Bogor Police Anticipates Increase In Vehicle Volume During Christmas And New Year Holidays

Kasatlantas Polresta Bogor City Kompol Galih Apria (VOI)

BOGOR - Satlantas Polresta Bogor, Polda West Java together with the local government created a program of the Great Driver to Maintain Smoothness (Sobat Jalan) to anticipate three traffic congestion points (traffic) and three blocking points during the increase in vehicle volume during the Christmas and New Year's Eve 2024 holidays.

"We still have one more bridge point which will be completed in the next two or three days, namely the Cibalok Bridge in the Tajur area. However, just before December 25 and New Year, all the bridges in the Bogor City area will be in good condition and can be crossed," said Head of the Bogor City Police Traffic Unit, Kompol Galih Apria, Wednesday, December 20.

Likewise, he said, the two points of traffic density include the Pajajaran road where people usually flock to the Botanical Gardens, so that they also receive attention or attention from the Sobat Jalan program and traffic engineering.

Furthermore, three points that have the potential for blockage of traffic flow in SSA include Warung Bogor, Pasar Bogor, BTM and also Jembatan Merah, Jalan Captain Muslihat.

"Kebun Raya is recorded if Sunday can reach 4 thousand, but even though it can be more than 15 thousand weekends. That's what we anticipate and continue to strive to maintain safety for road users, hopefully the security of Christmas and New Year will run smoothly," he said.

Galih emphasized that the Traffic Unit will not impose odd-even, officers will unravel the potential for congestion with the Sobat Jalan program in order to provide smoothness to vehicles entering and also out of Bogor City.

He explained that the Great Driver's program to Maintain Smoothness or called Sobat Jalan is an effort by the joint apparatus to appeal to public and private vehicle drivers who will check or park carelessly on the highway.

Anticipate the traffic density at these points is sought to balance the smooth speed of vehicles on the SSA route, precisely at the Otista Bridge, which has now been widened, is no longer one of the blockage points.

"The current condition of traffic flow is as observed (Otista bridge) that school holidays are also starting to gradually decline. This means that the volume of vehicles has begun to increase, on average, which comes out of the Bogor toll exit," he said.

Kasatlantas has prepared three flag indicators that provide a symbol of traffic density.

"On average, it is still normal, before the New Year's Eve, we can only carry out limited engineering, especially in which the condition of Kamseltiblantas in Bogor City continues to flow. This means that even though the volume of vehicles entering the city of Bogor is large or many vehicles is still running smoothly even though it is crowded," he explained.