National One-Way Scheme Still in Effect, Korlantas Evaluates Mudik Traffic on Trans Java Toll Road

The Head of Korlantas Polri, Inspector General of Police Agus Suryonugroho, stated that the implementation of the national one-way scheme is still ongoing until Thursday (19/3/2026). Officers are conducting evaluations while awaiting the results of traffic counts at several key points on the Trans Java Toll Road. He noted that traffic conditions on the toll road are monitored and under control. Nevertheless, there was a surge in traffic flow on Thursday (19/3/2026) between 10:00 and 11:00 WIB. “The national one-way scheme is currently underway and is sufficiently under control. We will see later whether it will be continued until tomorrow or stopped. Of course, we will look at the traffic counts,” Agus said when met by the media at the Korlantas Polri Command Centre in Cikampek. He explained that officers are monitoring vehicle movements from kilometre 1 to 70 as the main parameter. The evaluation is carried out by checking whether the flow has levelled off or if congestion is still occurring. Agus added that monitoring is not only done through the command centre but also using drones to observe traffic conditions from kilometre 36 to the Central Java region. The vehicle volume at the peak of the mudik flow was recorded at 270,000 units. This figure represents a 4.26 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, which was around 258,000 vehicles. “From the data, the peak flow from the 18th until this morning was 270,000. Compared to last year, there is a 4.26 per cent increase. So it’s quite high,” he said. This surge in flow prompted Korlantas to implement layered traffic engineering. Contraflow was applied gradually from kilometre 36 to 70, starting with one lane, then two lanes, up to three lanes. Korlantas also temporarily closed the MBZ Elevated Road for nearly one and a half hours to support this engineering scheme. After the contraflow phase was completed, the route was reopened, and the flow gradually smoothed out. In Central Java, congestion occurred at the end of the Krapyak exit due to high flow from Jakarta and West Java. Local police implemented a local one-way scheme to ease the density in that area. “It’s still under control. Due to the quite high flow from Jakarta, including from West Java heading to Central Java, the end of the Krapyak exit was quite congested, so a local one-way was implemented in Central Java,” Agus stated. The impact of the national one-way scheme was also felt on arterial roads. Police prepared rerouting to ring roads or alternative routes, particularly in the Brebes and Pemalang areas, to reduce the vehicle load in urban areas. Regarding Operation Ketupat, Polri is focusing security on five main clusters, covering toll roads, arterial roads, crossings, transport hubs, as well as places of worship and tourist destinations. Korlantas recorded a 2.8 per cent decrease in traffic accidents up to today. There was also a decline in fatalities of around 40 per cent. Agus reminded mudik travellers not to rest on the road shoulder as it risks causing accidents and disrupting traffic flow. Field officers continue to prioritise a humane approach through urai teams to assist fatigued mudik travellers. Korlantas assesses that the peak mudik flow has passed, and now the focus is on securing the remaining vehicle movements. Data-based evaluations will continue to ensure smooth operations until the end of Operation Ketupat.