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        "id": 1406056,
        "msgid": "traffic-sticker-system-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-04-29 00:00:00",
        "title": "Traffic sticker system",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Traffic sticker system I was disappointed that the Indonesian Consumers Association (YLKI) has objected to the concept of the traffic sticker system (The Jakarta Post, April 22), and I would ask them to reconsider the matter before proposed discussions with City Council.",
        "content": "<p>Traffic sticker system<\/p>\n<p>I was disappointed that the Indonesian Consumers Association<br>\n(YLKI) has objected to the concept of the traffic sticker system<br>\n(The Jakarta Post, April 22), and I would ask them to reconsider<br>\nthe matter before proposed discussions with City Council.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation specialists worldwide consider that road<br>\npricing, of which the sticker system is a simple example, offers<br>\nthe fairest means of travel-demand management, provided that the<br>\nrevenue is used to fund alternative transportation, such as<br>\nbuses.<\/p>\n<p>I agree that there are a number of concerns about the sticker<br>\nsystem, such as the technicalities of its legal status, the<br>\nimpact of purchasing stickers, enforcement, ensuring funds do not<br>\ngo astray and transparency in the use of the revenue.<\/p>\n<p>However, if those issues can be satisfactorily dealt with, the<br>\nsticker system offers a valid way of charging more affluent<br>\npeople for causing congestion (not for using the roads) and of<br>\nfunding alternative transportation that does not cause as much<br>\ncongestion. If YLKI viewed the scheme in this way, I feel they<br>\nshould support the system and try to help find ways of making it<br>\nwork satisfactorily.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Communications Giri Suseno Hardihardjono has<br>\nsuggested that the sticker system should only apply to vehicles<br>\nnot meeting the three-in-one requirement (The Jakarta Post, April<br>\n24). While there is much merit in this idea, maintaining the<br>\nrequired occupancy at three would probably mean a continuation of<br>\nthe current &quot;car jockeys&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>I would suggest a higher figure to cover shared private<br>\nminivans, as opposed to cars. A figure of six occupants would<br>\nmake it more expansive to use car jockeys than to buy a sticker<br>\nbut would allow the use of minivans by companies etc. not to be<br>\npenalized.<\/p>\n<p>ADRIAN M. PRINCE<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
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