A total of 17,920 bus passengers from various areas of Java Island have arrived at Pulo Gebang Terminal, East Jakarta since April 23 or the day after Eid until today, Sunday, April 30, at 14.00 WIB.
"The reverse flow has occurred since the last five days, since April 26, 2023," said Pulo Gebang Bunari Terminal Operations Team Commander in Jakarta, Sunday, April 30.
Based on data at Pulo Gebang Terminal, the increase in the number of passenger arrivals occurred on April 26 as many as 2,721 passengers and continues to be above 2 thousand arrivals to this day.
The highest number of arrival passengers, he said, occurred on Saturday, April 29 as many as 5,464 passengers. Bonari stated that the surge in arrival passengers was due to the free return buses provided by various agencies.
"Yesterday the data doubled because the information was that there were free homecoming buses in the area," said Bonari.
Data on arrivals per day at 14.00 WIB as many as 1,892 people were transported by 214 buses from various regions.
The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) reported that the number of daily public transport users on Friday, April 28 or D+5 Lebaran 2023 was 817,132 people, an increase of about 80 percent compared to normal days.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Transportation Adita Irawati said the peak of the backflow will occur today and Monday, May 1.
"The movement of backflow passengers is expected to be higher and is predicted to peak on Sunday, April 30 and Monday, May 1," he said.
At the 2023 Integrated Eid Transport Post, passenger and vehicle movement points were monitored at 111 terminals, 18 ferry ports, 51 airports, 110 seaports, 13 train daop/divre, 42 toll gates, and 20 arterial roads.
The movement of passengers on D+5 is dominated by air transportation passengers, namely 252,993 or 30.96 percent of total public transport users. Then road transportation is 179,807 people or 22 percent, rail transportation is 169,789 people or 20.78 percent, crossing transportation is 141,611 people or 17.33 percent and sea transportation is 72,932 people or 8.93 percent.
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