Crazy Congestion Makes RI Lose Trillions, DKI Up to IDR 65 T News – 59 minutes ago

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The traffic jams that occur in Jakarta seem to have no solution. Even though the Governor has changed several times, this problem continues to recur. Based on data from the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub), losses due to traffic jams reach tens of trillions. Other big cities in Indonesia also experienced significant losses due to traffic jams.

“The economic loss due to traffic jams in the city of Jakarta is IDR 65 trillion per year, while the cities of Semarang, Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Makassar are IDR 12 trillion per year. This has exceeded the city’s APBD,” said Unika Civil Engineering Study Program Academician Soegijapranata and Deputy Chair of Empowerment. and Regional Development of the Indonesian Transportation Community (MTI) Center Djoko Setijowarno, quoted Monday (30/10/2023).

The problem of traffic jams is complicated because more people use private vehicles than public transportation.


Data collected by GIZ (May 2023) shows that the share of public transport use in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo is already above 50 percent. Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok range from 20 percent to 50 percent. Meanwhile, cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Medan have less than 20 percent.

“Meanwhile in the last 5 years the growth rate of private vehicles in Indonesia has averaged 8 percent per year. In the congestion ranking of cities in Indonesia, Jakarta is ranked 10th. First place is Bangalore (India, second place is Manila (Philippines), Bangkok is ranked 11th ( “Thailand), ranking 32 Tokyo (Japan), ranking 46 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), ranking 96 Singapore, ranking 108 Hong Kong,” said Djoko.

To reduce traffic jams, he continued, since 2020 a service purchasing scheme (buy the service) has actually been put in place by the Directorate General of Transportation, Ministry of Transportation. Which is called the Bus Friends Program and the Jabodetabek Transportation Management Agency with the Our Bus Program. This program is a stimulus for the development of urban public transportation within a specified time period with the aim of increasing interest in using public transportation and ease of mobility in the community.

Bus Friend Program in 10 cities, namely Medan (Trans Metro Deli), Palembang (Trans Musi Jaya), Bandung (Trans Metro Pasundan), Surakarta (Batik Solo Trans), Purwokerto (Trans Banyumas), Yogyakarta (Trans Jogja), Denpasar ( Trans Metro Dewata), Banjarmasin (Trans Banjarbakula), Surabaya (Trans Semanggi Surabaya) and Makassar (Trans Mamminasata). Meanwhile, our bus program in Bogor City (Trans Pakuan).

“One of the limitations of this stimulus program is the 3-year multi-year contract scheme with the hope that services will be continued by the regional government,” he said.

On the other hand, there is a gap in addressing mass transit systems in the regions, which is caused by a number of factors. These include not having sufficient fiscal capacity to implement a mass transportation system, then a metropolitan institutional structure that can integrate development and management across administrative boundaries and across transportation modes within one metropolitan area.

“Also, an integrated urban mobility plan as the basis for implementing urban mass transportation, then technical expertise to plan, design, implement and operate a mass transportation system adequately. Meanwhile in the central government, support/initiatives from the Central Government as a whole to the Regional Government are needed, including knowledge sharing, mentoring, incentives,” said Djoko.

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