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(KPL/VNA) Indonesian Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has said the use of an intelligent transportation system is the right solution to overcome the challenges posed by increasing urbanisation.
(KPL/VNA) Indonesian Transportation Minister
Budi Karya Sumadi has said the use of an intelligent transportation system is
the right solution to overcome the challenges posed by increasing urbanisation.
Addressing the opening of the 19th
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Asia-Pacific Forum 2024 in Jakarta on May
28, Sumadi noted that the global population is growing at a rapid pace, which
presents serious challenges for transportation in the form of traffic jams,
accidents, and carbon gas pollution.
Given this, he said, the intelligent
transportation system can overcome this problem if it uses various
technologies. Smart transportation can help in efforts to address major
transportation challenges and climate change and keep pace with technological
advances.
According to Sumadi, ministers, ambassadors,
international representatives and several regional governments held a
high-level roundtable to share experience in achieving the vision of
sustainable urban mobility, which resulted in the Jakarta Declaration, which
contains several important ideas that deserve joint attention and action.
He stressed that partnerships and commitment
must be prioritised to improve and accelerate the implementation of smart
transportation, creative financing mechanisms, and strategies.
Sumadi called the involvement of many
stakeholders the key to funding the development of smart and sustainable
transportation, and emphasised the need to improve the regulatory framework.
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