Bad traffic problems facing not just Jakarta but many metropolitan areas around the world has made it a major trouble for comutters to get to and home from work. For those that drive a car, ride a bike, or use non-rail public transportation, the time spent on the road keeps on increasing as traffic gets worse and worse. That means less time for the family, less leisure time, less sleep, among others. Obviously this is not good for the bodies and souls of these hard-working people. A more serious note, heavy traffic is also bad for people who are mobile as the time spent for productive activities is cut by traffic jams. Now let us just assume it is impossible to decrease the number of cars that goes on the road each day, that is people would not move from using private to public transportation. What can we do then to keep our productivity? One of the reasons why traffic is so bad during rush hours is that most people have similar working time, some 8.00-17.00, some 9.00-18.00, some...
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