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View all search resultsCycling communities have lauded the local administration's plan to install protected bicycle lanes and expand existing lanes to provide safety for the city's growing population of bike commuters.
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) – a global NGO that promotes sustainable transportation and urban development – recorded a tenfold increase in the number of cyclists along Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta from one morning last year to one morning this year.
Even as the health emergency has led to a reduction in traffic volumes on the country's roads, a commemorative event to remember the victims of road accidents has acknowledged that Indonesia needs to do more in enforcement and awareness for road safety.
Deserted streets, cabin fever and worries over COVID-enabling commutes in Europe and America have sent demand for bikes into high gear -- with factories in Taiwan racing to push out new units and scrambling to find parts.
Puput Soedarjanto from urban cycling community Bike2work said that according to data compiled by the group, at least 16 cyclists died so far this year in traffic accidents in several cities in the country while another 15 cyclists were hospitalized.
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