Some Solutions for Traffic Jam in Jakarta

Jakarta which is the capital city of Indonesia cannot solve problem of traffic jam by only developing mass transportation like bus rapid transit (BRT) through Transjakarta buses and mass rapid transit (MRT) which is still on the process. Several efforts that should be take in synergy with the recent road infrastructure and to tackle private motor vehicles. In present time, road infrastructure can only accommodated as many as 1.05 million vehicles. Road length in Jakarta is only 7,650 km and road wide is 40.1 km or around 6.2% of the total width of Jakarta. Meanwhile, the road length growth is only 0.01% per year.

There were more than 7.5 million units of motorcycles; which increased from 6.7 million units from previous year. The number of public transportation was around 859 thousand units; which increased from 847 thousand units from previous year. Meanwhile the private motor vehicles were more than 2.11 million units or increased from 2 million units from previous year. The growth of vehicle in Jakarta is around 1,117 units per day that comprise of 220 cars and 897 motorcycles. Jakarta total trip is around 20.7 million per day, the total motor vehicles passing the roads in Jakarta is 5.8 million units that comprise of 5.7 million units (98.5%) private vehicles and 88,477 units (1.5%) public transportation.

Therefore Jakarta has to find solution to handle traffic jam that happens. Jakarta cannot just depend only on improving public transportation service, such as: BRT-based on bus way development, and MRT development. Another solution is to make new road infrastructure that should be made to accommodate the growth of private motor vehicles. At present time, the comparison was between 1 percent road infrastructure growth and compare with 9 percent private motor vehicle growth. Therefore by tackle private motor vehicles that can be put into data about address and owner of the vehicles.

Hopefully by using some solutions that are mention above it will help to solve traffic jam in Jakarta.

Some Solutions for Traffic Jam in Jakarta

Jakarta as the capital city of Indonesia cannot solve problem of traffic jam by only developing mass transportation like bus rapid transit (BRT) through Transjakarta buses and mass rapid transit (MRT) which is still on the process. Several efforts that should be take in synergy with the recent road infrastructure and to tackle private motor vehicles. In present time, road infrastructure can only accommodated as many as 1.05 million vehicles. Road length in Jakarta is only 7,650 km and road wide is 40.1 km or around 6.2% of the total width of Jakarta. Meanwhile, the road length growth is only 0.01% per year.

There were more than 7.5 million units of motorcycles; which increased from 6.7 million units from previous year. The number of public transportation was around 859 thousand units; which increased from 847 thousand units from previous year. Meanwhile the private motor vehicles were more than 2.11 million units or increased from 2 million units from previous year. The growth of vehicle in Jakarta is around 1,117 units per day that comprise of 220 cars and 897 motorcycles. Jakarta total trip is around 20.7 million per day, the total motor vehicles passing the roads in Jakarta is 5.8 million units that comprise of 5.7 million units (98.5%) private vehicles and 88,477 units (1.5%) public transportation.

Therefore Jakarta has to find solution to handle traffic jam that happens. Jakarta cannot just depend only on improving public transportation service, such as: BRT-based on busway development, and MRT development. Another solution is to make new road infrastructure that should be made to accommodate the growth of private motor vehicles. At present time, the comparison was between 1 percent road infrastructure growth and compare with 9 percent private motor vehicle growth. Therefore by tackle private motor vehicles that can be put into data about address and owner of the vehicles.

Hopefully by using some solutions that are mention above it will help to solve traffic jam in Jakarta.

Poverty in Indonesia

Poverty level has stopped falling is no surprise. There was a 126% increase in fuel prices last October catapulted inflation to 18%, meanwhile wages increased only marginally. Poor Indonesians number would have soared even more, up to 51m according to the statistics office, if the government had not given cash handouts to some 76m people to cushion the effects of the fuel-price increase (which eliminated a costly subsidy). Meanwhile activists are questioning the data. They are argue that the figures fail to give the full alarming picture.

For example, the Urban Poor Consortium believes that the number of people falling into poverty in Jakarta has risen by almost twice as much as the statisticians state. It can be happen partly because the government's definition of poverty—less money than is needed to afford a diet of 2,100 calories a day—is 152,847 rupiah ($16.80) a month. This type of measure is well below the more widely used benchmark of $1 a day. Using the $1-a-day measure, it is estimated that more than 80m Indonesians are in poverty.