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View all search resultsIn a city built for cars, sidewalks often feel like an afterthought. But revitalized stretches in Jakarta are proving that these in-between spaces have the power to shape not just how we move, but how we connect and belong.
The Jakarta administration’s plan to trim sidewalks along the heavily congested TB Simatupang road in South Jakarta has sparked widespread criticism, with critics warning it undermines pedestrian rights and contradicts the city’s vision of becoming a “global city”.
The fact is, most of the innovative countries in the world are clean countries. Their people do not throw rubbish in the river, do not pile up rubbish on streets, and do not take for granted precarious garbage collectors.
“The banners that you see in Jakarta underwent a long journey before being known by the public as they are today,” Hartono, a 50-year-old banner maker in Pekayon, Bekasi, West Java, told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday. “The banners are not just regular fabric. They represent the struggle and hopes of the Lamongan people to be successful in a big city like Jakarta,” he added.
Despite the slow progress, railway-based public transportation operators, city-owned PT MRT Jakarta and state-owned PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), have been gearing up to develop their TODs in several locations across Greater Jakarta.
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