Does Trafic Management Matter? Evaluating Congestion Effect of Odd-Even Policy in Jakarta

Muhammad Yudhistira, Regi Kusumaatmadja and Mochammad Firman Hidayat
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Regi Kusumaatmadja: Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia
Mochammad Firman Hidayat: National Planning Agency, Indonesia

No 201929, LPEM FEBUI Working Papers from LPEM, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia

Abstract: Travel demand restriction is getting popular to disentangle trafic jams in heavily congested urban areas. The policy is easy to implement while reduction in congestion level is perceived to be substantial. We test this hypothesis by evaluating the impact of odd-even policy on congestion level in Jakarta, one of most severe congested cities in the world. Using hourly travel time data at road segment level drawn from GoogleMaps, the odd-even policy reduces the travel time by 3% on average after a month of its implementation. The effect is higher during weekend and at afternoon peak-hour window. Yet, the effect vanishes after the third week of policy introduction. Our result then sheds an indication of ineffective transport demand restriction in Jakarta.

Keywords: odd-even; policy; —; travel; time; —; Jakarta; —; trafic; demand; management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R41 R42 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-29, Revised 2019
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