Jakarta to Limit Private Cars

Jakarta to limit private cars

JAKARTA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) — The use of private cars will be limited in Jakarta to avoid traffic jams after the mass transport facilities completed, the governor of the city Fauzi Bowo said here Thursday.

The governor said that the city administrators were planning tobuild integrated mass transport facilities, including subways, monorails and bus ways, in the capital.

“After we have sufficient mass transport facilities, we will impose restrictions on the use of private cars,” Bowo said at the city hall.

The number of vehicles in Jakarta now reached 5.7 million, saidBowo.

Each day an average of 1,027 vehicles were added to the city, including 236 cars and 841 motorcycles.

In the satellite cities near the capital, where many residents went to Jakarta to work, cars grew by 320 units per day and motorcycles 1,707 per day, Bowo said.

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