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Pondering Ideas to Overcome Jakarta's Congestion
Traffic in Jakarta is crowded or severely congested every day during rush hours, when leaving home and returning home. Traffic jams increased by more than 50 percent compared to the period before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Traffic jam on Jalan Mayjen Sutoyo, East Jakarta, during working hours, Monday (9/1/2023).
Traffic jam management has become a focus of the Jakarta Provincial Administration and has become one of the three current priority programs. The other two priority programs are flood control and anticipating the impact of reduced economic growth.
One of the traffic jam solutions being discussed by the Jakarta Administration and the Legislative Council (DPRD) is the draft bylaw on the implementation of electronic road pricing (ERP).