JAKARTA: The Transportation Ministry has reported that cumulative public transport passengers reached 10.8 million between March 13 and 21, up 8.58% from 10.03 million passengers in last year’s same holiday period.
“Homebound travellers using public transport up to Idul Fitri day remain quite high, but are still under control.
“The most widely used mode of transportation remains railways,” said Ernita Titis Dewi, head of the ministry’s public communication bureau.
Rail transport carried the largest share of passengers at 3.3 million, rising 13.46% year-on-year. This was followed by ferry crossings at 2.7 million passengers, up 14.01%, air transport at 2.4 million passengers, up 2.95%, buses at 1.7 million passengers, up 9.37%, and sea transport at 783,114 passengers.
Meanwhile, toll operator PT Jasa Marga recorded a sharp rise in outbound traffic from Greater Jakarta during the Idul Fitri holiday period, with 2.2 million vehicles leaving the urban area during the mudik (homecoming exodus) period between March 11 and 22, marking a 27.1% increase from normal traffic.
The cumulative figure represents 62.8% of the projected 3.5 million vehicles expected to exit Greater Jakarta between March 11 and 31.
Authorities are now preparing for the return flow, expected to peak between March 24 and 29.
“Based on calculations from the Jasa Marga Traffic Management Centre, the return flow peak was predicted to be on March 24, with an estimated volume of more than 285,000 vehicles.
“This number is higher than the outbound peak on March 18, 2026, of 270,315 vehicles,” he said.
Dudy called on logistics operators to comply with traffic regulations issued by the Transportation Ministry, the National Police and the Public Works Ministry during the Idul Fitri transit period.
“The government, together with stakeholders, continues to monitor and evaluate the dynamics of return traffic across transportation hubs.” — The Jakarta Post/ANN
