Jakarta speeds up electronic road pricing policy to reduce congestion
Jakarta (VNA) – The Jakarta Provincial Government is taking a
series of measures, including implementing an electronic road pricing (ERP)
policy, to lessen congestion in the capital city.
Head of the Jakarta Transportation Office Syafrin Liputo said the agency is
currently drafting an electronic traffic control regulation to apply to the ERP
system on 25 inner-city and inter-provincial roads to reduce congestion.
It has also encouraged the
use of public transport, contributing to increasing the sustainability in urban
traffic management.
Syafrin emphasised the urgency of electronic traffic control, as the
investment rate in urban infrastructure is much lower than the increasing
number of personal vehicles.
The ERP has been implemented by Singapore since 1998 and is one of the most
effective methods to deal with traffic jams since then.
In 2019, Jakarta was one of the 10 most congested cities in the world. It applied
a number of measures to address the issue but they did not bring long-term
effects for the city./.