Bogor Regency Government Supports Study On Changes In Working Hours Of Jakarta Buffer Area

Dishub officers transported vehicles parked carelessly on Sentul Alternative Street, Bogor Regency, West Java, Friday (15/7/2022). ANTARA

BOGOR - The City Government (Pemkot) of Bogor, West Java supports the study of changes in working hours in the Jakarta Buffer area to overcome congestion due to the high mobility of the Jabodetabek community.

Head of the Bogor City Transportation Service (Dishub) Eko Prabowo, the Bogor area, which is mostly a residence for workers in Jakarta and its surroundings, also needs to adjust if changes in working hours are implemented in DKI.

"Of course the study must be with us in Bogor and other buffer areas, because many workers go there from Bogor and its surroundings," said Eko in Bogor City, Antara, Sunday, September 25.

Eko said more than 100 thousand Bogor residents who travel back and forth from Jakarta to Bogor use buses, trains and private vehicles.

This figure is quite high considering that around 60 thousand people per day use trains and the rest use private cars, motorcycles and other public transportation.

Vehicle traffic in the city of Bogor on weekdays is quite dense at certain hours every day, so that if the working hours are set in Jakarta, it will have an impact on the number of vehicles entering and leaving the rainy city.

Eko said that seeing the condition of Jakata which is a work center that absorbs workers from the Bodetabek area, it is not enough to regulate working hours through the DKI Jakarta Governor Regulation, but regulations from related ministries and institutions.

The arrangement of working hours requires adjustments to the time of entering and leaving work in ministries, institutions, as well as private companies.

A joint study of the Jakarta buffer zone, said Eko, will result in a collective agreement controlling community mobility from upstream to downstream.

"Essentially, we are ready to accept the invitation from the DKI Provincial Government to discuss changes in working hours," he said.

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said that the legal basis for working hours for office employees in Jakarta, as proposed by the Traffic Directorate of Polda Metro Jaya, should be discussed with the central government.

According to Riza, the proposal for setting office hours as a step to solve the congestion problem in Jakarta cannot be decided unilaterally and must go through a wider stage.

He is of the opinion that the proposal from the Traffic Directorate of the Polda Metro Jaya regarding the regulation of working hours is a good thing and is still being discussed.