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        "msgid": "severe-traffic-jam-on-trans-java-toll-road-demak-tangerang-selatan-trip-takes-16-hours-1774615884",
        "date": "2026-03-27 18:45:20",
        "title": "Severe Traffic Jam on Trans-Java Toll Road, Demak-Tangerang Selatan Trip Takes 16 Hours",
        "author": "Fitriyan Zamzami",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "A commuter from Demak experienced an unprecedented 16-hour journey to Ciputat in South Tangerang due to severe congestion on the Trans-Java toll road during the post-Eid al-Fitr return traffic. The driver highlighted overcrowded rest areas forcing stops on the roadside, and criticised the premature suspension of one-way traffic systems before the flow fully eased. This incident underscores the need for better government and police planning to manage holiday traffic surges on Indonesia's vital infrastructure corridors.",
        "content": "<p>REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA \u2014 A returnee from Demak, Huda, complained\nabout the severe traffic jam on the Trans-Java Toll Road during the\npost-Lebaran return flow. A journey that should normally take around\nseven hours instead ballooned to 16 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Huda recounted that he departed from Demak towards Ciputat, South\nTangerang, in the afternoon. He entered the Jatingaleh Toll in Semarang\naround 4:30 PM WIB and arrived at the Kalikangkung Toll Gate around 5:00\nPM WIB. However, from that point, traffic began to stutter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEntering Kalikangkung was already starting to jam, and the\ncongestion continued all the way to Cipali,\u201d said Huda when asked by\nRepublika on Friday (27\/3\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this congestion was the worst he had experienced\nduring his routine trips home using the Trans-Java Toll Road. He claimed\nto have only reached Cikampek Utara around 8:00 AM the next day, or\nafter a 16-hour journey from Kalikangkung.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the longest during my trips home via Trans-Java. Usually, it\ndoesn\u2019t take this long,\u201d he said. Besides the density of vehicles, the\nfull condition of rest areas also worsened the situation. Many returnees\ncould not enter rest stops and ended up stopping on the roadside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRest areas were full, many were closed. In the end, people rested on\nthe roadside because of fatigue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Huda also highlighted the cessation of traffic engineering such as\nthe one-way system, which he deemed too quickly halted. In fact,\naccording to him, the return flow had not fully cleared.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes that the government and police can carry out more thorough\ncalculations in managing the homecoming and return flows in the future.\n\u201cIt must be anticipated well, don\u2019t rush to stop traffic engineering if\nthe conditions are not truly safe,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/severe-traffic-jam-on-trans-java-toll-road-demak-tangerang-selatan-trip-takes-16-hours-1774615884",
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