Jakarta Vice Governor Basuki T Purnama admitted has communicated with Bogor Mayor Bima Arya on the discourse to restrict vehicles with B plates (Jakarta’s code) from roaming around in Bogor, West Java.

People misunderstood the policy. Bogor Administration does not forbid B plate vehicles from entering their area, only restricting

“People misunderstood the policy. Bogor Administration does not forbid B plate vehicles from entering their area, only restricting,” stated Basuki, Thursday (9/18).

By restricting, Basuki continued, Bogor Administration wishes to apply Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) like in Jakarta. Thus, the amount of vehicles roaming on the streets could be limited.

“It’s Bogor’s version. Bogor Administration wants to prepare policy like odd-even plate number for all vehicles there. Then, they prepare public transports for ride in the city,” he uttered.

According to Basuki, Jakartans would not be harmed with this plan.

“The policy’s technical implementation is still being discussed. Just wait him (Bima Arya) returns from hajj pilgrimage,” told Basuki.

For information, Bogor Administration and Bandung Provincial Government have agreed to apply the policy of one day without B plate vehicle roaming around in their regions to reduce traffic congestion which often happened on weekends.

Particularly in Bogor, this policy is scheduled to be applied early next year. For that, Bogor Mayor Bima Arya has formed Priority Development Acceleration Implementation (TP4) team to review the policy.