Minister Of Transportation: Preparation For Backflow So That It Can Be Implemented Carefully

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi. BETWEEN/HO-BKIP Kemenhub/pri.

Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi gave directions so that backflow preparations can be carried out carefully because the time for backflow is relatively shorter than the homecoming flow. "This reverse flow is quite critical, so people need to make the best possible preparations in the remaining four days. The peak of backflow is expected to occur on Sunday, April 14-Monday, April 15 so that people are advised to avoid the peak day of the backflow and are advised to return early on Friday or Saturday,” said Budi Karya Sumadi in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, April 12. The remaining four days until April 15, 2024, must be anticipated by the public. Budi Karya Sumadi also expressed his appreciation for all stakeholders who have coordinated and collaborated in the success of the 2024 Eid homecoming flow, one of which is the speed of travel time. The Minister of Transportation gave an example, the trip from Jakarta to Semarang which experienced an increase in travel time. PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk revealed the readiness of backflow for the Eid al-Fitr 1445H/2024 period which is predicted to start increasing from D+2 to D+4 Idul Fitri 1445 H or on Saturday, April 13, 2024 to Monday, April 15, 2024. Jasa Marga President Director Subakti Syukur explained the realization of the traffic volume of Homecoming/Outing Jakarta during the Lebaran H-7 to D1 period (April 3 to April 11, 2024) through 4 Main Toll Gates (GT Cikampek Utama, Kalihurip Utama GT, Ciawi GT, Cikupa GT) reached 1.5 million vehicles or an increase of 45.6 percent to Normal and an increase of 0.8 percent to Eid 2023. We estimate that today there are still around 206,000 vehicles that have not made homecoming trips. This number is 11.7 percent of Jasa Marga's total predictions for vehicles passing through four main toll gates. Later, the total traffic homecoming will return together to Jabotabek in a fairly short time during the reverse flow period which is predicted to peak on Monday, April 15, 2024,” said Subakti. Based on Jasa Marga data, the average speed of Jakarta-Semarang at the peak of homecoming is 67.59 km/hour, an increase of 12.5 percent from the 2023 Homecoming Peak (64.14 km/hour) with a travel time of 6 hours 54 minutes or 17.5 percent faster than the 2023 Peak Homecoming (8 hours 12 minutes). By looking at the potential for this movement, Jasa Marga has prepared a number of anticipations of backflow services based on the results of the evaluation of homecoming flow services. Not only through traffic services, transaction services, prevention services, rest area services but also providing technology-based services. “ To monitor the volume of traffic and the maximum capacity that can be accommodated by toll roads, Jasa Marga uses radar-based Traffic Counting and CCTV Analytic technology based on Artificial Intelligence (AI). This data and information is integrated into Jasa Marga Integrated Digital Map (JID) super-apps used by stakeholders as decision makers, especially in carrying out traffic engineering to optimize toll road capacity to avoid vehicle buildup,” Subakti said.

Subakti added, to realize Jasa Marga's smooth, safe and comfortable return travel, Jasa Marga will also continue to collaborate with relevant stakeholders such as Korlantas Polri, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of PUPR, Ministry of SOEs and other Toll Road Business Entities.