DKI Pemprov Is Asked To Immediately Realize Cycling Facilities

Cycling illustration (Irvan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) RI AA La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti encouraged the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to immediately realize special infrastructure facilities for cyclists.

"The public is of course waiting for this commitment. Facilities for bicycle users, for example, will clearly support the smooth running of workers when they go to the office," said La Nyalla in a written statement, Sunday, November 8.

La Nyalla said that the construction of adequate facilities and infrastructure for bicycle lovers will change the mindset of the people of Jakarta to switch from motorized vehicles to environmentally friendly transportation.

Moreover, according to La Nyalla, DKI Jakarta was chosen to be the area to campaign for a healthy and sustainable urban life, as well as environmentally friendly transportation. "And when the source of pollution decreases, the sky in Jakarta will be bluer," said the former PSSI chairman.

La Nyalla supports the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government's steps to build infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists up to 500 kilometers in the entire Jakarta area, which currently only has 63 km, so it needs a joint commitment to make it happen.

Not only about the infrastructure for cyclists, La Nyalla also asked the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government not to ignore pedestrians which function to facilitate the circulation of people moving from one place to the point of origin.

The Chairman of the DPD RI said that expanding pedestrians for pedestrians, of course, is not only in the business center or elite areas, but the commitment to build Jakarta must be comprehensive, because the movement of activity centers must be facilitated as a mode change.

“The first thing I caught was prioritizing pedestrians. Second, non-emission vehicles such as bicycles and electric vehicles. Third, public transportation and the last is private vehicles, ”added the alumnus of Universitas Brawijaya.

On the one hand, LaNyalla also hopes that the DKI Provincial Government can ensure that the national economic recovery fund (PEN) loan from the central government for infrastructure financing can be accounted for.

This was emphasized by La Nyalla in accordance with the legal umbrella of Government Regulation Number 43 of 2020 and PMK No. 105 / PMK.07 / 2020 concerning Management of National Economic Recovery Loans for regions.

"Hopefully, when it is rolled out, the target of facility development can be met. Meanwhile, the improvement of flood control can also be controlled, "said La Nyalla.

Previously, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan cycled with the ambassadors of "Nordic" countries in Eastern Europe and the North Atlantic as part of "EU Climate Diplomacy Week 2020" with an agenda called "The Nordic Bicycling Event".