MRT is Jakarta’s best bet: Public Works Ministry

In general, building flyovers doesn’t solve traffic problems, but leads more people to buy cars, Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto says.

“Flyovers only ease traffic a little,” Djoko said Thursday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Djoko said the most effective way to minimize traffic in Jakarta would be through the construction of mass rapid transportation system.

He argued that a good mass rapid transportation system would make people less likely to want to buy cars.

Jakarta currently has two flyovers under construction. One from Antasari to Blok M, and the other from Kampung Melayu to Tanah Abang.