Shadow terminal at Cengkareng

Shadow terminal at Cengkareng

From Warta Kota

The traffic conditions in Jakarta are really horrible. This is caused, among other things, by traffic officers' ignorance of drivers who are undisciplined. Take, for example, the Cengkareng crossroad in West Jakarta. It is not a public secret any more that the location around the crossroad is turning into a sort of shadow terminal for various destinations (Grogol, Kalideres, Tangerang and Kembangan or the way leading to the airport).

The shadow terminals at the other end of the crossroad and on the artery leading to the airport severely disrupt traffic flow. On the corner, there are often more than six buses waiting to take on passengers thus occupying too much room and making the traffic taper off. Furthermore, the small mini buses stopping anywhere they wish also aggravates the condition.

These drivers are really making us suffer; so traffic jams are a common sight. Police officers on duty there never take any action, but instead, they are only preoccupied with violators of traffic lights.

If traffic police are strict and do what they are supposed to do, they will certainly make Jakarta a nice place to drive and reduce the number of traffic violators.

ALBERT SITANGGANG

Jakarta