Pak BTS dan rekan2 lainnya, Sy tambahkan argumen ttg kenapa kita mesti me-respect kebijakan jam sekolah, spt pernah sy tulis dalam the Jakarta Post tgl 20 Dec 2008 lalu. Sy pun pernah menyampaikan link ini di milis ITB 88 beberapa hari setelah tulisan itu dimuat, dan respon dari milis tsb beragam, pro dan kontra.
Sy tunggu komentar rekan2 setelah kebijakan ini dijalankan. Sy akan kutip komentarnya dan dimuat dalam blog saya (mudah2an berkenan). Pro and contra comments are welcome. Terima kasih dan salam dari Savannah, Deden Rukmana School day should begin earlier Deden Rukmana , Savannah, GA | Sat, 12/20/2008 12:11 PM | Opinion A policy proposed by the Jakarta city administration to begin the school day at 6:30 a.m. instead of 7:00 a.m. has sparked public controversy. This policy suggestion, the goal of which is to reduce traffic congestion in the capital, would be at the expense of students. The City Council rejected the idea and argued that the policy would not address the traffic problem. Meanwhile, the city administration predicted that the change would reduce congestion by 6 to 14 percent (The Jakarta Post, Nov. 27, 2008). Opponents argued that this is just more evidence that the Jakarta administration is unable to overcome traffic congestion. Students would be required to wake up earlier and would be sleepy in class. Many would be tardy and classrooms would be empty in the morning if this policy was in effect. Given the limitations of the Jakarta city administration to overcome traffic congestion, the policy to change the school start time should be considered creative and innovative. The public's reaction to this controversial policy should be anticipated by the city administration. The administration must implement this policy consistently, while still working to reduce congestion through other policies. The capital's traffic problems, especially in the morning, would be only slightly reduced through this policy. Congestion during the peak hours would decrease because students would be traveling 30 minutes earlier. The argument that this would reduce congestion by 14 percent is reasonable. Data Pokok Kependidikan (Primary Data of Education) from the Jakarta's Office of Secondary Education Directorate showed that in 2006, 1.75 million or 21 percent of the 8.3 million living in Jakarta were of school age between 7 and 18 years old. The capital's congestion can't be separated from the high growth rate of vehicle ownership -- 9 to 11 percent per year -- which is not supported by the growth of road development, which is only less than 1 percent per year. The development of mass transportation system in the capital is still far from expected. The busway special lane bus service can reduce the intensity of traffic on the city center's main roads, but it still has yet to untangle congestion in other parts of the capital. In addition, it is still not clear when the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) -- which has long been planned -- will be realized. The high rate of vehicle ownership and the high urbanization in the greater Jakarta area is because not only is Jakarta the capital city, but also the country's economic and business center. Resolving its transportation problems must also consider developments occurring in neighboring areas. Given the various limitations in overcoming traffic congestion through the development of mass transportation system and the high rate of vehicle ownership that is difficult to control, the plan to change school start time is an innovative and creative solution. It is better to implement this policy rather than to wait for the completion of the MRT or for more roads to be built. In the early stages of its implementation, tardy students must be tolerated since the students and parents need time to adjust to the earlier time. Similarly, early morning public transportation needs to be available for the students. In the next stage, the city would need to provide school buses as shuttle services. This would significantly reduce congestion because it would reduce the number of private vehicles previously used to transport the students. Another alternative to consider is implementing school attendance zones (rayonisasi). This would limit students in their choice of schools. The priority would be given to those who reside near the school. This system would shorten the distance from the students' homes to their schools and would certainly reduce congestion. In addition, the coordination of the schools provided within Greater Jakarta's municipalities needs to be strengthened. It is essential that good schools in the Jakarta suburbs are available which would then prevent parents in the suburbs from sending their children to better schools in the central city. This also would reduce the capital's transportation problems. The writer is an assistant professor and coordinator of urban studies and planning at Savannah State University. ________________________________ From: Bambang Tata Samiadji <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 9:51:09 PM Subject: RE: [referensi] Re: Jkt Gak Macet Bung Dwiagus, mengapa harus neg (mual)? Lebih baik kita kritiki tapi tetap respect. Me-respect orang membuat kita awet muda lho. Kedua beliau itu memang belum berhasil menata Jakarta. Kadang bisa maklum, ada soal politik, ada soal kerumitan administratsi yang luar biasa, ada juga soal masyarakat yang "susah diatur". Soal memajukan jam masuk siswa itu suatu upaya. Tidak ngawur. Pertama, upaya itu juga merupakan usulan masyarakat, kedua juga merupakan upaya "Traffic Management" (bedakan dengan Transportation Planning yang berjangka panjang), dan itu didukung oleh penelitian (biasanya dilakukan oleh PT Pamintori dan Universitas Indonesia). Dalam mengatasi problem transportasi kota besar, masyarakat sering tidak bisa membedakan antara Traffic Management yang bersifat enjiniring dan aspek Planning yang berjangka panjang. Misalnya soal pengajuan jam masuk siswa ini langsung dikaitkan dengan ketuntasan pengurangan kemacetan. Ya belumlah. Terlepas dari semua itu, sejak pengajuan jam masuk siswa ini, Tanah Kusir yang dulunya marah lubis (macet parah luar biasa), sekarang menjadi ramlan (ramai lancar). Itu yang bisa saya nikmati sambil naik bus. Beruntung juga sudah tidak punya anak kecil, jadi nggak repot nyiapin anak-anak ke sekolah. Semoga, dengan adanya sedikit kelancaran dan ada ruang cukup di jalan-jalan ini tidak kemudian menginisiasi orang-orang yang mulai meninggalkan naik kendaraan pribadi seperti saya lantas pake mobilnya lagi. Nanti akan macet lagi. Thanks. CU. BTS. --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Benedictus Dwiagus Stepantoro <bdwia...@gmail. com> wrote: From: Benedictus Dwiagus Stepantoro <bdwia...@gmail. com> Subject: RE: [referensi] Re: Jkt Gak Macet To: refere...@yahoogrou ps.com Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 1:55 AM Wah,.. satu konvergensi feeling yang sama pak,.. .saya juga agak eneg dengan duo tersebut,….. huehehehhehe… .. Di tunggu Ngobrol (2)-nya,…. Cheers,… Benedictus Dwiagus S. http://bdwiagus. blogspot. com http://bdwiagus. multiply. com "The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else doing it wrong, without comment." - T. H. White :::.... Indo-MONEV ...::: Indo-MONEV is a mailing list to build a network of Indonesian People anywhere in the world who are interested, dedicated, and profesionalised to the work on monitoring and evaluation and other related development issues including development aid works, particularly in Indonesia. Join in by sending an email to: indo-monev-subscrib e...@yahoogroups. com Find also Indo-MONEV in facebook: http://www.facebook .com/group. php?gid=34091848 127&ref=ts From:refere...@yahoogrou ps.com [mailto:referensi@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of hengky abiyoso Sent: 09 January 2009 07:41 To: refere...@yahoogrou ps.com Subject: [referensi] Re: Jkt Gak Macet Ngobrol (1) Bersama Mas Dwi +++: Saya rasa ada konvergensi pemahaman kalau yang dibenci bukan Pembangunan Jakartanya,… tapi primacy-nya. Bukan begitu,Pak? >>>: Utk bbrp hal itu betul …… tapi saya juga sangat membenci dan eneg sekali >>>pada sikap “ego kedaerahan” dari para Gub dan wagub DKI dlm sok hebat tahu >>>caranya mengurangi kemacetan jkt (yg dlm hal ini dpt menjadi berarti ego >>>inward looking to only “daerah” DKI’s privilege dan nonetheless to think >>>importance and betterment of national system of integrated urban devlpmnt >>>and how to intervening trend of national migration flow especially di/ >>>keluar jawa… spt ttg perlunya dibuat countermagnet utk pusat baru lain >>>migrasi/ urbanisasi utk menandingi primacy jkt itu yg at the same time and >>>for the long term itu jg foundamentally artinya mengurangi kemacetan jkt >>>juga)…..…… Lihatlah wagub DKI Prijanto yg dgn amat bangganya memamerkan ‘hasil signifikannya’ mengurangi kemacetan jkt ala abunawas dgn memajukan jam masuk anak2 sekolah…… yg lalu dgn ‘keberhasilannya’ itu lalu prijanto berpaling pula utk mau mengutak-atik pula jam masuk orang kantoran….. Spt yg disitir oleh pak Rofiq….. itu semua bukankah dlm rangka agar duo bersama sikumis dpt ‘terpilih kembali’ nanti dlm pilkada berikutnya……. Kalau setelah 5 thn jam masuk anak sekolah digeser ternyata mulai macet lagi (maklum dlm 5 thn angka migrasi masuk jabodetabek setidaknya 5 x 300.000 jiwa, belum lagi angka kelahirannya)… . Saya pikir Wagub Prijanto tinggal memajukan lagi jam masuk anak sekolah tepat seusai bedug subuh yg itu juga kata prijanto menyehatkan tubuh…… dn katanya lagi…. Tuh khaaan? …. Kemacetan sgr berkurang amat signifikan khaan?.... Perkara sesudah 10 thn duo bersama sikumis berakhir dan ternyata anak sekolah sudah berangkat seusai bedug subuh dan tetap saja jkt macet (krn jkt sdh nambah 10 x 300.000 jiwa pendatang)…. Wagub prijanto tinggal bilang ….. salahnya konstitusi siih…. salahnya kenapa kami hanya boleh memrintah sebanyak 2 kali masa jabatan saja siiih….. coba kalo nggak….… Wooo….. kami pasti punya cara jitu lain berikutnya yg tak kalah mencengangkan……….. Salam, aby
