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Jakarta bows to pressure, cancels restriction

Growing criticism from angry Jakartans has led the city administration to reconsider its plan to expand a ban on motorcycles from passing through the capital’s main thoroughfares.

Ivany Atina Arbi (The Jakarta Post)
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Fri, September 8, 2017 Published on Sep. 8, 2017 Published on 2017-09-08T08:55:18+07:00

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Motorbike free: Motorcyclists drive along Jl. HR Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, on Aug.25. Jakarta governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat said his administration was reexamining its plan to ban motorcycles from the city's main thoroughfares, including Jl.HR. Rasuna Said. Motorbike free: Motorcyclists drive along Jl. HR Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, on Aug.25. Jakarta governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat said his administration was reexamining its plan to ban motorcycles from the city's main thoroughfares, including Jl.HR. Rasuna Said. (Antara/Reno Esnir)

Growing criticism from angry Jakartans has led the city administration to reconsider its plan to expand a ban on motorcycles from passing through the capital’s main thoroughfares.

“We cannot implement the regulation because of ongoing construction work. We will wait [until the work is finished],” Jakarta Transportation Agency head Andri Yansyah announced on Thursday morning after a meeting with Jakarta Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat at City Hall.

Andri told journalists that criticism from various parties, including the City Council, had also fed into their decision to cancel their initial plan.

“The administration will wait until Jakarta has a better public transportation system. Sometime after the realization of the MRT and light rapid transit (LRT) systems as well as the integration of Transjakarta buses with commuter lines,” City Council speaker Prasetio Edi Marsudi said.

Philosopher Franz Magnis-Suseno in an article published recently by Kompas said motorcycles for low-income people constituted a precious good that helped them avoid dirty and unsafe public transportation for hours on end in the heavily congested city.

He called the plan to expand the ban “a form of war against the proletariat by the elites who ‘own’ this country.”

Construction of the much-anticipated MRT is currently ongoing along Jl. Sudirman. The construction has made Jakarta’s infamous traffic congestion even worse.

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