More Than Half A Million Vehicles Have Left Jabotabek 7 Days Before Eid

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JAKARTA - PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk recorded as many as 598,538 vehicles leaving the Jabotabek area on D-10 to D-7 Eid al-Fitr.

"This figure is the cumulative number of traffic (traffic) from the four Barrier/Main Toll Gate (GT) namely Cikupa GT (direction to Merak), GT Ciawi (direction to Puncak), and GT Cikampek Utama and GT Kalihurip Utama (direction Trans Java and Bandung)," said Jasa Marga's Corporate Communication & Community Development Group Head Dwimawan Heru in a written statement in Jakarta, Tuesday, April 26, quoted from Antara.

The total volume of traffic leaving the Jabotabek area decreased by 0.3 percent when compared to normal traffic for the November 2021 period of 600,107 vehicles.

For distribution, traffic leaving Jabotabek goes in three directions, namely the majority of 282,848 vehicles (47.3 percent) heading east (Trans Java and Bandung), 187,495 vehicles (31.3 percent) heading west (Merak), and 128,195 vehicles. (21.4 percent) towards the South (Peak). The details of the traffic distribution are as follows:

For the east direction, traffic leaves Jabotabek heading towards Trans Java via GT Cikampek Utama Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, with a total of 159,610 vehicles, an increase of 17.1 percent from normal.

Meanwhile, those leaving Jabotabek heading towards Bandung via GT Kalihurip Utama Cipularang Toll Road, with a total of 123,238 vehicles, decreased by 8.6 percent from normal and those heading towards Trans Java and Bandung via the two GTs as many as 282,848 vehicles, an increase of 4.3 percent. than normal.

For the west direction, leaving Jabotabek heading towards Merak via GT Cikupa Tangerang-Merak Toll Road with 187,495 vehicles, down 2.2 percent from normal.

For the south, the number of vehicles leaving Jabotabek towards Puncak via GT Ciawi Jagorawi Toll Road was 128,195 vehicles, down by 6.6 percent from normal.

Jasa Marga appealed to toll road users to anticipate travel before entering the toll road. Make sure the vehicle and driver are in top condition, comply with health protocols (using masks, washing hands and maintaining distance) while in the rest area, refilling fuel and sufficient electronic money balance, and obeying the signs and directions of officers.