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Rented scooters absent from city streets as police threaten to impose fines
Rented electric scooters seem to be on hiatus from Jakarta's streets as the police threatened on Monday to fine anyone who uses them outside of the designated area for micromobility vehicles.
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Workers load GrabWheels electric scooters into a vehicle in Senayan, Jakarta on Nov. 14, 2019. The Jakarta police threatened on Monday to impose fines on wayward rented scooter users. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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ented electric scooters seem to be on hiatus from Jakarta's streets as the police threatened on Monday to fine anyone who uses them outside of the designated area for micromobility.
Even in areas previously crowded by scooter renters such as the Senayan area of Jl. Sudirman and Dukuh Atas area in Central Jakarta, or Blok M area in South Jakarta, the green rented scooters are nowhere to be seen.
Regulation on micromobility, including its designated areas, is still in the making.
Previously, police said they would impose a fine on wayward rented scooter users who roamed the city’s streets. The police said they would use articles 282 and 104 of Law No. 22/2009 on traffic and transportation, which state that road users who disobey the police will be slapped with a maximum fine of Rp 250,000 (US$17.69) or a one-month jail sentence.
Also on Monday, the ban on motorcyclists using bike lanes as regulated in the recently issued Gubernatorial decree No. 128/2019 on bike lanes, have officially been enforced.
The decree specifies that the streets with provided bike lanes according to Article 1(3) of the regulation are Jl. Merdeka Selatan, Jl. MH Thamrin, Jl. Imam Bonjol, Jl. Pangeran Diponegoro, Jl. Salemba Raya, Jl. Proklamasi, Jl. Penataran, Jl. Pramuka, Jl. Pemuda, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman, Jl. Sisingamangaraja, Jl. Panglima Polim, Jl. RS Fatmawati Raya, Jl. Tomang Raya, Jl. Kyai Caringin, Jl. Cideng Timur, Jl. Cideng Barat, Jl. Kebun Sirih, Jl. Fachrudin, Jl. Matraman Raya, Jl. Jatinegara Barat and Jl. Jatinegara Timur.
The Jakarta Transportation Agency assigned 76 officers to secure the bike lanes on Monday, while 26 police officers and military officers were also deployed to secure the lanes and to ticket offenders.
