City to implement 'pedestrianization'<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The city administration has summoned owners of
\nbuildings along Jl. Thamrin in Central Jakarta to discuss plans
\nto clear the street of gates, walls and barriers.<\/p>\n
Mauritz Napitupulu, head of the City Parks Agency, said the
\nplan was intended to \"humanize\" the streets and make them more
\ncomfortable for pedestrians.<\/p>\n
\"Please don't call the plan 'breaking down gates'. That gives
\nthe impression that the administration is forcing the building
\nowners to clear the barriers. Better to call it
\n'pedestrianization'. The administration only wants to make the
\nstreets more comfortable for pedestrians, like Orchard Road in
\nSingapore,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Ten days ago, we summoned several owners of buildings on Jl.
\nThamrin to introduce the idea and the design. A city planning
\nteam from the Bandung Institute of Technology, which has been
\nappointed to design the plan, also attended the meeting and
\nexplained the idea,\" he said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
However, not all of the owners of buildings on Jl. Thamrin
\nwere summoned. \"Every building has a different character and
\narchitectural style. So we cannot implement a general design for
\nall of them,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Mauritz said the ideal design was \"two-four-two\", meaning two
\nmeters of green area, beside that four meters for the sidewalk,
\nand then another two meters of green area.<\/p>\n
He conceded, however, that the administration could not
\ntotally implement that design because not all of the buildings
\nhad enough land.<\/p>\n
He gave the United Nations building as an example. The
\ndistance between the building and the street, he said, is not
\nsufficient for the two-four-two design.<\/p>\n
As for security concerns, he said the administration was ready
\nto coordinate with the police on the project. --JP<\/p>",
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