Nowadays, Jakarta’s traffic has always been a big problem for the Government and people. If you mention about the traffic in Jakarta then the image is a big and complex traffic jam all around the street, especially during the rush hours ( 06.00 am to 09.00 am and 17.00 pm to 20.00 pm ). The Departement of Transportation in Jakarta shows that there is an increase on the amount of vehicles in Jakarta - about 11 percent per year. The amount of total vehicles in Jakarta now is about 4.9 million, two-wheel vehicles are about 2.8 million and the rest , for about 2.2 million are four-wheel vehicles. The street in Jakarta also makes traffic jam in rush hours because the street condition is bad. Sometimes people in Jakarta are selfish because they want to come to office or school earlier than others, so they do not care each others and they only think about themselves. I personally believe that traffic jam in Jakarta is caused by three factors ; street, vehicles, and human factors.
First, traffic jam in Jakarta is caused by its street condition. There are so many damaged streets in Jakarta. Even though Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia, it is not a guarantee that the streets in Jakarta are good enough. We can see the fact, that there are so many damaged ways. There are 200 segments and with the total 397 million m2, damaged streets happen in five areas ; North Jakarta, Central Jakarta, West Jakarta, South Jakarta, and East Jakarta. Next, narrow streets in Jakarta also cause traffic jam. To expand the capacity of street in Jakarta is very difficult because the areas are limited. In East Jakarta, some segments are used for busway rail, it doesn’t decrease traffic jam but it makes worse because the streets are narrow. Next, some repaired street also cause traffic jam. Since December 2011 until January 2012, Dinas Pekerjaan Umum ( DPU ) in Jakarta could only repair 15.880 m2 ( 4 % ) damaged streets, from 397 million m2 which is the total of damaged street.
Second, vehicles also cause traffic jam in Jakarta. It happens because many people use private vehicles. Nowadays, cars and motorcycles can be bought easily by credit. For example, by paying the down payment from Rp 2.000.000,00, people can bring a motorcycle to their home. They also can buy a car easily by paying the down payment from Rp 5.000.000,00 then they can bring their car to their home. Besides, the vehicles producers compete to produce vehicles. The most important thing is that they must produce vehicles as many as possible and sell them out. Then, trucks are also the cause of traffic jam. We can see the fact that 70 % traffic jam in tol road is caused by trucks, it happens because the street is not available. Based on the research 1.404 trucks across the street every hour. Then, busway also contributes the increase of traffic jam in Jakarta. Busway makes a traffic jam because the lane is only for busway not for other vehicles. Many people in Jakarta complain that busway only makes traffic jam worse because the segments are used for busway. For example, in East Jakarta traffic jam in this area increased because the part of street are used for busway whereas the street only has two segments but government agrees to build busway lane in this area, so busway only increases traffic jam in this area.
Third, Reckless drivers play a big role in this horrible situation. bad habit of street users also gives impact to traffic jam in Jakarta. Many drivers don’t obey the traffic rules. They like to drive in the wrong way, ignore traffic light, or drive in a drunk or sleepy condition. Then, besides reckless drivers, indisciplined hawkers can cause traffic jam. Hawkers usually are on the crossroad or T-junction of traffic light. They are there to offer their services or goods. Consequently, many vehicles are stuck because of them. When the light is red, they struggle to offer their services or goods to drivers or passangers who get stuck. If the light is green, sometimes they are still on the street. So, vehicle can’t move quickly and finally traffic jam happens. Then, brawl also causes traffic jam. In Jakarta, brawl often happens and makes people worried about that. This incident is mostly done by students, they sometimes fight because of simple problem, for example ; they fight because of woman, reputation, and revenge. Road users always get disadvantages from this incident because they can’t use the road as well as they want, so they choose to use another street.
In conclusion, traffic jam in Jakarta is caused by street, vehicles, and human. People should realize that Jakarta should be free from traffic jam because it’s a capital city. Government must be serious to cope with this problem. The simple solution to make Jakarta free from the traffic jam are the government should handdle the users of private vehicles, increase the amount or the tax of vehicles, increase the number of busway and etc. Then, people must reduce using vehicles. If people don’t really need vehicles, don’t go to the street unless they want to get stuck due to the traffic jam. So, I recommend that the goverment and people must be serious to solve the traffic jam so that Jakarta can be free from it.
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