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Anies takes patrol motorcycle to City Hall
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Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (right) arrives at City Hall in Central Jakarta by Transportation Agency motorcycle on Friday morning due to severe traffic. (kompas.com/Nursita Sari)
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akarta Governor Anies Baswedan took to riding a Transportation Agency patrol motorcycle to work on Friday morning due to heavy traffic.
Anies said the traffic from his home in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, to City Hall in Central Jakarta was quite severe because of infrastructure development, including of the mass rapid transit (MRT) system.
“The roads are really crowded. The traffic jam this morning was more severe so I had to take a motorbike instead,” Anies said at City Hall as quoted by kompas.com.
However, Anies felt that the decision did not significantly cut his travel time because of the motorbike’s size. He said it would have been more efficient to take an ordinary motorbike.
“I have done this [riding motorbikes] for a long time. For the past 10 years, I always keep a helmet, jacket and mask inside my car, so if I needed to switch to a motorcycle, I’d be ready,” Anies said. (wnd)
