No-stop traffic signs

No-stop traffic signs

From Republika

In June the East Jakarta police set up no-stopping traffic
signs around Jatinegara business center. The impact is tremendous
for the traders of Jatinegara market and surroundings. Their
income fell drastically and the parking attendants lost their
jobs.

I would like to ask the police some questions.

Why did the police not study the situation before enforcing
the regulation? Why does the police not make regulations for a
smooth flow of traffic and allow the Jatinegara business center
to continue as it is?

Why is the no-stopping regulation applied on the sides of the
business center only, and not on the opposite sides where traffic
jams continue? Why does the regulation apply 24 hours while even
crowded Jl. Hayam Wuruk and Jl. Gajah Mada only bars parking
during peak hours?

Is there perhaps an interested party who wants to make the
Jatinegara triangle like Senen, and to pressure the inhabitants
of the Jatinegara triangle into selling their land at below-
market prices?

SRI MULYADI

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