
Meanwhile, KAI President Director (Dirut) Bobby Rasyidin revealed. there are still many free motorcycle homecoming quotas that can be used by the public during the Nataru period.
Especially the free homecoming program through the train mode, continued Bobby, is available for the cross-northern route (Jakarta-Semarang) and the middle route (Jakarta-Purwosari).
"For this free motor transport program, its status is now still 41 percent. So the available seat is still 59 percent," he explained.
Bobby said, KAI prepared a quota of around 5,500 two-wheeled motor vehicles with a passenger count of approximately 12,700 people in this homecoming program.
Meanwhile, for regular train passenger tickets, continued Bobby, the occupancy rate has reached 86 percent as of January 4, 2026 from a total of 3.5 million seats provided.
For information, people who are interested in participating in the free motor homecoming program can register through the nusantara.kemenhub.go.id page. Registration has been open since December 1, 2025.
Through the page, the public can also access various supporting information for homecoming, ranging from maps and travel guidelines, policies and appeals, weather information and early warnings, to important contact numbers and official social media channels related to the implementation of the 2025/2026 Nataru transportation.
Previously, Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi said that as many as 119.5 million people are predicted to travel, both outside and within the province, during the 2025 Christmas and New Year holidays (Nataru).
The prediction is based on a survey conducted by the Ministry of Transportation's Transportation Policy Agency in collaboration with the Central Statistics Agency, the Ministry of Communication and Digital, and academics.
"According to the survey, 42.01 percent of Indonesian residents or about 119.5 million people have the potential to travel during the 2025/2026 Christmas holiday," said Dudy at a media briefing in Jakarta, Friday, December 5.
Based on the survey, there is a trend of an increase in the potential for movement of the community nationally during the Nataru Transportation of 2.71 percent, from 39.30 percent last year to 42.01 percent.
Dudy said the increase in public interest to travel during the 2025/2026 Christmas season was due to several factors, one of which was the long holiday season. This is because school holidays coincide with the Christmas holiday.
Regarding the choice of transportation mode, Dudy said that the use of private cars was the most according to the survey results, the figure reached 42.78 percent or 51.12 million people.
"The next largest mode is motorcycles at 18.41 percent or 22.00 million people, buses at 8.17 percent or 9.76 million people, rental cars at 7.43 percent or 8.87 million people, travel cars at 6.39 percent or 7.64 million people," he said.
Meanwhile, continued Dudy, air travel is predicted to contribute 3.57 percent or 4.27 million people. Meanwhile, long-distance trains are 3.29 percent or 3.94 million people.
"The ferry is 3.14 percent or 3.75 million people, the sea ship is 2.20 percent or 2.62 million people," he said.
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