Government Policy on Traffic Congestion

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Jakarta, Indonesia is home to 12 million people. Include its neighboring smaller cities from Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi and the metropolitan now holds 28 million people.

Jakarta is a thriving city, one of the forerunners of the developing archipelago. As a center for business, politics and culture, Jakarta is home to headquarters of state-owned enterprises, private companies, governmental offices and foreign embassies. This of course contributes to high levels of activity and traffic. Due to an inadequate public transport system, citizens commonly opt to travel in private vehicles. The number of commuters from Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi who are doing their activities in Jakarta, based on Center of Statistics Agency (Badan Pusat Statistik, BPS) Jakarta 2014 data is 1,382,296 people.

Since the city has been ranked first on the list of the worst traffic in the world by Castrol Sotp-Start Index, a lot of reviews have been negatively written about the city affecting and pressuring companies in the construction sectors. Axis Capital Group, a company which sells and rents capital equipment in Singapore and has branched out to Jakarta is only one of the few businesses who put a step forth to solving this issue amidst the warnings that the case is unsolvable.

 

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Can the internet smooth out traffic?...

Can the 'internet of moving things' end traffic jams?
Mon, 09 May 2016 - Can new technology really make travelling less stressful?

When you're stuck in a traffic jam wreathed in fumes or squeezed onto a sweltering commuter train, the promised future of a smart, efficient transport system may seem like a utopian dream. But optimistic technologists assure us relief from this gridlocked hell is closer than we think. And it's all down to the "internet of moving things" - cars, buses, bikes, trains, and planes laden with sensors beaming data to a big brain in the cloud. The better we know where everything is, the better we can manage traffic flows and optimise routes, avoiding congestion, accidents and natural hazards, the argument goes.

Faster deliveries

"The internet of moving things is giving us whole new sets of data," says Shiva Shivakumar, chief executive of Urban Engines, a specialist in urban mobility data. "Delivery companies, taxis, travel cards, smartphones, and connected cars are all pushing movement data to the cloud which we can then mash up with real-world maps to create a space/time engine," he says. "Transport providers from Singapore to Sao Paulo can now analyse journeys trip by trip and understand why a bus was late, spot where there is unused capacity or see opportunities for new routes."

Mr Shivakumar, a former Google engineer, says his firm has been able to help delivery companies in San Francisco optimise their routes in real time, testing different scenarios based on current traffic flows and weather conditions. This type of analysis has led some companies to experiment with mobile delivery hubs, rather than having all goods stored in one warehouse and making all the journeys from there.

Taxi firms now know where the most demand is at each point during the day, even which areas where customers tip the most. "Experience might tell you one thing, but the data might tell you something else," says Mr Shivakumar. And in the not-too-distant future, automated travel advisers on our smartphones with access to real-time data from all forms of transport will tell us the best way to reach our destinations, he believes.

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