Observers Suggest Control Of Illegal Parking In Jakarta Involve Marines

Illustration of illegal parking in Jakarta (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Transportation observer from the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI), Djoko Setijowarno, assesses that the DKI Provincial Government needs to take progressive steps in controlling illegal parking in Jakarta.

According to Djoko, the control of illegal parking by officers from the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency and the DKI Jakarta Satpol PP has not been sufficient to resolve the problem.

Djoko advised DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung to cooperate with the Marine Corps apparatus to curb illegal parking.

"If you need to be accompanied by a marine. If it's only Satpol PP or the police, they still dare (illegal parking attendants). If it's a marine, they don't dare," Djoko told reporters, Tuesday, April 22.

In controlling illegal parking, Djoko said that the DKI Provincial Government does not need to alert its officers for 24 hours at points that have the potential to be controlled by illegal parking attendants. What is clear is that joint handling is needed by involving other government agencies.

"Anyway, just register which areas are used to be illegal parking, then start a joint movement. People are also educated," said Djoko.

In addition, another way that Pramono can do is to make regulations that require parking attendants to wear official uniforms from the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency.

"Then make a rule that if there is no ticket for parking, there is no need to pay. Anyway, parking must have proof of payment. Announce it to the public," explained Djoko.

This, continued Djoko, needs to be done so that parking fees in Jakarta can increase regional income and be allocated as transportation subsidies.

"Parkir is actually one of the sources of income for public transportation subsidies. The potential is large, one year in Jakarta can be more than IDR 1 trillion on the side of the road, on street. But now it is controlled a lot," he added.