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Traffic Jam in Jakarta and Bandung
Traffic jam has been a 'lifetime' problem of this city. The government has tried to solve this but it became worse. Even the environmentalist predicted, in 2015 it will be a stagnant traffic jam in the city. People would stick in the traffic jam right in front of their houses. And I think everybody hate traffic jam. Besides waste time, it can waste energy. Indonesia has 2 cities that has traffic problem. These are Jakarta and Bandung.
Jakarta is not only the capital city of Indonesia, but also the center of entertainment and business in this country. Many people came in this city from every corner of the country and makes Jakarta one of the most crowded city in the world. With only 661,52 km2 of land, Jakarta has approximately 8.5 million population in it (not mentioning the illegals who doesn't get themselves registered). The overcrowding has brought problems like unemployments, illegal housings, and also the environment problems like annual flood and traffic jam. Traffic jam, has been a 'lifetime' problem of this city. Every day, more than two hundreds of new cars and more than a thousand new motorcycles licenses are approved. Imagine how many vehicles are there in the street of Jakarta every day. The government has tried to solve this problem by providing the transport system, regulating the ownership of cars, and also limiting the vehicles in some main road which connects the important sector of the city. These solutions, didn't work out. Not only that the traffic jam has become worse every day, but also the expert even has predicted Jakarta will stuck in a stagnant traffic jam in 2015. By that time, the citizen of Jakarta will face the traffic jam from the moment they drive their car out of their house. Public transport which was offered as an alternative solution wasn't enough in quality and quantity. Those who have personal cars would rather use their own, than having to put themselves in a unsafe overcrowded bus. Those who have motorcycles would rather use theirs because the cost is even lower than using the public buses. Limiting the amount of cars by three-in-one policy was only moving the jammed point from one place to another. Even it has brought new problem, the illegal-paid-passengers who was paid to meet the minimum amount of people in one car (which then lead to the raising of crime rates).
On the other hand, Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with 7.4 million in 2007. It has same problem with Jakarta. Traffic jam is the problem for people in Bandung. Bandung has traffic jam problem everyday and especially on the weekend. On weekday, traffic jam happen in the morning or evening. In the morning people will go for work, study, etc. And in the evening they will come back to their house. And the road always full of vehicles. And on the weekend, traffic jam happen everytime in the recreation place, mall, outlet, and another crowded area in Bandung. Traffic jam in Jakarta happen everyday and everytime. And in Bandung, traffic jam happen on the weekend and sometimes. Actually Bandung will have same with Jakarta, in traffic jam problem. Some people want to go Bandung every day, and it makes road in Bandung will full of vehicles and traffic jam will happen. But, traffic jam in Bandung is not serious problem here. In Jakarta, traffic jam really interrupt and waste Jakarta’s people. We can waste a half on the road for traffic jam in Bandung. But, in Jakarta we can waste 1 until 2 hours for traffic jam.
Jakarta and Bandung has same problem, but Jakarta has serious problem with traffic jam. And Bandung has quite serious problem with traffic jam. Traffic jam really wastes our time. But, that is the consequences if we are live in the capital or crowded city.