Malioboro to be Vehicle-Free on Weekends

Tempo Interactive, 26 November, 2009 | 15:15 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Yogyakarta: The Malioboro area will soon be transformed into a green area on weekends as the area will be vehicle-free on those days. “This will be implemented as soon as possible. If the mayor can issue the decree tomorrow, we will be able to draft the necessary regulation,” said Yogyakarta Traffic Police director, Comm. M. Ikhsan, when asked about the implementation date.

In order to realize green Malioboro, Ikhsan said he had coordinated with the Yogyakarta Transportation Office. Feasibility studies on the closing of this area have also been carried out. “Certainly we will arrange the system for the parking, street vendors, horse-drawn carts, rickshaws, and pedestrians,” he said.

BERNADA RURIT