Motor Prohibited Through JLNT Kampung Melayu, How Cyclist Road Bike Can? Here's A Transportation Agency Explanation

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JAKARTA - Road bike trials at Non-Toll Highway (JLNT) Kampung Melayu-Tanah Abang were conducted on Sunday, May 23, morning. However, motorcycle dealers are still prohibited from crossing JLNT due to dangerously strong winds. Then, why are road bike cyclists given access to traffic?

Head of the Transportation Office of DKI Syafrin Liputo explained the presence of road bike tracks in JLNT is DKI Pemprov's efforts to increase public interest in making road bikes an alternative to daily mobility.

Because, if the cyclist is in one traffic room with a motor vehicle, there will be a risk of an accident.

"Before there was this track the cyclists, especially road bikes, were active in the traffic room at high speed together with motor vehicles, so that the safety and security aspects were neglected. A lot of data that we collected, where the accident that happened to these cyclists is quite high with a large number of fatalities", Syafrin told reporters, Sunday, May 23.

Moreover, road bike trials on JLNT from Karet to the Kasablanka area are conducted in the morning. In the morning, the wind gusts are not so strong. Cyclists can still control balance when passing.

"We know in the morning the wind gusts are not so strong and relatively more controllable. Once above 9 o'clock above 10 o'clock, usually, the wind blows strongly. Therefore, the choice (trial) we prepare in the morning", said Syafrin.

If the trial is successful, Syafrin said, then JLNT could be the location of road bike event organizers. He ensured that the traffic flow of car vehicles that usually pass JLNT is not interrupted because Dishub prepares traffic engineering.

"For certain events, of course, traffic space can be utilized by preparing traffic engineering and reviewing alternative routes", Syafrin said.

"We know that the track below there is an alternative road, Prof. Dr. Satrio Street, and the canal is Abdullah Syafei to the east. With the alternative path that is this arterial path, then from the side of the implementation of the track (road bike trials) in JLNT, it becomes enough to be implemented," he added.

As for the traffic engineering, vehicles from Tanah Abang to Kampung Melayu are diverted through KH. Mas Mansyur Street - Dr. Satrio Street - Raya Casablanca Street - Dr. Saharjo Street then turns south to Abdullah Syafei Street, and so on.

Then, in the traffic diversion scheme, the vehicle that will rotate from the West-West direction under the flyover of Dr. Saharjo is diverted to Dr. Saharjo Street, then rotates south-south on Jalan Dr. Saharjo, then rotates north-north in front of Balai Sudirman.

Meanwhile, vehicles from Kampung Melayu to Tanah Abang will be directed to Abdullah Syafei Street -Dr. Saharjo Street, turning north-north in front of Balai Sudirman, Casablanca Highway, Dr. Satrio Street, KH Street. Mas Mansyur (under JLNT Kampung Melayu - Tanah Abang).

In the end, the vehicle that will rotate south-south in front of Citywalk Sudirman is diverted under the Karet Bivak flyover.