JAKARTA - PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk. predicts that the Lebaran 2026 reverse flow will occur on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Jasa Marga President Director, Rivan A. Purwantono, urged road users to plan their travel time.
"Ahead of the reverse flow period, we ask road users to be able to plan their trips better by avoiding the predicted peak time of the reverse flow which is predicted to fall on Tuesday, March 24, 2026," said Rivan as quoted from a written statement, Sunday, March 22.
"Take advantage of the toll rate discount during the two-day return period, namely on March 26-27, 2026 (H+5 to H+6) Lebaran in nine toll roads of the Jasa Marga Group," he continued.
Meanwhile, the total number of vehicles that left the Jabotabek area in the period of H-10 to H-1 Lebaran 1447 H/2026, namely from March 11 to 20, 2026, reached 1,810,134 units.
The figure is the accumulation of traffic flow from four main toll gates (GT), namely the Cikampek Utama GT which leads to Trans Java, the Kalihurip Utama GT to Bandung, the Cikupa GT to Merak, and the Ciawi GT to Puncak.
Overall, the volume of vehicles leaving Jabotabek during the period was recorded as having increased by 25.5 percent compared to normal conditions which were at 1,442,037 vehicles.
"A total of 1.8 million vehicles have left the Jabotabek area, which is 51.3 percent of the total projection of 3.5 million vehicles that are expected to leave Jabotabek during the period of 11-31 March 2026," he said.
For the distribution of traffic leaving Jabotabek towards the three directions, namely the majority of 989,628 vehicles (54.7 percent) towards the East (Trans Java and Bandung), 465,840 vehicles (25.7 percent) towards the West (Merak) and 354,666 vehicles (19.6 percent) towards the South (Puncak).
The distribution of traffic flow leaving the Jabotabek area in the period leading up to Lebaran 2026 shows the dominance of movement towards the east, especially towards Trans Java and Bandung.
Through the GT Cikampek Utama on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, a total of 661,258 vehicles headed to Trans Java or jumped significantly by 131.9 percent compared to normal conditions.
Meanwhile, vehicles heading to Bandung via GT Kalihurip Utama on the Cipularang Toll Road reached 328,370 units, up 3.8 percent from normal traffic.
The total number of vehicles moving towards Trans Java and Bandung through the two GTs reached 989,628 units, an increase of 64.5 percent compared to normal conditions.
On the other hand, the flow of vehicles heading west or Merak through the Cikupa Toll Gate on the Tangerang-Merak Toll Road was recorded at 465,840 vehicles. This figure is actually 4.2 percent lower than normal conditions.
Meanwhile, the movement of vehicles southwards towards Puncak through GT Ciawi on the Jagorawi Toll Road was recorded at 354,666 units, or a slight increase of 0.1 percent from normal conditions.
Even though there was a cumulative increase, the company noted that on H-1 Lebaran, Friday, March 20, 2026, the volume of vehicles leaving Jabotabek through the four main GTs actually decreased.
The total number of vehicles recorded was 117,606 units, down 27.0 percent compared to normal traffic reaching 161,064 vehicles.
"As many as 1.8 million vehicles have left the Jabotabek area to celebrate Eid al-Fitr 1447 H. It is estimated that today there will be an increase in community mobility to visit relatives and relatives on the toll road of the Jasa Marga Group," he said.
For this reason, Jasa Marga has strengthened services on a number of major toll roads by optimizing toll station operations, alerting the toll road service fleet, carrying out situational traffic arrangements and ensuring the readiness of field officers for 24 hours.
In addition, the optimization of technology through the Jasamarga Tollroad Command Center (JMTC) continues to be carried out to monitor traffic conditions in real time and support quick and accurate decision-making and is supported by the dissemination of information through the Travoy and Radio Travoy FM applications to help road users plan their trips.
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