The Jakarta Post, Sat, 03/20/2010 1:38 PM
Residents of Kelapa Gading area in North Jakarta are called to take note of the traffic being shifting around Jl. Boulevard Artha Gading and Jl. Kelapa Nias Raya during Car-Free Day this Sunday.
Like the monthly car-free events held on Jl. Sudirman and Jl. Thamrin in Central Jakarta, the one in Kelapa Gading is expected to apply from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m and will see motorcycles, cars, taxis and three-wheeled vehicles barred from the roads, in a bid to reduce air pollution in the city.
During car-free days, residents take up exercise, while organizations set up booths to campaign for environmental awareness, and sporting clubs take to the streets to play sports like futsal.
The program, however, often draws complaints from drivers because of the abysmal congestion created along outlying roads.
The city repeatedly claims that the program, held since September 2007, is effective in reducing air pollution in the city.
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