Ministry Of Transportation: Tightening Of Mobility Ahead Of Christmas And New Year Begins On December 20

Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi. (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The implementation of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) level 3 will apply to all regions of Indonesia during the 2021 Christmas and New Year holidays. Along with this policy, the Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi said the government would tighten community mobility starting December 20, 2021. .

"From December 20 to January 2, 2021, we will implement restrictions (community mobility, ed)," said Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi in a working meeting with Commission V of the DPR at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, December 1. According to the circular letter of the Task Force COVID-19 and the instructions of the Minister of Home Affairs (Inmendagri), restrictions are applied to the operational time and capacity of public transportation. Meanwhile, private transportation applies the odd-even system. "Usually, if we apply odd-even, the movement will decrease by about 30 percent," explained Budi. The odd-even toll road sections, namely the Tangerang-Merak, Bogor-Ciawi-Cigombong, Cikampek-Palimanan-Kanci, and Cikampek-Padalarang-Cileunyi toll roads. random sampling at rest areas and designated places. The regulation of mobility restrictions on non-toll roads also applies an odd-even, one-way, and contra-flow system. This policy targets routes around tourist areas.

"Various efforts are important, we will conduct random sampling about their adherence to Care for Protecting with two vaccines and performing antigens," said Budi.

In addition, he added, the Government will also increase the supervision of health protocols in the transportation sector by utilizing the PeduliLindung application.

"Increased supervision of the implementation of the PeduliLindung program in the transportation sector," said Budi Karya Sumadi.