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        "id": 1713460,
        "msgid": "labour-day-holiday-sees-surge-in-traffic-flow-towards-trans-java-1777686725",
        "date": "2026-05-02 08:22:00",
        "title": "Labour Day Holiday Sees Surge in Traffic Flow Towards Trans-Java",
        "author": "Stanly Ravel",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Traffic volumes towards eastern Trans-Java regions surged by over 30% on 30 April 2026, coinciding with the Labour Day long holiday, as recorded at the Cikampek Utama Toll Gate with 36,431 vehicles compared to the normal 27,921. Similar increases were observed at other toll gates managed by PT Jasamarga Transjawa Tol in Central and East Java, prompting temporary contraflow measures on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road to manage congestion. This spike highlights the significant impact of national holidays on Indonesia's major highway infrastructure and the need for effective traffic management strategies.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - Traffic volume towards the eastern Trans-Java region\nexperienced an increase on 30 April 2026, coinciding with the long\nLabour Day holiday period in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This was evident from the number of vehicles passing through the\nCikampek Utama Toll Gate. Under normal conditions, the number of\nvehicles was recorded at 27,921 units, but it rose to 36,431 vehicles,\nan increase of 30.48 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Corporate Secretary &amp; Legal of PT Jasamarga\nTransjawa Tol (JTT), Ria Marlinda Paallo, stated that the increase in\ntraffic volume had been observed since Thursday (30\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA contraflow was temporarily implemented from Km 55 at 10:04 WIB,\nthen extended from Km 47 to Km 65 towards Cikampek on the\nJakarta-Cikampek Toll Road section at 13:10 WIB. This engineering was\napplied situationally and normalised again at 15:07 WIB,\u201d said Ria in\nher official statement on Friday (1\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Not only vehicles heading to Trans-Java, but an increase also\noccurred in the opposite direction, or vehicles heading to Jakarta via\nthe Cikampek Utama Toll Gate.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ria, 27,053 vehicles heading to Jakarta were recorded,\nup 4.15 per cent from normal traffic of 25,974 vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>An increase in vehicle volume also occurred at several toll road\nsections managed by the JTT Group in Central Java and East Java, with\nthe following details:<\/p>\n<p>Central Java<\/p>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li><p>Kalikangkung GT: Vehicles heading to Semarang were recorded at\n18,492 units (up 13.25 per cent from normal 16,329 vehicles). Meanwhile,\nthose leaving Semarang were recorded at 13,957 vehicles (down 5.33 per\ncent from normal 14,743 vehicles).<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Banyumanik GT: Traffic heading to Solo was recorded at 25,722\nvehicles (up 20.89 per cent from normal 21,277 vehicles). Meanwhile, the\ndirection to Jakarta reached 18,159 vehicles (up 12.90 per cent from\nnormal 16,084 vehicles).<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>East Java<\/p>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li><p>Warugunung GT: 21,364 vehicles heading to Surabaya (up 11.66 per\ncent from normal 19,133 vehicles), while the direction to Jakarta\nreached 21,402 vehicles (up 17.46 per cent from normal 18,221\nvehicles).<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Singosari GT: Vehicles heading to Malang were recorded at 14,505\nunits (up 22.20 per cent from normal 11,870 vehicles), while the\ndirection to Surabaya reached 11,861 vehicles (up 5.83 per cent from\nnormal 11,208 vehicles).<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/labour-day-holiday-sees-surge-in-traffic-flow-towards-trans-java-1777686725",
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