Saw a lot of news about yesterday's traffic of Jakarta in twitter and when I saw the photos on detik.com. Wow! The traffic is really awesome! hahah, well I don't feel shock anymore when take a look at that condition of our lovely city, Jakarta. Heard from the news that the traffic has started since the afternoon because of the demonstration of the labors who block some main roads in Jakarta. Then, in the evening its said that it was raining heavily and caused the traffic even getting worse. (well I don't really understand how the rain can cause a bad traffic actually)
Heard from mom since few days ago too, it was raining heavily in Jakarta these days. Hmmmm I hate rain!! It's just make everything worse especially if it is raining during after office hour (5-6 pm) when everyone are going back home.
I truly hate that condition. I went home from school by motorcycle. So you know why I don't like it, hahah. And my mom&dad got home by motorcycle too. My sister takes busway everyday. Well it's not only give disadvantages for my family but it'll be worse for people who need to get in and get out of the city every single day.
Some people who work in Jakarta are not living in the city itself. Lots of them come from Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Karawang, etc. It takes about 2 hour for them to get into the office, without traffic. With traffic? 4-5 hours maybe? Well it doesn't matter either you take public transportation or you drive your own car/motorcycle. The crowd can't be avoided anymore. Jakarta is way too pack of people. And it has been worse since there are no proper public transportation system in here.
Talking about public transportation in Jakarta? Yeah it's still very very inconvenient for people to take public transport. You have to fight a lot, hahah. I take busway 2-3 times in a week to go to Ratu Plaza for about 2 years. And yeah, it's very very tiring and I think the government still need to make a lot of improvements to fix it. The lack of proper public transportation system might be the main reason of the bad traffic in Jakarta. Even though we have busway. But in this very very bad condition like yesterday. What can busway do? Even the bus is trapped with other cars and can not move for hours.
Well Jakarta is a very unique city I could said. It makes you totally fall in love with it, but at the same time the condition will make you feel sick too, lol. But as a Jakarta citizen, I could said that I'm proud of my own city with its changes from time to time. There are just some problems which has not been solved. But I believe, someday, after all of the problems in Jakarta has been solved. Jakarta can be a lovely city for everyone.
Talking about Jakarta, let's not forget about the new governors too. Jokowi-Ahok. Well I'm not a big fan of them. But since everyone is talking about the good things of them. Just can wait for the positive changes they can make in a few years ahead for Jakarta. Hope they and their team can lead Jakarta into a better way.
After seeing this photos, only one think which is passed on my mind. I miss Jakarta! I miss the crowd, I miss the traffic, I miss the big roads, the lights, people with manner and smile everywhere, the sun, the cars, and the smoke! lol..
Well just can hope Jakarta can be getting better and better in the future.
(all photos credit to detik.com) The title is "macet hujan" (traffic and rain) lol!
Cheers from Lancaster,
Jeslyne =)
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