Ministry Of Transportation: Controlled Number Of Transport And Passenger Movements

Illustration: A driver crosses a post which prohibits going home in Cikokol, Tangerang, Banten, Friday, May 7. (Photo: Muhammad Iqbal / Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) said that the number of transportation and passenger movements on the first day of the prohibition period for transportation operations for homecoming yesterday, Thursday, May 6, was quite controlled. "Based on the results of monitoring transportation control on the first day yesterday, the number of transportation and passenger movements both in land, sea and air transportation, and railways, have decreased significantly compared to before the prohibition period, "said Ministry of Transportation spokesperson Adita Irawati in a release in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Saturday, May 8. Adita explained that in land transportation, land transport passengers ( buses) reached a total of 10,644 people or down about 75 percent compared to normal days. Meanwhile, the daily traffic volume (motorbikes, passenger cars, and large cars) using non-toll national roads heading out of Jabodetabek reached more than 68 thousand vehicles or decreased by around 48 percent compared to normal days. Furthermore, in air transportation, from 12 monitoring airports , there were 270 departing flights or a decrease of 82.7 percent from normal days. Meanwhile, the number of passengers who made departure trips reached around 3,856 people or decreased by around 96.2 percent compared to normal days.

In rail transportation, passenger movements reached 17,220 passengers, down 71 percent from the number of passengers the day before. When compared with the average passenger from April 22 to May 5, the number of train passengers on Thursday fell by 63 percent, while in sea transportation, for inter-island ports, there were 2,048 passengers, down 88 percent compared to weekdays from the 51 ports monitored. "The significant decrease in passenger volume in all modes of transportation can be indicated, first, the community has traveled earlier in the Pre-Homecoming Abolition period, or secondly, the increasing level of community compliance with the regulations on the elimination of homecoming in 2021," he said. added that from monitoring the implementation of transportation control on the first day yesterday, the implementation of health protocols in public transportation infrastructure and facilities is running quite well and the insulation carried out by officers at a number of points has been good and will continue to be optimized. "Furthermore, we will continue to monitor transportation control in a number of points. Eid al-Fitr period 2021 H and memast fish travel the community goes according to applicable regulations, "he said.