As Indonesia gradually moves on from the COVID-19 pandemic with the end of curbs earlier this year, Jakarta commuters are also getting reacquainted with the city’s notorious traffic congestion, with data showing that Jakarta’s traffic has largely returned to pre-pandemic levels.

“In 2019, Jakarta’s congestion level was at 53 percent. [...] By 2021, we’d improved to [34 percent] because of the pandemic, but in 2022, we estimate that the congestion level is already back to above 50 percent,” Jakarta Police traffic director Sr. Comr. Latif Usman said recently.

Data from TomTom Traffic Index corroborates this, showing that morning and evening rush hour traffic on weekdays in the past week has largely risen to pre-pandemic levels. On Tuesday, TomTom recorded a 57 percent congestion level at 8 a.m., far above the 37 percent level recorded in 2021, and a few points behind the 62 percent recorded in 2019.

Source:
courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Fikri Harish (The Jakarta Post)

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