Traffic Congestion Reduced

The odd-even policy is being implemented at the East Bekasi and West Bekasi tollgates concurrently with a ban on trucks of categories 3, 4 and 5 and public transportation vehicles such as buses.

Kompas/Riza Fathoni

Several cars with odd license plate numbers attempting to drive to Jakarta through the West Bekasi toll gate are told to make a U-turn on the first day of the odd-even traffic policy on the Cikampek toll road on Monday (12/3). TransJabodetabek buses have become an alternative for commuters unable to drive on the toll road because of the traffic policy imposed from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on weekdays

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – The severe traffic jams that were expected on alternative routes from Bekasi to Jakarta, in the wake of the implementation of the odd-even license plate number policy at the East Bekasi and West Bekasi tollgates on the Cikampek toll road, did not occur on Monday (12/3). The number of vehicles passing through the two tollgates had reportedly decreased by 30 percent to 38 percent.

“As a whole, the policy has reduced the number of vehicles [entering the tollgates] by 35 percent on average, or 2,783 vehicles in the three hours since the rule was applied,” Jakarta-Cikampek general manager Raddy R Lukman of state toll road operator PT Jasa Marga said on Monday. The odd-even policy applies on the two tollgates from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.