Eid Holiday: 2.2 Million Vehicles Have Left Jabotabek

JAKARTA - PT Jasa Marga (Persero) recorded 2.2 million, or precisely 2,217,462 vehicles, leaving the Jabotabek area during the period from Wednesday (11 March 2026) to Sunday (22 March 2026), or H-10 to H+1 of the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

This figure is the cumulative traffic flow from four main toll gates: Cikupa GT (from the Merak direction), Ciawi GT (from the Puncak direction), Cikampek Main GT (from the Trans Java direction), and Kalihurip Main GT (from the Bandung direction).

“The total traffic volume leaving the Jabotabek area has increased by 27.1% compared to normal traffic of 1,744,683 vehicles,” said Jasa Marga President Director Rivan A. Purwantono in a statement on Monday (23 March 2026).

He explained that the 2.2 million vehicles departing Jabotabek constitute 62.8% of the total projection of 3.5 million vehicles expected to exit Jakarta during the 11-31 March 2026 period.

Meanwhile, vehicles heading west (Merak) numbered 555,339, or about 25%, and those heading south (Puncak) totalled 446,253, or about 20.1%.

In detail, for the eastbound direction, vehicles heading to Trans Java via Cikampek Main GT on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road numbered 790,791, up 129.8% from normal traffic.

Vehicles heading to Bandung via Kalihurip Main GT on the Cipularang Toll Road totalled 425,079, an increase of 10.1% from normal traffic.

“The total traffic leaving Jabotabek towards Trans Java and Bandung via these two GTs amounted to 1,215,870 vehicles, up 66.5% from normal traffic,” Rivan explained. For the westbound direction, vehicles heading to Merak via Cikupa GT on the Tangerang-Merak Toll Road numbered 555,339, up 4.3% from normal traffic.

For the southbound direction, the number of vehicles returning to Jabotabek heading to Puncak via Ciawi GT on the Jagorawi Toll Road was 446,253, up 2.8% from normal traffic.

Jasa Marga also advises the public travelling for family visits or returning to Jabotabek via toll roads to ensure travel readiness.

This includes ensuring the driver’s condition and vehicle are in prime and roadworthy condition, preparing provisions, ensuring sufficient fuel and electronic money balance.

Additionally, obey signs and instructions from on-site officers, and use time wisely by not lingering too long at rest areas to allow turns with other road users.