42 Percent of Holidaymakers Yet to Return, Second Peak of Return Flow Predicted to Start Today
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Ahead of the resumption of office and school activities on Monday (30/3/2026), the movement of holidaymakers heading to Jakarta is predicted to peak in its second wave today, Saturday (28/3/2026) to Sunday (29/3/2026). With 42 percent of holidaymakers yet to return, the police are now tightening surveillance on toll roads to terminals through intensified routine activities to ensure smooth traffic flow. Although Operasi Ketupat 2026 officially ended on Wednesday (25/3/2026), Korlantas is still deploying personnel in the field via intensified routine activities (KRYD). Security efforts are focused on five main clusters: arterial roads, toll roads, transport nodes, places of worship, and tourist areas. “We are still managing this. Of course, Mabes Polri, Operasi Ketupat has concluded, but routine police activities are being intensified,” stated Agus. Korlantas Polri has prepared a situational one-way system to handle surges in vehicle volume. This policy will be based on parameters of vehicle numbers at toll gates, particularly at Kalikangkung. “Segmented one-way, national one-way, we have of course prepared an emergency plan,” he explained. Irjen Agus emphasised that traffic engineering schemes on the Trans Java Toll Road will be implemented gradually according to field conditions. “If the indicator at Kalikangkung approaches 4,000 vehicles, then national one-way will be enforced on Saturday,” said Agus on Friday (27/3/2026). This step is expected to anticipate congestion from the Semarang Raya, Solo, Yogyakarta, to East Java regions, including monitoring movements from West Java and Trans Sumatra via Bakauheni–Merak. Every implementation of engineering will begin with socialisation and route sterilisation so that the public can adjust their journeys. A similar situation is predicted for bus transport modes. The second peak of the return flow at Terminal Kampung Rambutan, East Jakarta, is estimated to occur on Saturday (28/3/2026) and Sunday (29/3/2026), in line with the return of office and school activities on Monday (30/3/2026).