my hometown, Jakarta, with its problems

Jakarta, located on the northwest coast of Java island, has become the most populous city in Indonesia. As the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta only has an area of 661.52 km² and contains more than 23 million people. But many people from other cities are still interested to come to Jakarta to get a better life, so Jakarta becomes overpopulated. Jakarta’s growth population has been increase rapidly. It becomes one of the major problems that can make other problems like transportation, pollution, housing problems, and many more. Some of these problems can’t be solved well by Jakarta’s government until now.

The high density of people needs a good transportation to travel in Jakarta, but Jakarta is being inadequate for providing this necessary transportation for the Jakarta citizens. Because of that, transportation becomes one of the important problems that should be solved immediately by the government. Vehicle users are growing at a rate of 10% a year. Although Jakarta has many wide roads, the traffic congestion is still routinely happened there, especially during rush hours. To reduce this traffic congestion, the government has tried many ways like introduce the new TransJakarta bus system, which also known as Busway. TransJakarta has been officially operational since January 2004. TransJakarta serve the busy city road especially in the central business district. The fare price is cheap enough, only Rp. 3500, 00 and you can travel around Jakarta.

Urbanization has made Jakarta more congested and problematic than other big cities in Indonesia. Despite many problems that Jakarta have, Jakarta is also has another good things that makes me enjoy my childhood and teenage period there. With the high density population, Jakarta has become a developed city as a centre of concentration of Indonesia’s wealth. Eventhough Jakarta is really crowded and has a never ending problems, I will always miss and love my hometown, Jakarta.