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)