Traffic mix up at Cikokol

Traffic mix up at Cikokol

From Media Indonesia

Passing through Cikokol is now inconvenient. The road in front of the Cikokol market consists of three lanes: one for the shoppers to park their cars, the middle one for public transportation vehicles, leaving only one for thousands of cars passing by every morning.

Actually this can be overcome by having the vendors operate in places reserved for that purpose, allowing visitors to park in the proper parking lot.

In addition, the road in front of Cikokol terminal also consists of three lanes. One is heavily damaged, the other monopolized by parked public transportation vehicles. This can also be solved by using the terminal properly and repairing the damaged road.

Observing all these things, I think the traffic jams are caused by the inability of the authorities, market organizers and the terminal management; or perhaps this is all "engineered" to make Tangerang residents think the Cikokol traffic jam is inevitable, hence the need for a flyover.

HARIS SUSANTO

Tangerang