Tour Buses Banned from Kilometre Zero and Senopati Car Park in Yogyakarta from Saturday
Tour buses will be banned from passing through Yogyakarta City’s Kilometre Zero area and prohibited from parking at the Senopati Special Car Park facility from Saturday (14 February). Alternative car parking facilities and routes have been designated for tour buses under this new policy.
Yogyakarta Mayor Hasto Wardoyo stated that although tour buses are banned from parking at Senopati, this does not mean the car park will be completely closed. Standard four-wheeled vehicles will still be permitted to park there.
“From tomorrow, Saturday, I will close access for buses to Senopati, but small four-wheeled vehicles will still be allowed,” said Hasto during a meeting at Yogyakarta City Hall complex on Thursday (12 March 2026).
According to Hasto, this policy marks the beginning of a broader initiative to ban tour buses from entering Yogyakarta City. Additionally, the city administration will use this opportunity to reorganise the Senopati car park facility.
“At Senopati, with four-wheeled vehicles only, we can arrange things neatly. Vendors facing the road can be properly organised, and waste management, which is currently poor—caused by bus passengers rather than residents—can be improved,” he explained.
Tour buses, Hasto stated, will be directed to park at Ngabean car park and the former Menara Kopi car park facility. For traffic management, buses from the west on Wates Road will be directed straight into Ngabean car park.
Meanwhile, buses coming from the east will be split at Gondomanan intersection towards either north or south.
“For those heading to Ngabean, I will direct them south through the fortress corner. For those heading to Menara Kopi, they will go north from Gondomanan intersection,” Hasto said.
“Moreover, I believe there is still sufficient car parking capacity, so we will be able to implement the goal of preventing buses from passing through Kilometre Zero starting 14 February,” he added.
In addition to this policy, Hasto announced that access to Malioboro during the Eid holiday period will also be restricted. The only entrance to Malioboro will be through Mataram Road.
“During Eid, we will restrict Malioboro access to only Mataram Road to prevent overcrowding,” Hasto explained.
Meanwhile, Chief of Traffic Police at Yogyakarta Police Resort, AKP Alvian Hidayat, stated that this policy will reduce vehicle congestion at Kilometre Zero.
“In fact, for the central route, Kilometre Zero will actually experience lighter traffic since large vehicles will not be passing through. By routing large vehicles along peripheral routes, congestion around Kilometre Zero will be reduced on both the eastern and western sides,” he concluded.