Bandung City Government Still Odds And Evens At 5 Toll Gates

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BANDUNG - The Bandung City Government (Pemkot) still applies odd-even measures to minimize the mobility of vehicles entering the city of Bandung on weekends at five toll gates.

Head of PDKT Dishub Bandung City Asep Kuswara said the odd-even was applied in accordance with the rules when the Implementation of Restrictions on Community Activities (PPKM). So that later only vehicles from Greater Bandung can freely pass through the five toll gates.

"This week odd-even is still being implemented, yes, at five toll gates in the city of Bandung," said Asep in Bandung, West Java, quoted by Antara, Friday, March 4.

There are also five toll gates, namely Pasteur, Pasirkoja, Kopo, Muhammad Toha, and Buahbatu toll gates. Odd-even weekends are special starting from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

On Friday, odd-even applies from 14.00 WIB to 20.00 WIB. However, on Saturdays and Sundays, odd-even applies from 07.00 WIB to 20.00 WIB.

In addition to vehicles from Greater Bandung, other vehicles will be affected by odd-even. Later on, the vehicles that are turned around are vehicles from outside the city whose last digits of the number plates do not match the date on that day.

For example, this Friday is March 4, 2022, so vehicles from outside the city that can enter through the toll gate are vehicles with even-numbered plates. And vice versa if it falls on an odd date.

As of this Friday afternoon, according to him, the inflow to the Bandung City area through the Pasteur Toll Gate had not increased compared to the previous week during the long holiday.

"It's still sloping. I'm still sloping at Pasteur. Last week it was crowded because there was a long weekend," he said.