DKI Provincial Government Review Odd-Even Rules On 25 Capital City Roads

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JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said he was still reviewing the plan to implement the odd-even vehicle number plate system on 25 roads.

"Later, it will be increased to 25 roads, but in the meantime we will conduct a study in stages," Riza said in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Friday, November 5.

Riza said the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is studying the implementation of odd-even on 25 roads because people need time to be more prepared so that roads that are applied odd-even do not aggravate congestion in other areas.

"It takes time, it takes stages, so that the community is also more prepared," said Riza.

As for the expansion of the odd-even system, the Head of the Sub-Directorate General of the Polda Metro Jaya, AKBP Argo Wiyono, said during a webinar of the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI).

The expansion discourse also has a legal basis, namely Governor Regulation Number 88 of 2019.

"Indeed, in accordance with the Governor's Regulation, what we are doing is odd-even, there are 25 segments," said Argo.

According to him, there are several conditions that lead to the expansion of the odd-even system, one of which is the congestion level in Jakarta, which reaches 40 percent.

"Maybe Monday (next) we'll see, during this week if we see the mobility index is increasing rapidly, maybe next week we can normalize it again," Argo added.