Ministry Of PUPR: Jabodetabek Becomes A Pioneer Of ToD Area Development, But Not Optimal

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JAKARTA - Director General of Housing of the Ministry of PUPR, Iwan Suprijanto, said that the Jabodetabek area has become the pioneer of the construction of transit-oriented development (TOD) areas, in recent times.

Even so, Iwan assessed, the concept of TOD development in the Jabodetabek area has not been fully optimal.

"Actually, the pioneer (construction of the TOD concept) is here (Jabodetabek), but Jakarta has just started, not necessarily the maximum can be realized," Iwan told reporters in the Cawang area, East Jakarta, Thursday, March 2.

Iwan added that the TOD concept development in the Jabodetabek area has not been optimal. This is because congestion in the area is still happening today.

"So, it must be that the traffic jam is already extraordinary, so one solution is to move it," he said.

According to him, the TOD concept in Indonesia has actually been thought of for a long time, but indeed its implementation has not been optimal, until now.

"So, the TOD concept has been developing for a long time, but in Indonesia it is relatively just a discourse and concept until now," he added.

Previously, the Director General of Housing of the Ministry of PUPR, Iwan Suprijanto, said that the IKN area was a form of development of a transit-oriented Development (TOD) area. Because, later it will facilitate the mobility of people from their homes to their workplaces.

"If someone says that IKN is the real TOD, it is true. We have to build this and make it happen in a direction," said Iwan in the Cawang area, East Jakarta.

Iwan said, one of the key performance indicators (KPI) of IKN development is that later the community will only need 10 minutes to walk from occupancy to office areas and the public.

"The trick is to organize the IKN space itself with the orientation of the TOD concept," he said.

He considered that IKN was a solution because the transfer of IKN to East Kalimantan had to begin with the construction of a new concept, so that future problems would not occur.

"This aims to make the concept of IKN development accommodate the TOD concept," explained Iwan.