Heru Releases Jakarta 2023 Free Mudik Departure

Jakarta Acting Governor, Heru Budi Hartono, released the departure of buses that will transport home-bound travelers from Jakarta to 19 cities/regencies in six provinces through the 2023 Jakarta Free Mudik program for Idul Fitri 1444 Hijri.

Send my greetings to your families in your hometown

Taking the theme "Comfortable Mudik Trips, Smooth Gathering", Jakarta released 284 buses that will carry 13,541 passengers to return hometown from Monas Square, Central Jakarta, Monday (4/17) morning. The Acting Governor bid farewell to residents who will return to their hometowns.

"I urge them to take care of their health. Keeping us patient on the trip to our hometown if later on the way we experience traffic jams. Send my greetings to your families in your hometown and hope you all can celebrate Idul Fitri in your homes," he expressed, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release.

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He also appreciated the cooperation of various parties who contributed to the success of the annual program.

"I want to say thank you, especially to Baznas, Bank DKI, Transjakarta, and so on for facilitating and providing free mudik trips program this year," he expressed.

Jakarta Transportation Agency (Dishub) Head, Syafrin Liputo explained that his party had verified all participants and made sure all of them met the requirements. From the verification results, 24,164 travelers were ready to depart for their hometowns.

"Based on the results of clarification and verification, there are about 28,506 registrants. We then re-verified because the target set was only 19,280. However, public interest in this program is quite high, and there are only 24,164 travelers (who meet the requirements)," he said.

This number has increased by 25.3% from the set target, Seeing this matter, out of the 482 buses budgeted, there is a shortage of 13 buses. But, it could be fixed because of the synergy with various parties. That was 5 buses from Bank DKI, 2 buses from MRT Jakarta, 5 buses from Transjakarta, and 1 bus from LRT Jakarta.

This program will deliver passengers to Bandar Lampung (Lampung), Palembang (South Sumatra), Kuningan and Tasikmalaya (West Java), Tegal, Pekalongan, Semarang, Kebumen, Cilacap, Purwokerto, Solo, Sragen, Wonosobo and Wonogiri (Central Java), Yogyakarta (DIY), as well as Madiun, Kediri, Jombang, and Malang (East Java).

Previously, the Jakarta Transportation Agency (Dishub) also dispatched trucks carrying 646 motorcycles for travelers from the Pulogadung Terminal to nine cities such as Kuningan, Tasikmalaya, Semarang, Kebumen, Solo, Wonogiri, Yogyakarta, Jombang, and Malang.

It is targeted to carry 10,623 passengers using 216 buses from the city of departure to the Pulogebang Terminal, thus the total number of passengers participating in this year's mudik trips is 24,164 people.

While the returning flow will be carried out on April 27, 2023, from nine destination cities to Pulogadung Terminal. Besides facilitating travelers who usually ride private vehicles to their hometowns, it is expected to minimize the risk of accidents and mobility problems for travelers in their hometowns. Thus, they can enjoy the trip safely until their destination.