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Puncak infrastructure, traffic policies in spotlight after tourist death
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Heavy traffic blocks Jl. Raya Puncak in Bogor regency, West Java, on March 2, 2024. (Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya)
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ransportation experts have urged the government to take more comprehensive measures to address traffic congestion in the popular tourist destination of Puncak in Bogor regency, West Java, following hours of gridlock on Sunday during which a tourist died.
The destination, a favorite of Greater Jakarta holidaymakers, has become notorious for its traffic.
Known also for its cool breezes and lush tea plantations, Puncak saw an influx of visitors over the long weekend occasioned by Monday’s national holiday of Maulid, which commemorates the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday.
Videos of thousands of motorcycles and cars stuck in kilometers of stopped traffic made rounds on social media on Sunday. Some vacationers said they were stuck for a full 24 hours.
Pictures of motorists lying in sleeping bags on the side of the road while waiting for traffic to clear up also went viral on social media. Amid the congestion, a 56-year-old vacationer from Cipayung, East Jakarta, fell ill on a tour bus near the Gunung Mas tea plantation in Puncak and later died.
Bogor Police traffic department head Adj. Comr. Rizky Guntama said the woman boarded the bus at around 7:00 p.m. on Sunday after visiting the plantation, but not long afterward she began feeling dizzy, had difficulty breathing and started foaming at the mouth.
She was taken to a nearby mosque after the ambulance sent to take her to the hospital got stuck in the traffic as well.
