On line System for public service is a must

Jakarta is a big city with acute traffic problems. Therefore it needs mass transportation to overcome huge traffic jam almost in overall hour activity from day break until late at night.

Today, the first lanes of mass rapid transit (MRT) is still under construction. It connects southern parts of the city to its downtown business district Sudirman and Thamrin Area. MRT believe will be solved 20% of traffic problems in order to reducing cars movement on the streets. 

Before MRT solution take place, most people still depends on highway that unfortunately need more and more free surrounded area to make more wider highway to cope with "cars explosion" growth. Widening a highways will be a tough decisions to make, concerning more money to invest and maintenance purpose. 

Therefore government gave policy to endorse private sector to build highway tolls to fulfill demand and gave operators permission to received profits from public users.

In the beginning, this policy seems solved the problem, but now as a growing of a cars not properly responded by a highway growth due to a lack of area on street shoulder, then there is no longer be different between paying-highway to pay less one.

However government tries to solved the problem, considering certain condition s.a :

1. Change paying highway policy to become payless > difficult to be done in order to fund maintenances budget.

2. Pay less highway even though subsidies with APBN (Government budget) could trigger people to buy more car therefore turn out to be worsened solution.

3. Occasional Discount on Peak Season especially when Moslem Idul Fitr Holiday like now, or during Christmas holidays : would be difficult because hard to release policy simultaneously all over paying highway due to lack of online system / infrastructures.

But Surprisingly on recent idul fitr holiday, Jokowi Government announced discount paying-highway policy until 40% less than usual pass. 

This policy follow simultaneously to all over paying / toll highway through out of Countries instead of Jakarta alone. 

The day I write this blog is a last day the toll highway discount take place, it's about 5 hours form I posts this blog till midnight the policy is over.

Discount toll tickets 

However there is stil a question whether a  toll highway operator has upgraded its system online or they simply switch the paying booth on every entry or exit gateway manualy? Nevertheless credits is for Jokowi government who knows to threats well to his middle working class.. Well done mr. Presidents 🙏🏼👍