More come into Jakarta during yearend holidays
More come into Jakarta during yearend holidays
JAKARTA (JP): The city land transportation control agency (DLLAJ) reported that the number of people who arrived through various bus terminals in the city from Dec. 18 to 31 was higher than those who left the city.
The office reported that during that period a total of 37,396 busses arrived in eight terminals, Pulogadung, Kampung Rambutan, Lebak Bulus, Kalideres, Tanjung Priok, Rawamangun and Damri bus terminal carrying 1,184,905 people while a total of 34,617 busses left the city carrying 1,1947,046 people.
"This is common during New Year holiday. It is the opposite of a religious holiday, when the number of people who leave the city is greater than the ones who arrive," Rahmat, an official of the agency told The Jakarta Post yesterday.
However, he explained that the number was 10 percent higher than the normal. In Pulogadung bus terminal alone a total of 700 busses operate carrying 20,000 passengers every day, he said.
Rahmat also said that the data showed that traffic peaked on Jan.1, when a total of 2,941 busses arrived carrying around 131,918 passengers mostly from West, Central and East Java. While on the same day there was a total of 2,244 busses that left the city carrying 103,649 passengers.
He also said that on Dec. 29 the city-owned bus company PPD deployed 20 additional busses to transport passengers from Pulogadung terminal while private-owned bus company Mayasari Bakti deployed 2 additional busses from Kampung Rambutan bus terminal and state-owned bus company Damri deployed five additional busses.
According to National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. IK Ratta, the increasing number of holiday makers in the past few days has already been anticipated.
Ratta showed his disappointment with the rising number of violations committed by many drivers.
"We have already warned them to obey all traffic signs but still many of were violated." he said.
Meanwhile, Haryanto, the Data and Report Dept. Chief of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, said that the number of flights and passengers arriving at or departing from the airport slightly increased.
"The airport record has showed that the number of flights and passengers increased during Christmas," Haryanto said.
He said that the arrival number of domestic flights from Dec. 18 to Dec. 24 was 1,061 flights with 76,868 passengers and during Dec. 25 to Jan. 1 the total arrival number of domestic flight increased to 1,263 flights with 94,757 passengers.
According to Haryanto, the total departure number of domestic flights from Dec. 18 to Dec. 24 was 10,061 with 87,687 passengers while from Dec. 25 to Jan. 1 the number increased to 1,260 flights with 96,007 passengers.
Haryanto said that the total arrival number of international flights from Dec. 18 to Dec. 24 was 347 flights with 44,664 passengers and during Dec. 25 to Jan. 1 the number of flight increased to 407 flights with 53,877 passengers.
Haryanto said the total departure number of international flights from Dec. 18 to Dec. 24 was 353 flights with 60,952 passengers while from Dec. 25 to Jan. 1 the number increased to 416 flights with 61,703 passengers.(yns/mas/bsr)