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    "data": {
        "id": 1651109,
        "msgid": "success-of-eid-exodus-must-be-measured-by-shift-to-public-transport-1775106595",
        "date": "2026-04-02 11:12:00",
        "title": "Success of Eid Exodus Must Be Measured by Shift to Public Transport",
        "author": "Aditya Maulana",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Transportation expert Djoko Setijowarno argues that the success of the Eid al-Fitr exodus should be evaluated not just by traffic smoothness on toll roads, but by the extent to which people switch from private vehicles to public transport and reduce long-distance motorcycle trips. He highlights the persistent reliance on personal vehicles due to inadequate public transport services, particularly in rural destinations, with only 8% of local governments allocating budgets for public transport operations. This perspective calls for a reevaluation of migrant satisfaction surveys, which currently overlook the broader quality of the transportation system.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com \u2013 The benchmark for the success of the Eid\nal-Fitr exodus now needs to shift. It is no longer just about the\nsmoothness of traffic on toll roads.<\/p>\n<p>But rather how far society has begun to switch from private vehicles\nto public transport, and how much the use of motorcycles for\nlong-distance journeys has decreased.<\/p>\n<p>This view was expressed by transportation observer Djoko Setijowarno,\nwho is also an academic in the Civil Engineering Programme at Unika\nSoegijapranata and a member of the Advisory Board of the Indonesian\nTransportation Society (MTI).<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the high dependence of society on private vehicles,\nwhich remains a dominant phenomenon during the exodus.<\/p>\n<p>The root of the problem is not merely preference, but the limitations\nof public transport services, especially in destination areas.<\/p>\n<p>This condition makes cars and motorcycles still dominate trips to\nhometowns, even for long distances that should be safer and more\nefficient to cover with mass transportation.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the limited access to public transport in\ndestination areas forces returnees to still rely on private vehicles,\nboth cars and motorcycles, to support their mobility in their\nhometowns.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, such results are no longer objective because they\nonly reflect traffic smoothness, not the overall quality of the\ntransportation system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time for us to review the effectiveness of migrant\nsatisfaction surveys. Those surveys are no longer objective because the\nresults are certainly high, given that toll road smoothness has now\nbecome the minimum standard,\u201d said Djoko to Kompas.com (30\/3\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Field facts show that the development of public transport in the\nregions is still far from ideal. Currently, only 42 local governments\n(Pemda) allocate budgets through the Regional Budget (APBD) to operate\npublic transport.<\/p>\n<p>The details consist of 12 provincial governments, 18 city\ngovernments, and 12 regency governments. That number is only about 8\npercent of the total 514 local governments across Indonesia, which\nincludes 38 provinces, 98 cities, and 416 regencies.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/success-of-eid-exodus-must-be-measured-by-shift-to-public-transport-1775106595",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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