Cycling While Arranging the Capital

KOMPAS/JOHANES GALUH BIMANTARA

Fathahillah (left) and Agung cycling on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta, on Thursday (15/10/2020).

Jalan Jenderal Sudirman-MH Thamrin is well-known as a Jakarta business zone full of motorized vehicles. However, the emergence of cycling in the midst of the pandemic has begun to turn this area into a popular new public space.

Two cyclists, Fathahillah, 38, and Agung, 28, were enthusiastic to ride their bicycles on Jalan Sudirman, Jakarta, on Thursday (15/10/2020). The rays of the sun could not wipe their smiles. "Indeed, he is chasing the sun," Agung laughed as he stopped his folding bike near the Sudirman Integrated Commercial Area (SCBD), referring to his friend. It was a few minutes past 10:00 a.m., just right for getting the healthy sunshine.