fwd: Jakarta seeks new traffic restraint methods

SUSTRAN Network Secretariat sustran at po.jaring.my
Fri Mar 3 11:01:50 JST 2000


The Jakarta government has announced it will include NGO and community
representatives in a working group to decide how best to restrain traffic
in the city centre.

If the groups in INFORTRANS (Indonesian NGO Forum for Transportation) need
any information or suggestions to help them make a constructive
contribution to the working group then I am sure there will be
sustran-discussers ready to help, right?
 
Paul

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The Jakarta Post
City News     
March 03, 2000 

3-in-1 traffic policy back in gear

JAKARTA (JP): While in search of a suitable system to handle traffic
problems during rush hours, Governor Sutiyoso instructed the City Traffic
and Land Transportation Agency on Thursday to reenact the temporarily
suspended three-in-one policy in the city's restricted areas. 

"An evaluation of the three-in-one policy was held because it has
encouraged children to serve as traffic jockeys," city spokesman Muhayat
said at City Hall. 

The agency netted 1,402 jockeys and fined 1,292 vehicles in various
operations from Aug. 24 last year until Feb. 4. 

The policy was temporarily revoked from Feb. 7 until Feb. 25 for evaluation
purposes. 

Agency head Buyung Atang presented the evaluation of the three-week
suspension to the governor earlier in the morning. 

"We didn't revoke the policy at all. We just loosened it for evaluation
purposes," Buyung said, while admitting that the number of passing private
cars increased dramatically after the policy was loosened. 

In the period from Jan. 31 until Feb. 4, the agency recorded 89,726 private
vehicles and 47,153 public vehicles passing through the restricted areas
during weekday rush hours. 

There were 180,504 private cars passing through the areas during the first
week of the study, 246,297 and 266,243 cars during the second and third
week. Meanwhile, the number of public transportation vehicles passing
through the areas were 54,599, 56,237, and 57,167 for the same period. 

Buyung said the city administration would establish a working group to seek
a replacement for the current system. 

"The group's members will consist of city officials, city councilors,
community leaders, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including the
Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI)," he said. 

He said the proposed system would include the use of a sticker system,
whether as a single system or combined with the current system. 

"The group may also submit proposals or solutions to arrive at the best
system," he said. (nvn) 

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