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        "id": 1329487,
        "msgid": "confusing-traffic-lights-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-12-24 00:00:00",
        "title": "Confusing traffic lights",
        "author": null,
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Confusing traffic lights From Kompas In many places in Jakarta, traffic lights actually create rather than reduce traffic jams. At the Pramuka intersection, for instance, the red lights stopping traffic from Jalan Pramuka to Jalan Pemuda and vice versa stay red much longer, while the traffic from Tanjung Priok to Cililitan and vice versa has the green light for much longer.",
        "content": "<p>Confusing traffic lights<\/p>\n<p>From Kompas<\/p>\n<p>In many places in Jakarta, traffic lights actually create<br>\nrather than reduce traffic jams. At the Pramuka intersection, for<br>\ninstance, the red lights stopping traffic from Jalan Pramuka to<br>\nJalan Pemuda and vice versa stay red much longer, while the<br>\ntraffic from Tanjung Priok to Cililitan and vice versa has the<br>\ngreen light for much longer.<\/p>\n<p>Strangely, this situation only arises after 5 p.m., while no<br>\ncongestion takes place earlier when the lights are functioning<br>\nnormally. Sometimes a policeman appears to direct the traffic,<br>\nwhich is snarled up due to the erratic lights, only to leave<br>\nmoments later when the jam finally gets out of control.<\/p>\n<p>A taxi driver once told me that some people were interfering<br>\nwith the control panel for the traffic lights so as to favor<br>\nthose areas where street vendors and children frequent.<br>\nTherefore, Jakarta's land transportation office should promptly<br>\nrepair and maintain the lights before any more chaos ensues.<\/p>\n<p>NASRUL IDRIS<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
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