Peak Return Traffic Passed, but Police Chief Says There's Still Homework to Do

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo stated that the peak of the 2026 Eid al-Fitr return traffic had been passed overnight on Tuesday (24/3/2026).

However, the authorities still have homework to do, namely clearing the remaining vehicles of returning holidaymakers who have not yet returned to Jakarta.

Sigit conveyed this after inspecting the return traffic at the Jasa Marga Toll Road Command Centre in Jatiasih, Bekasi, today.

That figure is higher compared to the previous year, which recorded 223,163 vehicles.

Sigit explained that until Wednesday noon, the total number of vehicles that had returned to Jakarta reached around 2.04 million units.

“As of last night, there was a record of approximately 1,958,838 vehicles entering. And just now at 12:00 we checked again, there were 82,000, so the total is approximately 2.04 million that have entered Jakarta,” he said.

Nevertheless, there is still a discrepancy in the number of vehicles that have not returned compared to the total vehicles that left Jakarta during the outbound traffic.

“There is still a remainder from approximately 2,521,229 vehicles that left Jakarta minus 2.04 million; that is our homework to clear in the activities related to the peak return traffic,” he added.

To anticipate congestion, the National Police together with stakeholders continue to implement various traffic engineering measures, such as national and local one-way systems as well as contraflow.

Officers are also wary of the potential for a second wave of return traffic, considering that some people are still delaying their return journeys.

On the safety side, the Police Chief urged returning holidaymakers not to push themselves when fatigued and to utilise the rest facilities that have been provided.

“There are rest areas on the toll roads, and also rest places on arterial routes, whether at service posts, integrated posts, or weighbridge routes that have been prepared,” he said.

Sigit hopes that the number of traffic accidents can continue to be reduced until the end of the return traffic period, although nationally the current accident trend shows a decline.

Meanwhile, Operation Ketupat 2026 officially ends today.

However, the National Police will continue security through intensified routine activities (KRYD) for the next few days.

“This is all part of the effort to ensure that the entire outbound and return traffic sequence can be properly maintained,” he said.