Anies Suggests To The Minister Of PUPR That Racing Bicycles Can Enter The Toll Road On Sundays

Illustration. (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan suggested that racing bikes could enter the toll road every Sunday. The selected toll road section is Cawang-Tanjung Priok.

This proposal was confirmed by the Head of the DKI Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo. According to him, the proposal to use one toll road section for racing bicycles was included in the application letter number 297 / -1.792.1 regarding the use of the Inner Ring Road toll road, Cawang-Tanjung Priok.

"The governor proposed to the PUPR Minister to prepare a toll road section as a temporary bicycle lane for sports bikes on Sundays from 6 to 9 WIB," said Syafrin at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, August 26.

The proposed inner-city toll road sections, starting from the Kebon Nanas Toll Gate to the direction of Tanjung Priok, use one side of the road.

"So, our calculation is that around 12 kilometers there is one lane for road bikes while on toll roads," said Syafrin.

The DKI Provincial Government has proposed providing one road section for racing bicycles because it follows the high public interest in using bicycles.

However, the suggested bicycles that can be used to enter toll roads are only racing bikes that have a travel speed of up to about 50 kilometers per hour. Meanwhile, other bicycles and pedestrians cannot enter the toll road.

"We understand, especially those in the road bike community, they have their own technical specifications. They, at the time of cycling the speed are high. If this is facilitated together with other residents, of course it will still affect the safety aspects of other bicycle users," explained Syafrin.

To support the safety of racing cyclists who will enter the toll road, Syafrin said that the special bicycle lane will be limited to using a traffic cone. That way, other vehicles cannot enter this special bicycle road.

"Of course there will be traffic control management and engineering. So the toll road on the west side from Kebon Nanas to Plumpang is closed, then the road bikers along the road will only drive on it, not go out onto the arterial road," he added.