By: Runavia Wulandari) *
The government has noticed a number of points prone to traffic jams such as the Jakarta – Cikampek toll road and the Terbanggi Besar toll exit on the Lampung – Palembang Toll Road, and others.
As in the Cikopo – Palimanan (Cipali) toll road, it has a tactical plan to reduce the flow of Idul Fitri homecoming. They estimated that the volume of travelers who packed the Cipali toll road this year rose 12% to 1.73 million vehicles from 1.54 million vehicles in 2018.
To that end, the manager of Lintas Marga Sedaya (LMS) as the manager of the Cipali toll road, will add 14 substations at the Main Palimanan Toll Gate. “So that the Main Palimanan Toll. “So that the total operated reaches 26 substations, an additional 10 mobile readers at the Palimanan Toll Gate and each of the 2 mobile readers at the side gate.
The peak of going back and forth will be predicted to occur on H-5 to H-3 with the employment of more than 100,000 drivers. While the peak backflow is expected to occur at H + 3.
To facilitate the homecoming route from Jakarta to Surabaya, several points of traffic jams such as Jakarta – Cikampek have been designed to be decomposed.
Among them, the main Cikarang toll road which will have 3 doors, namely exit, so it will not accumulate in one lane.
Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation, Budi Setiyadi, said that the eleveted II toll road has been ascertained that it cannot be used for homecoming.
In this regard, he requested that the contractor, PT Jasamarga, remove the heavy equipment from the location and temporarily stop the construction.
“Eleveted Jakarta – Cikampek toll road cannot be used back and forth this year. So that the Ministry of Transportation has also coordinated with the contractors for the route to be cleaned, so that travelers can pass it, “Budi said.
PT Jasa Marga predicts that 1,383,830 travelers will leave Jakarta via the toll road when the Lebaran 2019 homecoming runs from May 29 to June 4.
Of the total predictions, 58.68 percent is predicted to go towards East Java through the Jakarta – Cikampek Toll Road. While 26.68 percent of vehicles headed west (Merak) via the Jakarta – Tangerang toll road.
As for the rest, 14.64 percent is predicted to move towards the South (Puncak) through the Jagorawi Toll Road.
To expedite the flow of travelers, the Ministry of Transportation also imposed regulations on the operation of goods transportation. The operational restrictions on freight transportation are valid for the homecoming period of May 30 – June 2, 2019 and when the return flow is June 8 – June 10, 2019.
In addition, Jasa Marga also seeks to collaborate with millennial travelers with the Travoy application. It hopes that with the application, travelers can easily find the right facilities and routes.
“From the research that we have done for many years, actually the pain of the customers when going home is only 3, the first is congestion, the second is density and the third is in the rest area.
The Travoy application has several features for planning going home, so that people can plan far away days.
“The features are in Travoys such as Mudik Plan, Information on Toll Gate and Rest Area packed with other interesting features. One of the road users can order food and drinks in the rest area by using the Eat N Go feature, “he said.
Just for info, the connection of the Trans Java and Merak Toll Roads to East Probolinggo along 977 km on Lebaran 2019 this time made the community enthusiastic to travel back and forth by land. Especially with the 15 percent discount for all toll roads on May 27-29 and June 10-12 2019.
To go to your hometown, it will certainly be safer if travelers use public transportation, besides being safer this is one step to reduce the existing congestion.
South Jakarta Mayor Marullah Matali has facilitated travelers from Jakarta to provide motorcycle storage.
The plan is for motorbike storage rooms to be provided at the output offices and sub-districts. In addition, according to him, the Mayor’s Office is being sought as the location for motorcycle storage.
It is time for us to make homecoming as a preoccupation, and eliminate the stigma of congestion, and the most important thing is to prioritize safety during the journey to my hometown.
) * The author is a contributor to the Indonesian Strategic Information Study Institute (LSISI)