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C. Java Police, Waze collaborate for Idul Fitri exodus

The Central Java Police are partnering with Google's free navigation smartphone application Waze to assist travelers during their Idul Fitri homecoming road trip, a police official has said.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Tue, June 28, 2016

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C. Java Police, Waze collaborate for Idul Fitri exodus An official shows an application called Road Transport and Traffic Management Center (RTTMC) during the installation of closed circuit television (CCTV) comeras in the Java northern coastal area, or Pantura on June. 26. (Antara/Oky Lukmansyah)

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he Central Java Police are partnering with Google's free navigation smartphone application Waze to assist travelers on their homecoming road trip during the Idul Fitri exodus, a police official has said.

The system provided by Waze will help travelers avoid traffic congestion and accidents toward Central Java areas as well as providing alternative routes, East Brebes District Police chief Adj. Sen. Comr. Luthfi Sulistiawan said on Monday. Police predicted that congestion would take place at the Brebes toll road exit during the peak of the exodus.

"We will provide solutions on what routes to take and which roads to use. Hopefully, the plans will be finalized in two days," Luthfi told journalists after a meeting on the Idul Fitri exodus preparations with the Central Java Police and Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in Jakarta.

Despite the collaboration already having been agreed upon, officials still needed to work out technical matters and the mechanism of road diversions along the routes that travelers usually took during the exodus, he added.

Minister Luhut said the National Police were now discussing expanding the application's bandwith with the Communication and Information Ministry to provide travelers with better access to the application owned by tech giant Google inc.

Millions of Indonesians regularly travel back to their hometowns to celebrate the Idul Fitri holidays. The Transportation Ministry has predicted that there would be around 26 million  land, air and sea travelers during this year's holidays. (rin)

 

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