Jakarta's main challenges include rapid urban growth, ecological breakdown, gridlocked traffic, congestion, and flooding due to subsidence (sea level rise is relative, not absolute). Jakarta is sinking up to 17 cm (6.7 inches) annually, which has made the city more prone to flooding and one of the fastest-sinking capitals in the world. In response to these challenges, in August 2019, President Joko Widodo announced plans to move the capital from Jakarta to the planned city of Nusantara, in the province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The MPR approved the move on 18 January 2022. (Full article...)
Transjakarta Mercedes-Benz OH 1626 NG with Laksana CItylineL2
Transjakarta (stylised as transjakarta, often erroneously called Busway, sometimes shortened as TJ and branded as TiJe) or Jakarta BRT is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Jakarta, Indonesia. The first BRT system in Southeast Asia, it commenced operations on 15 January 2004 to provide a fast public transport system to help reduce rush hour traffic. The system is considered as the first revolutionary public transit mode in the capital city of Indonesia. The buses run in dedicated lanes (busways), and ticket prices are subsidised by the regional government. Transjakarta has the world's longest BRT system (251.2 km in length), which operates about 4,300 buses. Transjakarta aims to have 50 percent of its fleet be electric buses by 2027. By 2030, the aim is for the entire Transjakarta ecosystem to use electric buses. As of November 2023, it serves an average of 1.134 million passengers daily.Transjakarta system is operated by municipally-owned company PT Transportasi Jakarta. However, most of its fleet is operated by various companies aside of the company itself. (Full article...)
Lubang Buaya is the site of the murder of seven Indonesian army officers during the 1 October coup attempt of the 30 September Movement. Pictured is the well down which the army officers' bodies were dumped.
Ayu Rosmalina (born 20 June 1990), better known by her stage name Ayu Ting Ting (also spelled Ayu Tingting) is an Indonesian dangdut singer and one of the Indonesian DangdutDivas who rose to fame in 2011 for her song "Alamat Palsu" ("Fake Address") that was released in 2006. Her stage name "Ting Ting" means "virgin". (Full article...)
Image 6Sukarno reading Proclamation of Indonesian Independence at Jalan Pegangsaan Timur Number 56. (from Jakarta)
Image 7SCBD is the Centre Business in Jakarta (from Jakarta)
Image 8Map of the administrative cities (Kota administratif) in Jakarta province; the Thousand Islands Regency (which is to the north) is shown on in the inset to the lower left. Each administrative city is further divided into districts (Kecamatan). (from Jakarta)
Image 9Jabodebek LRT arriving to Dukuh Atas station. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 24Jayakarta circa 1605–8, before its complete destruction by the Dutch, showing earlier pre-colonial structures before Batavia was founded (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 46Glodok commercial area. The area of Kota and Glodok remained Jakarta's central business and banking district during the 1950s. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 471960s saw the boom of the informal becak. (from History of Jakarta)
... that in 1957, Burhanuddin Harahap's family members travelled from Sumatra to Jakarta, believing that he had died?
... that Indonesian politician Gembong Warsono criticized the governor of Jakarta over municipally owned companies, sidewalk use, and imported dumpsters?
... that the architect Friedrich Silaban submitted his design for the Istiqlal Mosque pseudonymously in order to conceal his Christian identity?
... that Anggara Wicitra Sastroamidjojo, a regional councillor in Jakarta, Indonesia, received media attention for bringing his seven-month-old child into the legislative chamber?
... that Tigor Silaban vowed to work far from Jakarta and not to open a private practice?