Increase! A Total Of 179,000 Vehicles Leave Jabotabek Via Toll Roads On D-7

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JAKARTA PT Jasa Marga Tbk. recorded around 179,028 vehicles leaving the Jabotabek area on Saturday, April 15, 2023 or D-7 Eid Al-Fitr

Jasa Marta Lisye Octaviana's Corporate Communication said the number was the cumulative number of traffic flows (traffic) from the four Barrier / Main Toll Gates (GT), namely GT Cikupa (direction to Merak), GT Ciawi (direction to Puncak), and GT Cikampek Utama (direction to Trans Java) and GT Kalihurip Utama (direction to Bandung).

"The total volume of traffic leaving the Jabotabek area increased by 11.5 percent when compared to normal flows," he said when delivering a press statement on Sunday, April 16.

Lisye explained that when compared to the Lebaran 2022 period, the total volume of this traffic rose 17.3 percent, which at that time was around 152,594 vehicles.

"Meanwhile, if it is accommodated with the prediction of the 2023 Eid traffic volume in the same period, the total volume of traffic is 5.7 percent lower," he said.

Meanwhile, for the distribution of traffic leaving Jabodetabek towards all three directions, the majority were 90,416 vehicles (50.5 percent) heading East (Trans Java and Bandung), 50,882 vehicles (28.4 percent) headed West (Merak), and 37,730 vehicles (21.1 percent) headed South (Puncak).

The details of the traffic distribution are as follows.

EAST DIRECTION (TRANS JAVA & BANDUNG)

- Traffic leaving Jabotabek heading towards Trans Java via GT Cikampek Utama Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, with a total of 56,213 vehicles, an increase of 69.37 percent from normal traffic.

- Traffic leaving Jabotabek heading towards Bandung via GT Kalihurip Utama Cipularang Toll Road, with a total of 34,203 vehicles, lower by 9.30 percent from normal traffic.

The total traffic leaving Jabotabek towards Trans Java and Bandung through the two GTs was 90,416 vehicles, an increase of 27.53 percent from normal traffic.

WEST (MERAK)

Traffic leaving Jabotabek heading towards Merak via GT Cikupa Tangerang-Merak Toll Road is 50,882 vehicles, an increase of 6.57 percent from normal traffic.

SOUTHERN DIRECTION (PEAK)

Meanwhile, the number of vehicles leaving Jabotabek heading towards Puncak via GT Ciawi Jagorawi Toll Road was 37,730 vehicles, 9.80 percent lower than normal traffic.