Traffic Flow In Solo City Starts To Increase, Every Red Light Sign Occurs A Long Line

Member of Commission 3 of the DPR RI Eva Yuliana (center) accompanied by the Head of the Surakarta Police Commissioner Pol Ade Safri Simanjuntak (right) during a service preparation visit at the Idul Fitri Integrated Post/ Antara

SOLO - The density of traffic flow in Solo City, Central Java Province, until D-4 Lebaran 2022 has increased by about 20 percent compared to normal day conditions.

"Traffic density in Solo City on normal days is 450,550 per day and on D-4 Lebaran, it has increased quite significantly, namely around 20 percent," said Surakarta Police Chief Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak on a working visit by Member of Commission 3 of the DPR RI Eva Yuliana, at the Integrated Post for Eid 2022 Fort Vastenburg Solo, reported by Antara, Thursday, April 28.

From the results of monitoring, on Thursday, at around 15.00 WIB, the traffic flow in the city of Solo was running tightly, even at every red light sign there were often long queues due to the heavy traffic flow.

The police chief explained that after the Ketupat Candi 2022 Operation on April 28-May 9, then he would carry out a seven-day KKYD starting from May 10-17 to anticipate the return of travelers to their home areas.

The Head of the Police explained that from the results of monitoring the Lebaran 2022 homecoming in Solo, there were three indicators, the first being from monitoring the traffic flow in the city, seeing the capacity of moving vehicles compared to normal traffic flow before April 22, which increased by about 20 percent.

The data shows two things, firstly that homecomers have started to enter Surakarta City and secondly there is agglomeration traffic in Solo Raya that comes to Surakarta City. They access shopping places for the benefit of Lebaran, both from the residents of the Solo City itself and the Solo Raya agglomeration.

His party could see from the increase in the capacity of traffic flow vehicles that occurred in the time period from 15.00 WIB until the time of breaking the fast. This is a significant increase of 20 percent compared to normal days, reaching 450,550 vehicles per day.

"We are also monitoring the homecoming flow at the Tirtonadi Bus Terminal in Surakarta and three train stations (KA) namely Solo Balapan, Purwosari, and Jebres Stations. From the results of monitoring the bus and train modes of transportation, around 28,000 travelers have entered Surakarta City.

The Surakarta Police in coordination with Kodim 0735, and the Surakarta City Government all travelers will be recorded by the "Jogo Tonggo" Task Force together with members of the Bhabinkamtibmas, Babinsa and the COVID-19 Task Force at the kelurahan level. continue to be optimized to realize a safe and healthy homecoming. One of them is optimizing the role of the Jogo Tonggo Task Force in the village to record incoming travelers and check the vaccination status of travelers.

Travelers whose vaccinations have not been completed are encouraged to educate them to carry out complete or booster vaccinations at the nearest health facilities, including the Surakarta Police, which opened two vaccination booths at the Integrated Post for Benteng Vastenburg and the Service Post at Pasar Klewer.

Meanwhile, Member of Commission 3 of the Indonesian House of Representatives Eva Yuliana during a working visit to review the readiness of Pospam, Service Post and Integrated Post, appreciated the Surakarta Police and its ranks with the TNI, Regional Government and elements of the community in preparation for securing Eid 2022.

"We appreciate that Pospam, Service Post, and Integrated Post are getting better every year and there are always improvements. In fact, the Integrated Post has vaccination booth services and traffic monitoring cameras at points prone to congestion," said Eva.

Thus, the combined officers of the Lebaran Integrated Post will more easily detect if there is a traffic jam or traffic density through the monitor screen. His party hopes that the Lebaran 2022 homecoming in Solo will remain safe, conducive, and the people who go home will be healthy and comfortable. The people of Solo themselves are also safe and stay healthy.