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A Stanford University study in 2017 said Indonesians walk so much less than the world average.

When suburban roads typically look like this and only 610km of Jakarta’s more than 7,000km of roads have sidewalks, nobody should be surprised that nobody wants to walk in the city.

The strong lobby from motor vehicle companies also means that the city is home to 19 million motorcycles and 4 million cars. That’s almost 2 bikes per person in the city.

The city has 44 thousand buses, 4.5 thousand of which are full sized buses for TransJakarta network, and the bulk of the rest are likely the mini 8-10 person capacity buses (angkots) that have no schedule.

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A suburban street with a large, uncovered holes on the sidewalk next to the curb. The holes are over a drainage system. The street is lined with residential houses, and electrical wires are visible overhead.
A suburban street scene showing multiple uncovered drainage holes along the sidewalk. A motorbike and cars are passing by, and a bodega called "Toko Qiana 2" is visible on the right side of the road. There is greenery on the left side of the street, including banana trees.
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