Anies Will Rebuild Bike Paths In Jakarta This Year

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan will again add to the construction of bicycle lanes in Jakarta. The budget is estimated to be in the tens of billions of rupiah.

"There will be a very long bicycle path in 2022," said DKI Jakarta Deputy Governor Riza Patria explaining Anies' plan, Tuesday, March 29.

Riza revealed that the budget for the bicycle lane construction comes from this year's DKI Regional Budget. However, he could not confirm the amount of the budget allocated.

"I forgot the budget. However, I think it's more than IDR 80 billion," said Riza.

Riza said the DKI Provincial Government is trying to make better transportation arrangements than the construction of bicycle lanes. So, it is hoped that more people will switch modes from motorized vehicles.

"We will improve this bicycle lane every year. We will continue to increase the number to give bicycle users the opportunity to have their own lane and encourage people to also use bicycles as a recreational tool, sports tool, and also a means of transportation," he explained.

Previously, the Governor of DKI Anies Baswedan said that his party had built a bicycle lane for 97.77 kilometers during his tenure. "As one of the efforts to realize a cycling-friendly Jakarta, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has built 97.77 km of bicycle lanes," Anies said as quoted from the aniesbaswedan Instagram account.

Anies said that the bicycle lanes are currently being built on roads connected to public transportation, which are affected by odd-even. Later, bicycle lanes will also be built in tourist areas and other locations.

"The design of a bicycle lane is being built in the Semanggi Park area. The process of a permanent bicycle lane on Jalan Sudirman-Thamrin is in the final stage," he said.

Anies also has the ambition that the DKI Provincial Government can build a 500-kilometer bicycle path until 2030, and connect Jakarta with surrounding cities.