Private vehicle habits hinder Jakarta's transport policy success

Wed, 25 Feb 2026, 10:49 WIB | Source: ANTARA_ID | Infrastructure

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Governor of Jakarta, Pramono Anung Wibowo, stated that the public’s habit of using private vehicles remains a key reason why policies related to public transport have not been fully successful.

“The main problem is that people still have the habit of using private transport, so the integration that has been carried out, concerning the integration of transport, vision, policies, tariffs, and operations, to encourage people to use public transport, has not been fully successful because it requires changing habits,” said Pramono during a special interview with ANTARA at Jakarta City Hall on Wednesday.

Despite this, Pramono said he continues to strive to change this habit by implementing various policies. One of these is providing free public transport for 15 categories of people.

In addition, Pramono also issued Governor’s Instruction (Ingub) number 6 of 2025, which requires all State Civil Servants (ASN) and employees within the Jakarta Provincial Government to use public transport every Wednesday.

Pramono also created Transjabodetabek so that residents of the surrounding areas who work in Jakarta can use public transport.

He believes that transport connectivity in Jakarta has reached 92 per cent. However, the number of regular public transport users in Jakarta is still around 23.6 per cent because some residents still choose to use private vehicles to get to the nearest bus stop or station and then park their vehicles in “park and ride” facilities.

Pramono hopes that in the future, people will develop the habit of using public transport from their respective homes.

He also hopes that the surrounding areas can also contribute to building transport facilities such as comfortable bus stops. This is expected to encourage more people to switch to using public transport.

Although not many people are currently using public transport, Pramono believes that the public’s habit of using public transport is becoming more organised.

“Hopefully, the affordable transport options, good facilities, and punctuality will also be important. This will encourage people to switch to using public transport,” he said.

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