179,000 Vehicles Return To Jabotabek, Up 41.11 Percent

Illustration (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

A total of 179,663,000 vehicles returned to the Jabotabek area at the peak of the backflow of the long holidays of Isra Mikraj and the 2025 Chinese New Year.

Jasa Marga's Corporate Communication and Community Development Group Head Lisye Octaviana in Jakarta, Thursday, revealed that the figure increased by 41.11 percent compared to normal traffic.

The total volume of traffic is the cumulative figure of the four Main Toll Gates (GT), namely Cikupa GT (from Merak), Ciawi GT (from Puncak), and Cikampek Utama GT (from Trans Java) and Kalihurip Utama GT (from Bandung).

Lisye said that the increase in the volume of vehicles at the peak of backflow was seen by an increase in vehicles from the eastern region, namely from the direction of Trans Java and from the direction of Bandung.

"We noted that at the peak of the return flow of the long holidays of Isra Mikraj and New Year's Chinese New Year 2025, the volume of vehicles returning from the East (Trans Java) through GT Cikampek Utama was 51,391 vehicles, an increase of 107.05 percent compared to normal traffic and through GT Kalihurip Utama was 46,996 vehicles, an increase of 75.71 percent compared to normal traffic", said Lisye as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, January 30.

Lisye said, in anticipation of increasing the volume of the vehicle, Jasa Marga coordinated intensively with the police and implemented a traffic engineering strategy by optimizing the "contraflow" on the Jakarta-Cikampek and Jagorawi sections, as well as placing officers at vulnerable points such as GT Cikampek Utama and GT Kalihurip Utama to accelerate the handling of disturbances.

He added that the traffic flow that returned to the Jabotabek area in the period Monday-Wednesday (27-29 January 2025), was as many as 528,202 vehicles returned to the Jabotabek area from the four main toll gates. This traffic figure increased 39.12 percent when compared to normal traffic of 379,666 vehicles.

For traffic distribution back to Jabotabek from the three directions, the majority were 277,774 vehicles (52.6 percent) from the East (Trans Java and Bandung), 126,992 vehicles (24 percent) from the South (Puncak) and 123,436 vehicles (23.4 percent) from the West (Merak) direction.

If detailed, based on Jasa Marga data, traffic from the east (Trans Java and Bandung) through GT Cikampek Utama Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, with a total of 137,114 vehicles, an increase of 89.0 percent from normal traffic.

Then, traffic returned to Jabotabek from the direction of Bandung via the Main Kalihurip GT of the Cipularang Toll Road, with a total of 140,660 vehicles, an increase of 72.3 percent from normal traffic.

The total traffic returning to Jabotabek from the direction of Trans Java and Bandung through the two GTs was 277,774 vehicles, an increase of 80.1 percent from normal traffic.

Meanwhile, traffic from the west the number of vehicles returning to Jabotabek via GT Cikupa Tangerang-Merak Toll Road was 123,436 vehicles or 8.4 percent lower than normal traffic.

Meanwhile, from the south, the number of vehicles returning to Jabotabek from Puncak via GT Ciawi Jagorawi Toll Road was 126,992 vehicles, an increase of 40 percent from normal traffic.

Jasa Marga urges toll road users to anticipate trips well. Before entering the toll road, make sure the vehicle and driver are in prime condition, ensure fuel adequacy, and electronic money balances and comply with signs and directions from officers in the field.