INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - The loss caused by traffic congestion in Jakarta and the surrounding area from year to year continues to increase. Based on the calculation of National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), for this year alone, the loss due to special congestion in Jakarta alone reaches Rp 67.5 trillion .

Meanwhile, the loss caused by traffic jam in Jabodetabek reaches Rp 100 trillion per year. To reduce the loss that should not happen, the Transportation Management Agency of Jabodetabek (BPTJ) of the Ministry of Transportation together with the regional government and other related parties has prepared various breakthroughs that will be implemented as soon as possible.

The breakthroughs that have been prepared have been and continue to be communicated by BPTJ with governor and vice governor of DKI Jakarta and also regional head in Bodetabek region.

"BPTJ and DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will continue to coordinate the follow up of the public transportation and congestion service improvement program in DKI Jakarta within the scope of Jabodetabek handling," said Head of Public Relations and ICT BPJT Farida Makhmudah through written statement in Jakarta, Sunday (03/12/2017 ).

Farida explained, for that required a handling program that needs to be implemented immediately. Given that from 2000 to 2010, statistics on the number of registered vehicles increased by 4.6 times. "Meanwhile, for commuters from Bodetabek to Jakarta there are about 1.1 million, and this has steadily increased 1.5-fold since the year 2002, "she said.

Meanwhile, for daily traffic movement in Jabodetabek which originally in 2003 amounted to 37.3 million trips / day increased 58% or reached 47.5 million trips per day in 2015.

"Of the 47.5 million people travel per day, about 23.42 million is a movement within the city of Jakarta, 4.06 million is the commuter movement, and 20.02 million is another movement that passes DKI and internal Bodetabek," she concluded