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Two million daily Jabodetabek commuters flood Jakarta with motorbikes
Bumper to bumper ad infinitum: Jakarta still struggles to solve its wretched traffic nightmare due to a lack of regulations limiting car and motorcycle use and the absence of decent public transport
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span class="caption">Bumper to bumper ad infinitum: Jakarta still struggles to solve its wretched traffic nightmare due to a lack of regulations limiting car and motorcycle use and the absence of decent public transport. (JP/P.J. Leo)
Due to a lack of public transportation, commuters are forced to rely heavily on private vehicles for day-to-day transportation between residences outside Jakarta and workplaces in the capital.
According to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), 3,566,178 commuters depart Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi for workplaces across Jakarta every day, most of whom ' 2,075,159 ' rely on motorcycles for transportation.
Private cars are the second most popular form of transportation, with 455,044 commuters making use of this mode, followed by commuter trains with 359,598. Meanwhile, many commuters also make use of public transportation such as city buses and public minivans.
PT KAI Jabodetabek (KCJ) president director Muhammad Nurul Fadhila said that, although the number of passengers making use of state-owned public transportation continued to increase, the number of commuters using public transport to travel to and from their workplace remains relatively low.
'Those using the commuter train make up a mere 10 percent of [the total commuters],' said Muhammad in Jakarta on Monday, as reported by kompas.com, adding that his company had tried to expand, improve and increase services by improving infrastructure and facilities to make traveling by train more convenient for passengers.
With a figure of 253,355, 851 in 2015, 206,783,321 in 2014 and 157,638,362 in 2013, the total number of passengers commuting to and from Jakarta on a daily basis is increasing annually. (bbn)(+)
