Considering The Odd-Even Rules For Motorbikes In Jakarta

Illustration (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - The odd-even application of two-wheeled vehicles in Jakarta is still a discourse. Until now, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has not implemented this regulation during the transitional PSBB period.

The odd-even system rules are contained in the Governor Regulation (Pergub) Number 51 of 2020 concerning the implementation of the PSBB transition towards a healthy, safe and productive society.

The application of this rule is considered inaccurate and will not have a significant impact on the original goal. Namely reducing the excessive use of private vehicles on the road and switching to public transportation.

"It won't have too much impact, of course. The vehicle population will remain large," said Head of Advocacy and Community Affairs, the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) Center, Djoko Setijowarno, to VOI, Sunday, June 21.

Moreover, he said, the current population of motorbikes is already high or reaching 75 percent. Plus, the public perception of the potential for the spread of COVID-19 on public transportation is greater. Thus, the percentage of private vehicle use will remain high.

He believes, if the government continues to enforce this rule, the community will have prepared several ways to counter it. One of them is adding a motorbike. "And has a double license plate," said Djoko.

Djoko suggested, to anticipate or reduce the population of two-wheeled vehicles on the road, the provincial government could issue policies that support bicycle use. However, this must be supported by improvements in public facilities for cyclists, for example, lanes and so on.

"It can be imitated in several countries, diverting short trips to bicycles and walking. Therefore, build bicycle lanes and pedestrian facilities," said Djoko.

Application considerations

Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, agrees that motorbikes are not even valid at this time. He said the decision would be made based on the results of the evaluation over the next few days. The consideration is regarding the mobility of Jakarta residents during this transitional PSBB.

"We are still evaluating it, because in this transitional period, there is a dynamic movement of the mobility of people and there is a significant change, and of course we are evaluating this," said Syafrin.

Therefore, as long as the governor's decision is odd-even, as long as that has not been made. "Because it is also eliminated odd-even, so as long as there is no governor's decision regarding the implementation of odd-even, so long as odd-even is eliminated," said Syafrin.